What did you do to your TJ today?
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When we are in the woods for 2-4 days, I need to be able to run my fridge and charge my phone and other accessories. Diverting as many accessories to the Lithium battery as possible will take pressure off of the cranking battery.
Fixed my small evap leak CEL (P0456) with a smoke test, it was the gas cap!
Also swapped back to the stock air intake and got around to putting in the hella 100/80W bulbs for the Toyota headlight conversion kit I installed last month.
Also swapped back to the stock air intake and got around to putting in the hella 100/80W bulbs for the Toyota headlight conversion kit I installed last month.
I finished up the rust mitigation for the frame & skid plate and got it all put back together. I'm really bad at taking before pictures once I start a project. The pics for the before sections are either a) the not bad side and/or b) I have already started removing some of the rust and paint. The driver side wasn't that bad, but the passenger side had way more rust. Overall, this rust wasn't that bad, but it was a new project that I wanted to learn how to do, I had the time available, and I wanted to take care of it before it got worse.
I used a drill with a steel wire brush to strip the paint and rust off. Then, I used a coat of rusty metal primer that was recommended to me by Zorba. Then, I did 2 top coats of SEM bumper paint because I had it handy and it is black.
It is too late now, but should I have done anything differently?
I used a drill with a steel wire brush to strip the paint and rust off. Then, I used a coat of rusty metal primer that was recommended to me by Zorba. Then, I did 2 top coats of SEM bumper paint because I had it handy and it is black.
It is too late now, but should I have done anything differently?
Just picked up another tj last week (you might have seen the pics on this tread) same color as yours. Light Khaki Metalic.
Just picked up another tj last week (you might have seen the pics on this tread) same color as yours. Light Khaki Metalic.
Ah another delusional Jeep fanatic like myself owning more than one
can’t get enough of them huh?That’s a clean lookin Jeep! How much did you get it for
Ah another delusional Jeep fanatic like myself owning more than one
That’s a clean lookin Jeep! How much did you get it for
$13,500. 03 Sahara, zero rust, 80k miles.
Removed and painted the grill v-brace, replaced those awful condenser well nuts, new water pump, thermostat and housing, hoses, radiator. Got the fan back on and system filled up. Painted a couple rusty and rubbed spots, replaced some hardware with stainless
Tomorrow I'll smoke a brisket and work on the TJ. Need to finish installing the intake, welding in the new muffler, maybe get the center console stack painted and heated seats wired
Tomorrow I'll smoke a brisket and work on the TJ. Need to finish installing the intake, welding in the new muffler, maybe get the center console stack painted and heated seats wired
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I've taken the skid plate off so much that I know by heart that the skid plate bolts are 55 ft-lbs (44 with anti-seize) and the transmission bracket bolts are 21 ft-lbs.
That's about what i did when I had mine off recently. I try to clean up and spray a little paint on each area I work on when under my jeep, it just makes me feel good to chip away at rust prevention since I live in the rust belt. Gonna try to do more before winter, including wool wax in the inside of the frame. Anything is better than nothing!
Nice work, Nicer is the SuperCharger
Thanks. So far today, intake and engine bay finished up, had to move the hood bonding strap to the side of the center rib since it was rubbing the intake tube. It's all very tight packaging.
Oh, and the brisket's on. Had to get up at 4am to get her started.
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How do you like the Hellas? I did the Toyota conversion, but am still using the bulbs that came with the kit. Is there enough of a difference to justify the Hella bulbs?
From what I could tell they look way brighter in my driveway, but I haven’t had a chance to drive at night with them yet. The wattage is almost doubled from the stock ones and the bulbs aren’t expensive.
Hella H4 100/80W
I went from stock to a Hella H4 Vision Plus kit about a year ago and it was a good improvement, but I just installed the Holly RetroBright LEDS, and it is so much brighter. They are not cheap, but they are a huge improvement over the H4s. Highly recommended.
I have been looking at upgrading my factory fogs too. Right now I have some Hella H3 bulbs in them and they are better than factory, but just OK. I have been thinking about getting the KC HiLites 653 LEDs (https://a.co/d/0gXbH1jt), but am worried they will look too big even though they are still 6"/ They jusy seem more bulky to me.
EDIT: disregard, you said LEDs.