What did you do to your TJ today?

Closest I've come was the Angry Eye headlight mod on my old RGU. Don't have the bike anymore and have no plans on adding anything like it to my new CVO RGU.

This isn't mine but shows the headlight mod.

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Reminds me of these guys.

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That's what I'm running, Kickers and the foam baffles. I cut a 1" hole in the back of the baffles though. Adding foam rings to the frontside will noticeably increase volume.
Why did you cut the holes and how/why does the foam rings in front help/work? Very interested in getting optimal volume out of mine.
 
Went out to an off-road park with some family so they could test out the capabilities of their new Bronco sport. I was essentially on guide and recovery duty.

A few month back my dad and his wife wanted to get the new Bronco Sport for her to drive to work and for them to get started on some lighter weekend type camping trips. They’ve specifically been wanting the Bronco sport for the off-road worthiness without something that was more dedicated and she would feel comfortable driving. While it isn’t anything impressive compared to a Jeep, it is fairly capable for what it is. You can tell Ford did a good job programming the AWD system in it to maximize its capabilities. In mud you could easily see it cut power to one wheel and send it to the opposite side and repeat this back and forth as needed.

I was able to get some decent pictures of my suspension flex since I set my bump stops. I gotta say it’s remarkable how well a Jeep functions when it’s suspension is setup well. I managed to get my bump stops set perfectly to use all of my shock up travel (5.75”) with my tire probably a quarters thickness away from the fender.

All in all it was a good day getting to spend it with family and drive my Jeep off-road again. Everyone is looking to go back real soon and try out a few different locations across Texas.

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Front driveshaft rebuild. The u joints in the double cardan were knock, knock, knocking on heaven's door.

It took the better part of the day- most of the time was spent running to O'Reilly, then NAPA, then NAPA again, then two O'Reilly's again trying to get all of the correct parts.

Learned that you'll want the following parts (O'Reilly/NAPA)

607 / UJ-607 which is the double cardan centering yoke: https://www.oreillyauto.com/detail/...7215b/precision-centering-yoke/opj0/607?pos=0

Three u joints of your choice (5-153x / 1310)

And since I stripped out the heads on the bolts as I removed them, the $7 strap and bolt kit from NAPA (part UJS UJ43710).

Total cost was around $120, which is about what I would've paid for the parts online. The advantage was getting it done today and not waiting two weeks for shipping.
 
Front driveshaft rebuild. The u joints in the double cardan were knock, knock, knocking on heaven's door.

It took the better part of the day- most of the time was spent running to O'Reilly, then NAPA, then NAPA again, then two O'Reilly's again trying to get all of the correct parts.

Learned that you'll want the following parts (O'Reilly/NAPA)

607 / UJ-607 which is the double cardan centering yoke: https://www.oreillyauto.com/detail/...7215b/precision-centering-yoke/opj0/607?pos=0

Three u joints of your choice (5-153x / 1310)

And since I stripped out the heads on the bolts as I removed them, the $7 strap and bolt kit from NAPA (part UJS UJ43710).

Total cost was around $120, which is about what I would've paid for the parts online. The advantage was getting it done today and not waiting two weeks for shipping.
You seem to be in my neighborhood. Welcome to the forum.
 
Why did you cut the holes and how/why does the foam rings in front help/work? Very interested in getting optimal volume out of mine.
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The foam rings direct sound out through the grilles, keeping it from being lost inside the dash. The difference was so noticeable that I had to adjust the fader control a click rearward. The holes, front and rear, allow the speakers to breathe - they're not tuned, but they keep the speaker from alternately compressing and rarefying the air inside the enclosure. There *are* ways to have a completely sealed enclosure, but I don't know enough, etc, etc.. An A/B comparison with the rears (using my thumb to block the port) showed much better sound - when the port was unblocked, the sound energy was transferred to the enclosure itself making a rather bad rumbley rattle. YMMV and all that.
 
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The foam rings direct sound out through the grilles, keeping it from being lost inside the dash. The difference was so noticeable that I had to adjust the fader control a click rearward. The holes, front and rear, allow the speakers to breathe - they're not tuned, but they keep the speaker from alternately compressing and rarefying the air inside the enclosure. There *are* ways to have a completely sealed enclosure, but I don't know enough, etc, etc.. An A/B comparison with the rears (using my thumb to block the port) showed much better sound - when the port was blocked, the sound energy was transferred to the enclosure itself making a rather bad rumbley rattle. YMMV and all that.
Nice, makes complete sense. Where did you get the foam for the front of speaker? Thanks for responding!