What did you do to your TJ today?

Got the steps installed, floor liners, changed lug nuts, painted the spare tire carrier and assorted brackets, put the back seat back in the vehicle.

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Any suggestions on how to keep the padlock from banging and scratching the paint? Got some really bad paint damage on mine!

wrapping rubber bands around the lock maybe ???... anyway you only lock it when your stationary so you all good. (y) lol
 
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Tidied up the multitude of accessories attached to the battery... I still want to change the power and ground cables, but for now, longer bolts in the cable terminals will do the trick.

Replaced the cat back. The muffler had to be the original from 2000 and while it hadn't breached yet it was starting to peal in a few spots. Had a local shop custom install a Magnaflow with a simple over-axel and a plain straight shorty tip. Function over form. Has a nice rumble on throttle-lift and under load. Could have been a little louder, but at least you can now tell there is an exhaust..
 
Replaced u-joints on the rear drive shaft, changed oil, painted fender flares on my daughter's Jeep. Tonight, we replace the stupid K&N air filter with a OEM air intake and put a new transmission mount on my son's Jeep. I feel like I'm a full time mechanic in my time off. I will say I do enjoy it but I'd like to get to some projects on my own sometime.
 
almost had to clean poop off my seat today.

I was ultimately in the wrong but nothing ended up happening by just 3 inches.

leaving a hardware in a unfamiliar area, oncoming traffic deceleration lane I thought was just for the road I was turning off of. 25' to my right there was also a entrance for the hardware parking lot. I began pulling out assuming the road was where the car was gonna turn to.. lady in her 70's had just the amount of reaction to stop 3" short of the nose of her car from touching my lower fender flare. giant "oh shit" moment there.
weird thing was waking up this morning with the thought I shouldn't drive the jeep today and had a weird feeling I could get t-boned.
 
almost had to clean poop off my seat today.

I was ultimately in the wrong but nothing ended up happening by just 3 inches.

leaving a hardware in a unfamiliar area, oncoming traffic deceleration lane I thought was just for the road I was turning off of. 25' to my right there was also a entrance for the hardware parking lot. I began pulling out assuming the road was where the car was gonna turn to.. lady in her 70's had just the amount of reaction to stop 3" short of the nose of her car from touching my lower fender flare. giant "oh shit" moment there.
weird thing was waking up this morning with the thought I shouldn't drive the jeep today and had a weird feeling I could get t-boned.

Glad there was no contact!