Arizona Rock Crawler

I'll second this. Lead acid batteries have liquid electrolyte in them. You may be ok, right now, but as that battery heats up and gets used (think winching) the fluid is going to expand. They call that a boil out...because you're at an angle, it will take less expansion than normal to flood. You don't want that...You think salt is corrosive? wait until you spill a bunch of sulfuric acid all over your frame ;)
The electrolytes are good for the fish and electric eels. That's why I toss all my old car batteries in the Ocean when done with them.


OK, back to your thread @starkey480 .
 
And that’s a wrap. Finally got the hood pins installed. I decided hood pins based on @NashvilleTJ and his comment about how he used latches first and then decided to go pins because the latches only work okay...


Honestly I like the way they look! Can’t wait to get the rest of the armor on.
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@Chris thought it was gonna look like I skipped leg day but I really like the look honestly šŸ¤·šŸ¼ā€ā™‚ļø Especially once I outboard and actually use the space!
 
Doesn't look bad at all, I was wrong!

Now you've just got to be able to use all that space!
 
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I have a feeling I'll be doing the same some time in the next 12 months. It's really eating away at me that I had to add bump from the metal cloak fenders to the regular GR fenders.

It looks great!!
Hate to say it but I got to learn from your mistake! Haha when you said you lost uptravel you sealed the deal for me on highlines
 
Hate to say it but I got to learn from your mistake! Haha when you said you lost uptravel you sealed the deal for me on highlines
Glad I could help šŸ¤¦ā€ā™‚ļø . It's alright though I tend to do everything multiple times anyways. Hell, once I jump to a Highline I'll likely be cutting out the front shocks to raise them.
 
Now to get the Savvy sliders on. Body match the backing plate and paint the slider silver to match the fenders. 😁
At first I wanted to body match everything but I decided raw everything mainly for the practicality since it’s going to get very scratches anyways
 
Just seeing how the raw aluminum is going to look. I really like it. I think I’m going to use a scotchbrite and wd40 to ā€œbrushā€ the sliders and corners so that they match the genright fenders with the more dull, lighter, brushed look. I’ll probably use a block with the scotchbrite and clamp a 2X4 on the armor to use as a jig and go forward strokes only. That seems to give a pretty great finish.

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