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I'm a southern neighbor in WA and had steel corner armor & steel rocker armor on my TJ for over 8 years and then it was parked for 10 years and when I took it off my paint just needed a light buffing...
Big thing is to make sure you wax the rig prior to installing the armor.
Next week is my annual trip to Rausch Creek with my 1st Generation Bronco buddies. I had previously planned on taking the TJ. However, I'm now committed to taking the LJ. Since owning it, I've never wheeled it hard. That's going to change next week, where my plan is to push it. A few favorites for this are Crawl Daddy, Outer Limits, and trail F.
Getting ready, I needed to rewire my front locker. I finished that task today.
Getting ready, I needed to rewire my front locker. I finished that task today.
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Since I wasn't wheeling this Jeep I cut corners and didn't cycle the suspension to look for clearance issues. Prepping for my trip, I found one. The Jeep was built around 10" travel shocks and everything cleared at ride height.
However, at full droop, the rear shocks hit the lower coil buckets hard, as the axle moved forward. Fixed that problem by trimming the lower coil buckets. Also, trimmed the tailpipe, so it's wouldn't get sandwiched between a rock and the bumper.
However, at full droop, the rear shocks hit the lower coil buckets hard, as the axle moved forward. Fixed that problem by trimming the lower coil buckets. Also, trimmed the tailpipe, so it's wouldn't get sandwiched between a rock and the bumper.
The Jeep has an Alpine iLX-W650 double DIN receiver. I already have a rear camera and just ordered a front camera to install. Does anyone have suggestions on where to place the front camera? The idea would be to keep an eye on front obstacles. Here's the camera I purchased, which can be mounted in one of two ways.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0GWMQ438T?tag=wranglerorg-20
I don't think putting it on or into the front bumper would be a good idea.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0GWMQ438T?tag=wranglerorg-20
I don't think putting it on or into the front bumper would be a good idea.
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Apparently, patience is not a virtue of yours!
I did a quick test today, inside the garage. With the stock antenna I could pick up 3 FM stations. One clear , and two with static. With the "hidden antenna", I could only get one, which was clear. Tomorrow, I pull the Jeep out of the garage and see if it improves.
I have no virtue...... .Apparently, patience is not a virtue of yours!
I’ll start by saying that I don’t run cameras on my rig so take my comments with that large grain of salt.
One thing I have figured out over the years doing things such as using a GoPro when mountain biking is that perspective is important. You need a frame of reference. In the case of wheeling you want to be able to see part of the rig in the picture so you know how close you are to whatever it is you’re interested in. With that in mind, perhaps angled down under the bull bar or looking obliquely to passenger from the steering box skid might be helpful. In the second idea, my thought is that you can see the front driver pretty well by sticking your head out the window, but the passenger front you cannot. So a camera looking obliquely to passenger from the driver side could be helpful.
So a camera looking obliquely to passenger from the driver side could be helpful.
I like this idea best.
I'll have to look again!
I have cameras at either end of the bumper on the bottom pointed just in front of and at the front tires. I also have an input switcher on a remote in the center console. That way I can see exactly where each front tire is about to climb over.
I realized my front camera install was a wasted effort the very first time I tried to use it in the rocks due to sun glare on the screen. The utility was way more gimmicky than I anticipated, and I was pretty bummed about it.
I removed it in short order since it was a useless other than to impress my friends in the parking lot.
I'm not really for front camera for wheeling advantage. In theory it sounds like a good idea, but I'll never get one because of what ^^^ said. I've heard others say the same thing. I would like to see the passenger tire at times, but meh...
It simply didn't work well for me, and it reminded me that I'm better off looking ahead at a line and then learning my tire placement by feeling things out as I look forward and drive. I felt one with my TJ, but I'm still learning the tire placement with the LJ's wider axles.
I just remembered that my TJ's rear camera is still taped off and hanging in the wheel well since doing the corner armor in CA.
I did a quick test of the camera and wasn't happy. Since my system is analog, the video is very low quality. This is something I need but was more of a since the receiver has two camera inputs, why not use them. I'm going to pause on this, for now.
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