So that's what I'm hearing (RE clunk). I keep trying to figure out what it is, coming from the rear area. But I did replace my RE control arms about 5,000 to 8,000 miles ago with Metalcloak CA, so maybe that's not it.
DrDmoney’s 2000 Jeep Wrangler Sport
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Looking good, mine will have the same hardware in a few weeks, looking forward to the change from OEM arms with 140k on them.
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When mine were new they did it also couple others I knew had the same noise. I was going to replace all eight control arms at once but I’m kind of glad I’m doing it two at a time because replacing the rear uppers got rid of 90% of my suspension noise and now it seems to be a little bit of noise up front while accelerating or letting off the gas
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Birthday yesterday, got a non Jeep related present. Guess what it is?We were hoping someone in the group had a drone....but so far....no go.
Well if it's not jeep related who cares, UNLESS the wife / gf came through on the promises they always make 
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Well if it's not jeep related who cares, UNLESS the wife / gf came through on the promises they always make
My wife and I had a thing where if I caught a fly with my hand in front of her
( country living ) adult activities were promised. Well it happened (both the catching of fly and said activities) so I started to swat the flies with the swatter and they would magically appear in my hand later. After fly # 3 she was like “this is bullshit” lol. That was the end of that
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My wife and I had a thing where if I caught a fly with my hand in front of her
( country living ) adult activities were promised. Well it happened (both the catching of fly and said activities) so I started to swat the flies with the swatter and they would magically appear in my hand later. After fly # 3 she was like “this is bullshit” lol. That was the end of that
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Ha ha yeah my wife’s blonde too
Someone makes a drone that will follow you, I saw one guy that had a wrist band that was connected to the drone. He could go over tough parts of the trail while the drone filmed it once he was done he would call the drone to return. This was very cool
Fricking coolio brah! There was a guy from Fresno on JF that posted drone video as he traversed Bald Mt. He was good at it. You better practice, lol!
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I’ve got nothing else to do 4 days a week!!!
My brother- in-law had one. Pretty cool the things it would do....follow me mod. Goes out to far and loose the signal, it would just retun. Won't work at all around airports, something they programed into them.
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The new MC Control Arms had made such an improvement on ride quality that I decided to go “full retard” as @bobthetj03 would say. Stopped by the Cloakworks on the way home yesterday and picked up front and rear 4-1/2” coils.
These dual rate springs are 24” free length front and 20” free length rear. It was a booger getting the old RE’s out. I don’t have a spring compressor so I knew it would be a fight to install the new MC’s and I wasn’t disappointed.
I had removed my bump stops a few weeks ago to cycle my suspension. The old stops were 1-1/4” tall pucks but I only had 1/8” gap on the perch with the snubbers on the shock barely touching.
I have some 1/2” Nylatron shims that I could make my own stops out of and also have some 1/8” and 1/16” for fine tuning it if needed.
I was able to get the new springs in with only having to disconnect the swaybar and shocks. I used a ratchet strap over the coil bucket and frame and a sleaver bar for persuasion. It took a bit to get just the front done by myself but I’m in no hurry.
These dual rate springs are 24” free length front and 20” free length rear. It was a booger getting the old RE’s out. I don’t have a spring compressor so I knew it would be a fight to install the new MC’s and I wasn’t disappointed.
I had removed my bump stops a few weeks ago to cycle my suspension. The old stops were 1-1/4” tall pucks but I only had 1/8” gap on the perch with the snubbers on the shock barely touching.
I have some 1/2” Nylatron shims that I could make my own stops out of and also have some 1/8” and 1/16” for fine tuning it if needed.
I was able to get the new springs in with only having to disconnect the swaybar and shocks. I used a ratchet strap over the coil bucket and frame and a sleaver bar for persuasion. It took a bit to get just the front done by myself but I’m in no hurry.
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My RE’s, at ride height, measured 16-1/2” even with the 80 pounds of winch up front.
The Metal Cloak dual rate 4.5” coils measure 17” at ride height. Hmmm those 37’s are looking better every day!
The Metal Cloak dual rate 4.5” coils measure 17” at ride height. Hmmm those 37’s are looking better every day!