What did you do to your TJ today?

[All 4 Wheelin']

The pre-2003 factory skids suck in my opinion. I have an 05' Rubicon skid that I've snipped 1" out of and have tack welded back together. I wanna bolt it in place and make sure it lines up before making it permanent. I'm also gonna pull the rear axle and shine it up a bit, and relocate my rear perches. Figured it just makes it easier if the tanks out for it anyway.

Sounds like you have some fun ahead. Make sure you post some pics.

 

[tjmaciii]

Took off the tube bumpers, the hitch, and the rock sliders. Thank you PB Blaster and breaker bars. Put in a big order for fluids, gaskets and other fun stuff for the TJ.

 

[LieutenantJohnson]

Cleaned er up and took it to the mall! My mom laughed when I pulled up in the Jeep to my folks place for Mothers day haha

 

[Doug-AK]

Summer tires (235/75R15 KO2), rims and new mirrors (BestTop).

 

[Fishtaco]

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Summer tires (235/75R15 KO2), rims and new mirrors (BestTop).

They look well smaller than my 235/75/15 Falken At 3w,s, do you have any lift?

 

[Tree killer]

Are you doing the cj tailgate conversion?

Yes I already have a swag TJ drop down tailgate. I've been looking for a CJ tailgate for some time. So all I've got to do is sand blast and paint and it will bolt right on.

 

[Jpodell]

Not today, it was actually a few weeks ago but I finally got around to taking a picture of my Morryde Tailgate Reinforcement Kit.
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Looks great painted.

 

[Edosan]

The installation was pretty straightforward. I ordered from Crutchfield got the free installation kit, with instructions followed them and had no problems.

Thanks! I'll give it a try in the next few weeks--looking to switch from a double-din to a single with Bluetooth. Appreciate the quick response!

 

[Edosan]

I mounted a 5 pin chassis plug with waterproof cap on the passenger side of the console so I could easily plug in/remove my Cobra 75 WX ST microphone - out of sight, less likely to get "removed" by someone besides myself. The larger plug cap above it is a USB charge port.

Can you share pics & details of the USB charging port? I'm looking to put one in and am looking for options for placement, etc. How hard was it to install? Any advice? Thanks in advance!

 

[Fonz54]

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Slowly chipping away at the to-do list.

OK I'll bite. What is this?

 

[Vasq]

OK I'll bite. What is this?

steering gear skid (savvy)

 

[freedom_in_4low]

OK I'll bite. What is this?

steering gear skid (savvy)

that.

It's the third one I've had. The first was integral to a heavy old Body Armor bumper that was on my TJ when I bought it. I dropped it on rocks enough times to know that I needed a skid there when I switched to a stubby Warn bumper that didn't have an integral skid.

I ran the Warn for about a year, but when I started looking into an Anti-Rock I discovered that some people have clearance issues with steering skids that use the steering box mounting bolts. The extra thickness of the skid pushes the bolts out just enough that they can touch the sway bar arm. The Savvy skid purposely does not use those bolts so it doesn't create that issue. So when I swapped rigs, I left the Warn skid on the TJ and got this Savvy for the LJ. It's been sitting in my garage for a good 2-3 months while I've been taking care of other aspects of the build. I'm in that phase where the last 10% of the build takes just as long as the first 90% because it's a bunch of little stuff like this.

 

[Moglocker]

that.

It's the third one I've had. The first was integral to a heavy old Body Armor bumper that was on my TJ when I bought it. I dropped it on rocks enough times to know that I needed a skid there when I switched to a stubby Warn bumper that didn't have an integral skid.

I ran the Warn for about a year, but when I started looking into an Anti-Rock I discovered that some people have clearance issues with steering skids that use the steering box mounting bolts. The extra thickness of the skid pushes the bolts out just enough that they can touch the sway bar arm. The Savvy skid purposely does not use those bolts so it doesn't create that issue. So when I swapped rigs, I left the Warn skid on the TJ and got this Savvy for the LJ. It's been sitting in my garage for a good 2-3 months while I've been taking care of other aspects of the build. I'm in that phase where the last 10% of the build takes just as long as the first 90% because it's a bunch of little stuff like this.

We want pics of the build so far!

 

[freedom_in_4low]

We want pics of the build so far!

build thread linked in my signature.

I haven't updated it much in several weeks but it should start picking back up now. Doing a body lift and MML this week, should be installing savvy rocker guards after that, and then new tires. And in between it's going to look goofy as hell with 32" KO2's under a 4" suspension/1.25" body lift.

 

[Weasellee]

OK I'll bite. What is this?

I thought custom steering box brace?

 

[defenderu]

Installed magna flow exhaust. (I know i didn't go to my local shop for the $150 special.)

 

[TX99517]

We put a soft top on the teenagers ride. Had to buy complete kit as it had a hard top. The instructions were vague and not well written.
I’m wondering if we did something wrong. I took the rubber gasket off the top of windshield as the bracket doe soft top would not fit properly. Was that wrong? The top seems to fit. Should I put the gasket back on?

 

[Frank M]

We put a soft top on the teenagers ride. Had to buy complete kit as it had a hard top. The instructions were vague and not well written.
I’m wondering if we did something wrong. I took the rubber gasket off the top of windshield as the bracket doe soft top would not fit properly. Was that wrong? The top seems to fit. Should I put the gasket back on?

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The gasket seals out wind and rain, without it I would think it would rattle when you’re driving it.

 

[TX99517]

The gasket seals out wind and rain, without it I would think it would rattle when you’re driving it.

We drove it after and it didn't seem to. I can put it back on, we were just not sure as the front bar didn't seem to sit correctly when it was there.

 

[Frank M]

When I change from hard top to soft top mine doesn’t sit correctly at first. After a couple of days in the sun it sits better.