Arizona Rock Crawling Daily Driver

[BuildBreakRepeat]

I need to look into finding rub rails, I love this and really don't like the massive steps on the GR mini boat sides.

Watch for some custom stuff to come......

 

[rasband]

Watch for some custom stuff to come......

Can't wait! Temporarily I was considering just cutting mine off and moving them up and back a little until I have the final measurement WW2WW to order something custom-ish.

 

[starkey480]

Got some decent shape oem black hinges off eBay. I tried straightening my old ones but they were pretty messed up, I couldn’t get my door to close smoothly at all. Worth the $30. I don’t think the black looks too bad either. I’m thinking about running the Phillips bolts in place of all the countersunk torx bolts just for a fun aesthetic change too

 

[Apparition]

Got some decent shape oem black hinges off eBay. I tried straightening my old ones but they were pretty messed up, I couldn’t get my door to close smoothly at all. Worth the $30. I don’t think the black looks too bad either. I’m thinking about running the Phillips bolts in place of all the countersunk torx bolts just for a fun aesthetic change tooView attachment 258322

Davey’s jeeps may have the color you want.

 

[jesseshoots]

I’m thinking about running the Phillips bolts in place of all the countersunk torx bolts just for a fun aesthetic change too

I see you Samurai fanboi!

 

[starkey480]

Davey’s jeeps may have the color you want.

I will check but I’m not mad about the black either. Jeep didn’t produce very many chili pepper red TJs unfortunately. I will most likely just paint them myself eventually since it’s such a small part

 

[someguysjeep]

had pretty good luck with this stuff out of a spray can matching my OE color (khaki) pretty well.

https://www.automotivetouchup.com/touch-up-paint/jeep/

 

[starkey480]

I’ve had my control arms for less than a year and the Johnny joints are creaking already. Sounds like Currie doesn’t use the best grease in them so I will be working on disassembling them and greasing them with some CV2 over the next week.

 

[starkey480]

For those wondering about disassembling Johnny joints, instead of buying their tool that is size specific for each joint size, I just used my harbor freight press and some sockets which was super easy and the same price as one JJ tool.

 

[rasband]

For those wondering about disassembling Johnny joints, instead of buying their tool that is size specific for each joint size, I just used my harbor freight press and some sockets which was super easy and the same price as one JJ tool.

You can go much cheaper if you want with all thread, washers and a few nuts! Having used both the tool is nice, but not really worth the price tag.

 

[starkey480]

Got my savvy bumper corners on today. Grind the corner of the bumper down a little bit and you can get them to sit right.

My passenger side fit pretty nice.

My driver side bumper had a pretty good sized dent in it which made lining up the corner much more difficult. A little help from the impact wrench got it acceptable but not perfect. This bumper was designed to be run with these corner guards on so don’t skip on them if you buy the savvy bumper and wheel in big rocks.

 

[someguysjeep]

i keep hearing blaine ringin in my head about a torn weld to save 90$ is dumb.

 

[someguysjeep]

sorry not my thread my bad, edited

 

[starkey480]

This is what my JJs looked like. Bone dry. I got all 4 lowers disassembled and greased and put back on and the Jeep is so much more enjoyable to drive. Sound really impacts feel. Will chip away at the uppers one at a time over the next few days

 

[Alex01]

This is what my JJs looked like. Bone dry. I got all 4 lowers disassembled and greased and put back on and the Jeep is so much more enjoyable to drive. Sound really impacts feel. Will chip away at the uppers one at a time over the next few daysView attachment 259865
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How long have they been on?

 

[Apparition]

This is what my JJs looked like. Bone dry. I got all 4 lowers disassembled and greased and put back on and the Jeep is so much more enjoyable to drive. Sound really impacts feel. Will chip away at the uppers one at a time over the next few daysView attachment 259865
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All the grease jumped to your hand

 

[rasband]

This is what my JJs looked like. Bone dry. I got all 4 lowers disassembled and greased and put back on and the Jeep is so much more enjoyable to drive. Sound really impacts feel. Will chip away at the uppers one at a time over the next few daysView attachment 259865
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Mine were pretty similar, bone dry and looked like they had never seen grease. Mine were on for under 10 months before I had to deal with them.

 

[B00mb00m]

Helen reporting for dutyView attachment 255256

When my soft doors tear i was thinking about doing this but with 3/16 6061. Rivet a piece of extrusion across the middle?

 

[starkey480]

How long have they been on?

Less than a year

 

[starkey480]

When my soft doors tear i was thinking about doing this but with 3/16 6061. Rivet a piece of extrusion across the middle?

That would be pretty cool! Although for the cost of the aluminum + a few hundred bucks you’re at savvy doors