What did you do to your TJ today?
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Yeah I got lucky mine came up in one stretchy piece while hot. I threw on some rugged ridge door liners afterwards and I'm happy with them too
At 75° today, it was perfect to put my doors back together and try them on. I think they came out really well, I'm very happy with how well the colors match.
As I had stated earlier somewhere, I did in fact leave out the inner door lock rod so that I can only lock/unlock the doors with the key from the outside. My thoughts are that it would make it a lot more difficult to steal the doors with the top and windows off if you can't unlock them by reaching in by hand. Probably not theft proof, but certainly makes it much harder..
And lastly, in their "waiting for the soft top" hangers...
As I had stated earlier somewhere, I did in fact leave out the inner door lock rod so that I can only lock/unlock the doors with the key from the outside. My thoughts are that it would make it a lot more difficult to steal the doors with the top and windows off if you can't unlock them by reaching in by hand. Probably not theft proof, but certainly makes it much harder..
And lastly, in their "waiting for the soft top" hangers...
That soft top looks great....
The Smittybuilt soft top the PO installed has leaks so I am looking to replace the one on my '01 later this summer.
Where did you purchase the kit and what did it cost ?
I like that setup... NIce weather half doors....
Great idea about leaving out the inner lock/unlock rod.
I bought mine from 4 Wheel Parts. Bestop does not have any rebates on the Replace A Tops this spring but 4WP offers a $100 trade in credit for old tops. I was going to drive to their Indianapolis location (hour and a half drive) for fun and get the rebate, but with the coronavirus stuff going on they allowed me to order online, have it shipped for free and they gave me the $100 trade in discount (normally in store only). So it was $499 plus tax, normally $599, best deal I could find right now.
Good looking soft top....
I looked at 4WPs and saw the $100 trade in discount...
Thank you... appreciate the information.
I bow down to the Kroil gods! Sprayed the crap out of the three bolts yesterday and today. Broke out the 24" breaker bar and worked those babies back and forth and back and forth and voila...success. On to the body lift.
antonio
Member
Made a couple of brackets today and mounted the fog lights i got from a forum member. Still need to extend the wires so i can plug them in to the factory plugs.
Brian83
TJ Enthusiast
Advance Adapters SYE and some upper control arms from Core 4x4. I can't believe how much driveline vibration I had before installing this. It's a completely different jeep now.
Tray Burge
TJ Addict
RiverDawg24
TJ Enthusiast
I cut a 3” hole in the tub to solve the upper rear shock mount broken bolt issue. Then I welded a 11/16” nut on the stud and brought it out the top with an impact.
I’m still trying to decide if what I did was genius, lazy or half-assed.
I did save the piece I cut out to weld back in at a later date if the mood hits me.
Btw, Rancho 5000x ARE, in fact, all they are cracked up to be.
Here’s pics....
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Broken Stud out after welding
and New Rancho buttoned up.... pic from above!
I’m still trying to decide if what I did was genius, lazy or half-assed.
I did save the piece I cut out to weld back in at a later date if the mood hits me.
Btw, Rancho 5000x ARE, in fact, all they are cracked up to be.
Here’s pics....
hole
Broken Stud out after welding
and New Rancho buttoned up.... pic from above!
Decided to do the RUBICON locker switch mod.
The mod is to be able to lock your axles in any drive position, 2wd, 4hi and of course 4lo.
It was really easy and looks like it works just as advertised. There are a few different ways to do this mod and some people add a switch to cancel the mod, but I just wired it direct. I did it the way it shows in the second graph which is the same way as using a cut out switch, just without the switch..
And the proof is in the pudding....
You can see the lock lights on the panel and the transfer case shifter position..
Mmmmmm........ pudding........
2wd - rear axle locked
2wd - front and rear axles locked
4wd high range - both axles locked
The mod is to be able to lock your axles in any drive position, 2wd, 4hi and of course 4lo.
It was really easy and looks like it works just as advertised. There are a few different ways to do this mod and some people add a switch to cancel the mod, but I just wired it direct. I did it the way it shows in the second graph which is the same way as using a cut out switch, just without the switch..
And the proof is in the pudding....
You can see the lock lights on the panel and the transfer case shifter position..
Mmmmmm........ pudding........
2wd - rear axle locked
2wd - front and rear axles locked
4wd high range - both axles locked
Finished up my smoked JK LED turn signal light mod.
wyorob
Member
Picked up a Dana 44 positrac carrier off the local classifieds. It's geared for 3.5. I want to see if I can swap the ring gear from my current carrier and get everything to sit right. Fingers crossed.
I went and picked up my $300 CL find........a Smittybilt hardtop in perfect condition! Now to find full doors and paint, or preferably some good fiberglass uppers. I'll probably end up getting those new....those ARE next to impossible to find!
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