What did you do TO your Jeep JL today?

[sdiver68]

Picked it up from the dealer! My first. JLU Sport S Sun/Sound, CWP.

Upgrades in the mail and waiting for me at the shop.

 

[catang5oh]

WAIT WHAT??? How the Gladiator shocks fits on JL/JLU ?The rear JT shock is a 14 mm hole top and bottom The JL is 13mm hole top and bottom.

Press out the bushings and press the JL bushings into the JT shocks.

 

[m3reno]

Pretty much. I sanded the texture off the part first. Used 120 regular sand paper for that, before switching to more finer paper to get it nice and smooth. I made sure to paint the side edges of the part as we have extreme panel gaps. I also painted the flat part a 1/4" that tucks under the cowl plate in front of windshield. This is where I screwed up, should have gone for more coverage. I got a picture, here:

Other than that, straight forward. Sand, prime few coats, sand, paint a few coats, sand, clear coat, then I did rubbing compound and wax. A member here recommended the paint kit from this site (You can find the Mopar paints cheaper, but I liked that I could get everything in 1 kit here): https://touchupdirect.com/

The part has a slight orange peel texture to it now, but looks great in person. Not bad for rattle cans on the lawn.

I just painted my fender on my Ram. I went to an auto paint supply store and they set me up with the color and a two stage clear all through spray cans. I had doubts but it came out factory finish!! The key in the final stages was to sand down the orange peel using 1500 grit sand paper with water. Afterwards, I used a non orbital polisher using a two step compound then polis which brought the shine and reflection back

 

[geem03]

Busy day!!!!.....

My daughter and I removed my dad's winter tires and put on his summers..... but not without issues.... the idiots that put them on(dealer) torqued the lugs so frigging tight that I stripped the lock nut key...

So we had to improvise and with a 12 point socket and some heat, we prevailed and what should have taken a half hour, turned into hours of work.....

Then it was on to my wife's Audi.... painted the calipers red... well I prepped them.... she painted!

Came out nice!!!! Gonna look hot!!!

Then I figured I would fabricate a muffler delete..... took some exhaust pipe I had laying around and cut and welded it together, added a hanger and on it went.... wrapped the seam with extra exhaust wrap i had when I had built my bobber's exhaust....

So that was my day. Tomorrow I will probably paint the muffler delete with high temp paint.

EDIT: Painted the delete black yesterday (2020/5/13)... much better

 

[OC4X4]

New fender decals from @pixeldecals.

Not my best instal, but love the matted flag!!!!! Great quality!

 

[Kripas]

Installed Poison Spyder Bruiser with Rigid Radiance red

 

[EDH_JL]

Got a piece of metal in the mail, awaiting the second box to get it assembled

 

[rockenrolla]

I just added my @pixeldecals hood and side vent decals to my Jeep. It paid off immediately as I drove home into the sunset and wasn't blinded by the reflection off the hood.

 

[Mojito!]

Externally accessible jumper cable.
No more opening the hood to jump a battery.

WaX

What brand did you get. They look like a better quality that I have seen.

 

[DWaX]

What brand did you get. They look like a better quality that I have seen.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07GD8V653


WaX

 

[MacombRoger]

I just painted my fender on my Ram. I went to an auto paint supply store and they set me up with the color and a two stage clear all through spray cans. I had doubts but it came out factory finish!! The key in the final stages was to sand down the orange peel using 1500 grit sand paper with water. Afterwards, I used a non orbital polisher using a two step compound then polis which brought the shine and reflection back

Thanks, I'll give that a shot this weekend.

 

[Mojito!]

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07GD8V653


WaX

Thanks!

 

[Kenny]

Haven't done it yet, but got it today - Teraflex CB Antenna/Flag mount for the rear gate hinge. Sand Canyon requires a flag so this is a nice add. Will post another picture after it's installed

 

[Wicked Weasel]

Sitting home decided good time to purchase some parts.

Shorty antenna
Mopar reinforcement plus oversize tire kit
Method wheels 309 grid titanium 17x8.5
Nitto Ridge Grapplers 315x70x17
Baja LP9 (to be installed)
JL Top sunshade (to be installed)
Rock Krawler 2.5in x factor with fox shocks (in shopping cart.)





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[Blu bi Kong]

Fabricated a support bracket to mount my new jackery 290.