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Thread: ShutterBug's Build Thread
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12-22-2014, 10:55 AM #21Super JK Freak
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37" KM2's, Mickey Thompson classic II, 4"Full Traction, PR44, 5.13 gears, ARB lockers, Riddler diff cover, EVO ProTek skids, EVO sliders. RockHard 4x4 rear bumper, PSC brawler lite, Cobra 75 wsxt, Ruff Stuff tie rod, ENGO 12K winch, Patterson driveshaft, EVO drag link flip
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12-22-2014, 08:22 PM #22Super JK Freak
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Looks good so far
2013 JKU Black sport 37s on Rockstar 2, Quadratec 3.5 lift springs, bilstein 5100, cut fenders, pypes hgc exhaust, bestop NX, spiderweb shades
97 Red TJ TF BB on JK Rubi take-offs
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12-24-2014, 08:18 PM #23Freak of Knowledge
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May 16, 2014
Not sure how I missed this one.
I built a bracket to attach my CB antenna to the space behind my license plate bracket. I modeled it after something I saw on the interwebs. I had just picked up a welder and I wanted to try my hand at fabricating something small.
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12-24-2014, 08:25 PM #24Freak of Knowledge
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July 15, 2014
Got my new JCR Crusader Mid Width Bumper to replace the OR-FAB bumper that had rusted too early. I ordered the backup lights as well and wired them to the reverse lights. Man, they are bright. I am going to change that so they are switched instead.
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12-24-2014, 08:28 PM #25Freak of Knowledge
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July 23, 2014
Put on some stickers that I have had for a while. Just hadn't gotten around to putting them on.
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12-24-2014, 08:35 PM #26Freak of Knowledge
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July 23, 2014 (Part 2)
When I installed my winch I picked up at the Jeep Bantam Festival, we made a mistake and cross threaded the nut on the ground lug of the winch. I called Smittybilt to buy a replacement and they told me they don't sell that by itself, but that they would send something out to me. I was also having an issue with the wireless module where the winch would activate by itself. A few weeks later, a really heavy package gets delivered to my house.
Smittybilt sent me an entire new winch! Although they did send me a winch with wire rope instead of synthetic. I had to de-spool all of that wire - which is VERY heavy - an re-spool my synthetic. Say what you want about Smittybilt, but they did right by me.
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12-24-2014, 08:42 PM #27Freak of Knowledge
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August 21, 2014
Put a Fumoto valve on my oil pan. With the oil pan skid plate installed, getting to the oil pan plug is a bit of a bear. Plus, once you pull the plug, the oil will just shoot on top of the skid if you don't put something to deflect it. The Fumoto valve has a port that a rubber tube can be put on. Just flip the valve and the oil drains. Since the skid is protecting the oil pan, there's no danger of it getting damaged off road.
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12-24-2014, 08:47 PM #28Freak of Knowledge
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October 17, 2014
Decided to take off the Smittybilt side steps and replace them with JCR Classic Sliders. Looking forward to putting them to the test.
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12-24-2014, 08:57 PM #29Freak of Knowledge
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October 24, 2014
I have Rugged Ridge wheels on my Jeep that I bought from 4 Wheel Parts a year prior. Rugged Ridge has a rim protector designed to protect the rim when wheeling. My rims have quite a few scratches on them already. I've been wanting these protectors for a while.
Speed2005 had a set he wasn't using, so I finally convinced him to sell them to me. But they were painted Mango Tango. That wasn't going to work for me. So I painted them blue.
In order to install them, I had to remove these decorative bolts that were already in the rims. They were rounded over and had hex key slots. But 50% of them were so damaged, that I couldn't get a hex key in the slot at all. Some were so seized in the hole that they were easily stripped. In some cases I was able to hammer in an oversized torx bit in some of them and was able to get them out. For the others, I had to use a Dremel to flatten two sides of the bolt and use a Vice Grip to twist it out.
The new ones look great!
Last edited by ShutterBug; 12-24-2014 at 10:07 PM.
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12-24-2014, 09:10 PM #30Freak of Knowledge
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November 14, 2014
Time to upgrade the tires! I got tired of getting stuck in situations that friends with 35" tires were able to get through.
A fellow Jeep owner was selling his 35" Duratracs and his wheels. I only wanted the tires, but another forum member (Torque) wanted the wheels. So we all met up at Discount Tire to have the seller's new wheels and tires installed and his old ones unmounted. The seller's original wheels would go on Torque's Jeep with Torque's new 37" tires and the Duratracs would go on my Jeep with my Rugged Ridge wheels. It made more since to make an appointment and have them do it all at once.
It was a loooooonnnnnnggggg day.
7 hours after our appointment time, they finally got us in the bays.
I won't go into a lot of detail on how bad of a day this was. Let's just say it is highly unlikely that I will be going to Discount Tire again anytime soon. I felt like they lied to us and tried to cover up their mismanagement. We had an appointment, but they placed us in the computer as a walk-in so it wouldn't be reflected on performance evaluations on how long appointment holders wait.
I like the way the looked once installed.
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