I won't input on the brands, but I will echo what @bobthetj03 always claims, double adjustable are worth every single cent.
The Mountain Man's Jeep
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Currie and Savvy both use the same Currie Johnny Joints. Double adjustable arms sure make it nice for fine tuning the lengths, especially if you foresee making length changes in the future.
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Dually noted, I'm all about easing the pain under a Jeep without being on a lift
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Finally got some meat on these wheels. Really liking these Destination MT2's. Took it on the trail yesterday and served me well, except for the uphill glacier I tried scaling...that shit wasn't fun at all.
Nice. Jeep of the month photo, perhaps?
Go with Currie or Savvy. They are pretty much identical except that the Savvy arms are made of aluminum I believe, but that’s it.
Make sure to get the double adjustable uppers too!
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Hell yeah brother...took the advice, searched around, and Gerald from Savvy hooked it up. Now to just find time to put them on, set caster after pinion angle and move on with the build.
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No, its an upper and lower for the front. I'll have to replace the rears later. There's an adjustable upper in the back and the angle is not causing my problems so far.
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Haven't had time to put the front arms on yet, but did get these cheap LED's in the meanwhile so I can actually see the road. Can't believe how pathetic stock halogen bulbs are. Figured this would be a temporary move that I've wanted fixed for a while. While money is there, I would rather focus on the drivetrain and gears for now.
7 inch LED Headlights Daymaker DOT Smoke with Cree Chip Bulbs Set Kit ($96)
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B077YCW2XF/?tag=wranglerorg-20
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THE NEW SEXY
Plan to run the daytime running lights later on, but I do way too much night driving to drive with the factory bulbs anymore.
7 inch LED Headlights Daymaker DOT Smoke with Cree Chip Bulbs Set Kit ($96)
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B077YCW2XF/?tag=wranglerorg-20
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Plan to run the daytime running lights later on, but I do way too much night driving to drive with the factory bulbs anymore.
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Pulled the trigger today....getting 4.56s installed this week. I really wanted to co this myself but I just don't have time and would probably do a careless job right now. Roughly $1800 with parts and labor, but should be a good investment.
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About time to do some maintenance! Been having a leak and what I thought was the RMS, it was in fact the valve cover gasket. Bought a new gasket, new spark plugs, cleaning out the air sensors, throttle body, CAI, cleaning the engine block. The valve cover leak has caused some gunk to build up in the spark plug well....anyone know a good way to clean that out so I don't drop anything in the engine bay when I pull the plugs out? Like spray with brake clean and air compress out maybe?
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Picked up a M8000 for only $400 with a synthetic line. Simply couldn’t pass it up, though it will need a new line pretty soon. Time to start getting ballsy on the trails now. Currie Antirock in the mail!!
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https://wranglertjforum.com/threads/how-to-clean-your-iac-idle-air-controller-valve.662/post-529787
^^ took apart the IAC and Throttle body today after reviewing the thread by @Chris. Definitely wish I had seen this before. Next up on the build is the Currie Antirock that will be here in the next week.
^^ took apart the IAC and Throttle body today after reviewing the thread by @Chris. Definitely wish I had seen this before. Next up on the build is the Currie Antirock that will be here in the next week.
Oh good, glad that came of use to you
You'll love the Antirock. Not having to disconnect is a great feeling!
@MtnRanger160 in post #15 you mentioned showing how you store your windows on your Trektop. Just wondering if you could share how you do it? Great looking rig by the way 
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@MtnRanger160 in post #15 you mentioned showing how you store your windows on your Trektop. Just wondering if you could share how you do it? Great looking rig by the way
https://wranglertjforum.com/threads/trektop-nx-storage-solved.13285/
check out this one I posted. I never took measurements but basically I just took a heavy wooden board and cut notches to make it fit in the top “sunroof” window. Hope you find this helpful. Appreciate the props on my Jeep! My problem is I just haven’t quite figured out how far I want to go with it.
Thanks for sharing. I saw some guys were going to try to do something similar using some of the shade covers out there. Good idea, definitely worth looking into
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Alright. Easy weekend, got the body mount bushings replaced! For some reason the front one was totally out of line after I popped in the other 10 but I finally got it in there. Next up, got a True trac on the way to go in the rear! Pretty excited about that. I almost fully committed and went with a locker but I’m not sure I want to go there yet. I think I want to test the waters on the trails before I get too much into that.
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That looks like Tuttle Creek ORV to me! Are you still in the Manhattan area? If so, we need to meet up and go wheeling some time!