What did you do to your TJ today?
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Can't argue that. A neighbor who is backed up on a deep water lagoon behind me made a DIY lagoon / koi pond on the entire front of his property. You can barely see the house from the street, but as you walk by you can hear the roaring waterfall.
Received a nice delivery today. When I get the front set in a couple weeks I’ll swap them all out. Going from rough country to Rancho so I’m looking forward to seeing the difference in ride quality. I’m half tempted to just put these on the back of my Jeep until the front ones are ordered lol if it wasn’t a rainy shitty day I probably would.
I did the same swap a few months ago. My RC N3 shocks were newly installed by the OP. Swapped out to the Rancho's and absolutely love them. Wait until you get the fronts so you don't dilute the impact of the change! You're gonna like them.
I still have the RC springs only because I can’t decide what to swap them out for, but even with them, the ride is amazing.
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About a year ago I got around to swapping to quick discos, but I had not installed the keepers on the frame. Yesterday it was less than broiling outside so I drilled/tapped and installed the keepers and took it down the block over a new construction site then back home to park with the drivers side up on a pile of mulch.
Got out and took a look. Small thing, but large thrill. Cannot wait to use them in a practical application up on the backroads in the mountains near us.
Got out and took a look. Small thing, but large thrill. Cannot wait to use them in a practical application up on the backroads in the mountains near us.
Yeah that would great, get to meet another forum member as well. I have pretty much the same setup you do, but I have the commercial version, it came with the Jeep when I bought it. It wouldn't take anything to tack the joints together so they wouldn't move, but I am interested in the hangers. Mine has J hooks which is fine for the front, but you have to leave the rear glass open. I used a strap instead of the back J hook (which took a chunk out of passenger door seal that now I have to figure out how to fix) but I like your method much better.
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Most recommend painting them, or at least clear coating them, due to low quality paint job. I agree and painted mine black when I had them. A lot will recommend removing the boots too. I didn’t but when I took mine off after a couple years, the shaft was pretty clean except for a few grains of sand. I live in a sandy area, so it gets every where, and I don’t get into deep mud. If I did, then I probably would have left mine off.
Yep, X2. I painted mine red to match the Jeep - but left the boots on.
Not this time, I have been through there though, but it's been a couple years. I also saw that new expansion trail on the map but I didn't get a chance to check that out either.
I was only up there for a day and my buddy wanted to test out his new Canyon AT4 so it was mostly just the medium difficultly trails and I'd pop through some of the harder stuff occasionally. It was nice just to get out again, life's been busy.
Had the common problem of the ignition key not locking in the cylinder. For some it is a convenience to be able to remove the key while the rig is running and I can’t lie, I’ve done it a few times to unlock the glove box or under seat CC security draw. But more times than that I have left the ignition in the On position and risked killing the battery. Anyway…
I followed the suggestion of @Gollywomper and purchased the Dorman 924-784 Mechanical Relearn ignition Lock Cylinder. Cost was $45 from Amazon Prime and I had it in a day. Easy fix, fast and cheap enough
Great option if you want to replace the lock cylinder and keep all your keys matched.
PSA: I highly recommend you actually read the instructions.
I followed the suggestion of @Gollywomper and purchased the Dorman 924-784 Mechanical Relearn ignition Lock Cylinder. Cost was $45 from Amazon Prime and I had it in a day. Easy fix, fast and cheap enough
Great option if you want to replace the lock cylinder and keep all your keys matched.
PSA: I highly recommend you actually read the instructions.
I should have done that…. Mine are only a few months old and I am already seeing some rust….
Not too late - take 'em off, sand, prime with Rust-Oleum rusty metal primer, paint color of choice, re-install.
When I first got the ,Jeep 2 years ago today actually, all the shocks were factory originals and were all trash so I got the RC ones for a better than nothing fix. Since I have never ridden in a nice Jeep like I see on this group I’ve always set my bar for ride quality pretty low lol I was amazed when I changed half my body mount bushings at what a difference it made. I’ll be looking forward to getting on my TJ and seeing the performance firsthand
Thanks for that advice. I bought some cans of rubber undercoating spray so maybe I’ll hit them with that before I do some of the undercarriage.
I get that…. So, wait to do them all together for sure. You’ll be happy you did.
My TJ is a DD, so I get to enjoy it every day. I do about 40 miles to and from work and rarely come straight home.
I remember driving it home on the day I bought it. It had just turned 50k so it sat for a while and though it new tires, wheels and half of a RC 2.5 lift (nearly all of which I have taken out), and I remember two things; Its‘s road manners sucked. It was stiff and bouncy. Wandered all over the place. Hit road expansion joints that felt like I was riding over a 6x6. And one near panic stop on that ride home it almost swapped ends.
Tire pressure was nearly 40psi. Brake lines were intact but likely clogged. Spring isolators were missing in the front. All the bushings were old and tired. The list went on.
I have since refreshed everything and then some. It rides like a dream. Every time I get in it (and that’s every day) i giggle and think.. this shouldn’t ride this nice!
Tire pressure and shocks were the two most significant improvements to the ride quality. B&M short shift is by far my favorite mod.
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New fuel pump. Not too shabby of a job if needed to be done. Replace old one with new Bosch.
