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Passenger side lower ball joint won’t come out for neither love nor money.
It’s won today’s battle. It won’t win tomorrow’s war.
View attachment 124332Cussed at it. A lot.
Passenger side lower ball joint won’t come out for neither love nor money.
It’s won today’s battle. It won’t win tomorrow’s war.
I also moved my sub amp under the driver’s seat and put the factory jack setup back where the amp was originally sitting. I used this RCA converter and these wire taps to hook my sub up to the factory radio. No cutting of the harness required and it tucked away nicely behind the radio. Honestly the setup sounds kickass. I had a picture of the splice but somehow it got deleted.
The factory subwoofer plug is still there, so I connected the amp turn-on lead to the 12v power at the plug, so the amp powers on and off like the factory one would have with the radio. Very happy with how it turned out!
And I’m also very happy to know my jack setup is in my vehicle once again.
Looks great! I know this is an older post but who's your detailer?Very happy with the results. The paint was in really rough shape when it went in. PO’s didn’t give much love it seems. It still has a lot of imperfections, but that’s part of what makes it a Jeep. It went from a dull black/blue color to a much nicer brighter blue with mirror finish.
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And because football season is around the corner...
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Stubbed my front bumper, stole this idea from @tykesplace
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This is my first time welding in almost 40yrs, I used a cheapo 90amp wire feed welder. I'm pretty proud of it.
I always thought those were some of the best looking wheels on a Jeep.New tires and installed a new windshield washer pump (glad to have that back with our winter weather and wet roads).
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about an hour after that it was all over, here's some shots of the smoked meat
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it was all mixed together & sauced with my own bbq sauce, a mixture of Stubbs Original, apple cider vinegar & some rub, we served this on hamburger buns, they gobbled it up like they were going to the chair
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Thank you. That means a lot. I've put a ton of time and money into it undoing and redoing, adjusting and readjusting everything the PO did except the coil springs (they are next). I wasn't going to do a build thread because I thought it was how I would build it when I bought it. After driving it and spending ridiculous amounts of time under it just looking everything over and getting to know it, the PO couldn't have been farther from "what I wanted." I definitely chalk that up to my newness and naivete to Jeeps in the beginning. So, I do plan on doing a build thread and documenting everything rather than cluttering up this thread lol, as it has been my build thread thus far.WOW, that is one good looking Jeep man.
and the most fun part, my son & his girlfriend moved back to West Chester about 5 minutes from me & had a bunch of buddies lined up to help him so he tapped me to cater the event , I'm always happier than a pig in shit to cook for a crowd so he told me what he wanted & I put it together. Started Wednesday night making a batch of cold rise pizza dough, then Friday night I fired up the Kettle to hot smoke some chicken thighs & sweet Italian sausage. Went with Pecan wood for flavor & Dizzy Pig Spicy Dust for the chicken rub.
Best non-Star Trek, Star Trek movie ever!