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  1. Joe.B

    500+ mile road trip

    Im wanting to take my tj on a road trip to the back hills in South Dakota. will my jeep make it? it has higher mileage (around 170k) I take good care of it and maintain it well I just recently change trans fluid and put in redline MTL and did an oil change. I have a full size spare and am...
  2. Joe.B

    35s with 4.56 gears

    I’m debating on moving up to 35s from 33s I have 4.56 with nv3550, I’m 80% pavement and was wondering if I would be ok running 35s with 4.56?
  3. Joe.B

    Rear axle bearings

    I’m about to replace both my rear axle seals on my Dana 44 but I don’t have a press to put the bearing and retainer back on, will I be able to heat up them enough to slip them on and seat them with a hammer?
  4. Joe.B

    Hard top wont seal

    Just got the hard top out of storage and on the jeep for winter. The rear glass doesn't seem to want to seal and stay shut. there really isn't any contact between the bottom of the glass and the tail gate. What's the best fix for it?
  5. Joe.B

    Custom stubby front bumper ideas

    So I'm getting the urge to fab something again and would like to change up/make a new bumper from my "classic Chinese bumper" that I got before I really understood jeeps and what looks good. I want a stubby ish bumper Just either hack up the old bumper and make something cool from it or make a...
  6. Joe.B

    Finally got my 33s

    So I got my 33s on today and I love them they make the jeep look much beefier. I was expecting the jeep to be sluggish like many have told me but to be honest I don't notice a difference at all everything feels the same as when I had my 31s, I am going on a wheeling trip on the 25th so I will...
  7. Joe.B

    Good hard top roof rack

    wondering if anyone has a good or built a good hardtop roof rack. I want to use it just to haul around my skis for the winter I know that you shouldn't put to much weight on them but I figured a few pair of skis would be fine
  8. Joe.B

    Temp gauge goes just above 210

    What the title says my gauge will barely go over the 210 like just past the dot periodically then goes back to normal. Not sure if I have a sensor going out or if there is something else wrong
  9. Joe.B

    Broken body mount bolts

    So I was going around testing to see if I could get my body mount bolts out for a body lift I want to do in the future and I ended up breaking 2 of them I stopped after I broke the second one (should have stopped at 1) but I broke the rear most passenger side bolt and the drivers side middle...
  10. Joe.B

    Re-gear advice

    So I'm gonna bite the bullet and re gear in the very near future for my incoming 33s. I feel pretty confident on doing it my self but I was wondering if you guys had any good advice or pointers for me I'm also not totally sure on how to use the yellow stuff forgot the name and how to get the...
  11. Joe.B

    How will 33s be off-road with 3.73 gears?

    So right now I'm running 31s on a 2.5 inch lift and I was wanting to go to 33s but not sure how negatively they would effect me off road I'm 60% on road 40% off and mostly on medium trails. Should I go 32s with my set up now or 33s with a 1.25 body lift?
  12. Joe.B

    Rocker arm hitting valve cover

    So I pulled my valve cover to see how everything was and I’m glad I did I saw on the back side of the valve cover that there has been some contact with the rocker arm the po had the valve cover gasket replaced and I don’t know if they had other work done to it. The po was really bad at taking...
  13. Joe.B

    R/C TJ

    not really sure if anyone is interested but this has been my most recent project. Before I got my Jeep a was a huge fan of remote control cars/trucks sense I’ve owned my tj I’ve always wanted a remote control mini version just for the shits and giggles. I couldn’t find anything online so I...
  14. Joe.B

    A/C compressor wont turn on

    So I have a road trip coming up and I usually don't need a/c but I'm gonna be on the high way a lot and I'm gonna want the top up, So I was checking my a/c and the compressor would just turn on and off every 2-3 seconds and it would never stay on after I added the a/c booster stuff because my...
  15. Joe.B

    What tires/gears should I do

    I’m looking at going to a bigger tire size. right now I have 31x10.5r15 with the 4.0 nv3550 and 3:73 gears I’m wanting to go to either 32s or 33s but I’m just wondering how much I’m gonna suffer if I don’t re gear at first, I will eventually just don’t have the funds to do it all at once. If I...
  16. Joe.B

    Gas tank skid bolt is just spinning

    So I’m planning on changing my fuel pump this weekend and today I was checking what bolts I was gonna have to battle with (because I live in the rust belt) all of them came loose just fine except one and it’s one of the two bolts in the front close to the axle. I’m not sure how to go about...
  17. Joe.B

    Minnesota OEM coil springs

    These came off a 2001 tj in decent condition have some surface rust no sag willing to ship if you pay the shipping also open to any offers
  18. Joe.B

    Grinding / creaking noise when starting off

    This started about a day ago and it makes a small grinding/creaking noise when I start out in first gear it only seems to do it in 2wd and when I put it in 4LO I can’t hear it my phone makes it sound worse then in person but I can’t figure out what the noise is it sounds like it’s coming from...
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    Minnesota Plastic rocker panels

    These came off my 2001 60th anniversary edition they are in decent condition it also comes with the mounting rails price is not firm open to any offers open to shipping and local pick up if any questions feel free to ask
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    Are these shocks any good?

    just wondering if anyone has had any experience with these i want to replace my shocks and I know that rancho is one of the best shocks for its price point but I'm kinda looking for some black shocks...