HRNT: Part 2

Travis

Travis

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It's been a busy week, HRNT came back from the shop, with new main seal & bearing kits on both front and rear. Fluid flush, front brakes & plugs/wires. She's running beautifully, no vibration or noise whatsoever. It goes back into the shop on Wednesday for the shocks, springs & and new windshield hinges, I'm anxious for that.

I was bought some goodies during the week and got most of it installed over the weekend. The major purchase being a hard top, I got a killer deal on it! It needs a paint job, there's lots of trail rash on it, but overall it's in great shape. It had a bike or luggage rack mounting base system on it, which I removed. I covered those holes with flex tape until I can fill them in and get it paintied. I may paint the inside as well, I'm not a huge fan of the white. I love how HRNT looks with a hard top, just awesome.
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I also added a Rampage Products H4 headlamp upgrade kit, very good IMO, even without the upgraded harness, they put out much more light than the stock candles. Definite improvement & they look nice too. I had been eyeing the dark side marker's for awhile, so I went ahead and got some of those too.
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Good to have you back on board again @Travis and HRNT is looking better than ever...The marker lights really suit the black body colour.
Looking fwd to seeing how it looks after next week upgrades..
 
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Kiwi TJ said:
Good to have you back on board again @Travis and HRNT is looking better than ever...The marker lights really suit the black body colour.
Looking fwd to seeing how it looks after next week upgrades..
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Thanks @Kiwi TJ, I like the marker lights too, they fit the Jeep. I was surprised how big and stout the socks and springs are. That stuff is gonna look and ride good!
 
Congrats @Travis! Based on those photos you posted, HRNT is looking really clean. It looks like everything turned out in your favor in the end. This is one of those situations where I call it a blessing in disguise.

So just so I can play catch up... Does it now have a branded title? Did you get any extra insurance money on top of getting the vehicle back?
 
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Congrats @Travis! Based on those photos you posted, HRNT is looking really clean. It looks like everything turned out in your favor in the end. This is one of those situations where I call it a blessing in disguise.

So just so I can play catch up... Does it now have a branded title? Did you get any extra insurance money on top of getting the vehicle back?
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Yes, @Chris, it does have a salvage title, and yes I did get some money on top of what I bought it back for. I did around 5k worth of work to it total. So, yes I agree, this was a blessing in disguise. It needed the work, I should be good going forward.
 
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Yes, @Chris, it does have a salvage title, and yes I did get some money on top of what I bought it back for. I did around 5k worth of work to it total. So, yes I agree, this was a blessing in disguise. It needed the work, I should be good going forward.
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Very cool! As long as you plan on keeping it, then the salvage title doesn't really affect anything at all!
 
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Sooooo next week you'll be rollin rollin rollin on new shocks and springs?....what shock and springs did you end up going with in the end?
 
I like that...the blue could look great under mine..So that will raise you 1 or 2 inches ?
 
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1'-1.5", Bruiser would look great with some blue springs like that. That matches you perfectly. I hope they look good on HRNT, I think they will.
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Yeah I think it will look great and very patriotic too boot :emoji_flag_lr: lol

I'm wondering if they do a 2' spring?...might have to do a bit of detective work on that one.
 
I got the new shocks and springs installed last week. HRNT rides so much better than it did before & the new set up gave me 1.5" of lift. I knew those old springs were sagging, but I didn't think it would change to look this much. I really like it, she's finally sitting level & has much better road manners. I am extremely happy with the ride quality, the difference is noticealbe.

I have been reading some How To threads about toe in and alignment for our TJ's, seems pretty straight forward, so I'm going to be doing that.

I also installed the new windshield hinges. I'm not happy withe the way the Crown Automotive one's fit and should have bought the Mopar set I was looking at. They didn't cover the entire un-painted area underneath and had some gaps on top. I filled that gap with some RTV until I can get some paint under there (or buy the Mopar set o_O).
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Wow, she looks great! You'd never even know anything happened to her in the first place. Great choice on not letting your TJ get auctioned off and stripped down.
 
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