What did you do TO your Jeep JL today?

[LydiaSP613]

Ya we might be able work something out! I thought about the deductible thing too. Definitely going to lower it due to now owning a jeep. I had to replace my old cars windshield in January -.-


That Rausch park looks fun, can baby wranglers go?



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Back on topic, my bartact seat covers came in last night but I was out all evening... tried putting the driver seat on this morning and I ... need way more time to figure it out

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[CosTheKing]

Finally got rid off all the silver trim. Plasti dipped the bumper trim today.

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[Muddog]

Finally got rid off all the silver trim. Plasti dipped the bumper trim today.

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I’m thinking of doing the silver trim on my bumper. Was it difficult? Does it match the bumper color well? Did you have to remove the bumper?

 

[schneidvegas]

Finally got rid off all the silver trim. Plasti dipped the bumper trim today.

Looks very clean!

 

[CosTheKing]

I’m thinking of doing the silver trim on my bumper. Was it difficult? Does it match the bumper color well? Did you have to remove the bumper?

I couldn’t figure out how to remove the bumper trim. So I just carefully taped the whole thing around and bagged the entire car. Tape job was a pain in the *#s. That took the most time. Color is fairly close but not exact. I think it turned out well.

 

[BGJLU]

I couldn’t figure out how to remove the bumper trim. So I just carefully taped the whole thing around and bagged the entire car. Tape job was a pain in the *#s. That took the most time. Color is fairly close but not exact. I think it turned out well.

That looks outstanding! Any tips on taping/masking?

 

[FrenchSSGTMike]

Totaled up the cost of all of the aftermarket parts I've ordered for it... Hard to believe without a lift, rims, or tires I'm already at $5000. Still waiting on the exhaust, winch, winch plate, lights, winch guard, winch guard light mounts, tailgate table, and the ACE rock sliders. I'm guessing my order from mopar online parts was flagged because my billing address (home) and shipping address (work) didn't match. If you require the first order to have matching billing and shipping addresses, you MUST state that on the checkout page. Not buried in your shipping FAQ. *rolleyes*


Blackvue DR750S-2CH with Power Magic Pro
Rough Country 2.2 Steering Stabilizer (if needed)
XPEL Clear Universal Door Sill Guard
Mopar Black Door Sill Guards
All Weather Floor Mats
Jeep Cargo Mat
Mopar Rear Cargo Tub Liner
Jeep Tailgate Table
Magnaflow Dual Exit Cat Back Exhaust (black)
Rugged Ridge 6” Reflex Antenna
Warn Zeon 10-S
JCR offroad winch plate
Mopar 7” light set
Mopar winch guard
Mopar winch guard light mounts
Factor 55 UltraHook (Red)
ACE Engineering Rock Sliders



I've been mildly annoyed every time I've found out something new that I needed to spend money on in order to get what I want. For instance: Every picture I had previously seen of a winch on a Jeep showed the hook pulled tight against the fairlead. Not one page that I visited showing a winch had any sort of disclaimer saying you couldn't do that. Finally in an instruction manual I saw that you're supposed to hang the hook stupidly from your front tow hook. Yuck. Just looks... well, lazy isn't the right word... "unrefined" I guess? Do I understand why you can't do that? Absolutely. Makes perfect sense. I can't believe I didn't think about it on my own with my engineering and manufacturing background. But, almost to the point of false advertising, everyone showed a normal hook pulled tight against the fairlead in a winch ready bumper.

At that point I found my way to Factor 55. They solved the problem with their UltraHook, among other products.

Another good one: I have a Rubicon Hard Rock right now, and I love the tube rock rails that it has. Had zero clue that the normal Rubicon wasn't like that, nor that the JL would be any different than what I had. That one is my fault, because I clearly didn't look close enough at everyone's JLs. So I ended up buying the Ace rock sliders to match what I have now as closely as is currently possible (without fabricating my own).

The winch thing really bothers me. Jeep rolls out their tricked out Mojito JL and in every single image, the hook is pulled against the fairlead. I have to wonder how many people wreck their hooks or fairleads by doing exactly what they are shown that they can do. I never saw a properly anchored winch hook until I read a few build logs on here. In my mind, pulling the hook flush was just a thing that was done. I had never seen evidence to the contrary. The sample size of images that I've seen is admittedly low, I just find it troublesome that I never had any reason to believe the hook couldn't be pulled tight. I genuinely hope I'm the only one and it's just a lack of research on my part that led me to those conclusions.

Hi, for the xpel sill guard film, which one did you buy ?
Can only find the 2.75’’ on Amazon, and kinda scared it would be to narrow to do the sill guards

 

[agordon117]

Hi, for the xpel sill guard film, which one did you buy ?
Can only find the 2.75’’ on Amazon, and kinda scared it would be to narrow to do the sill guards

That's the one I picked. I don't have a problem doing it in 2 strips, I ordered 2 rolls of it. I didn't see anything wider either.

 

[FrenchSSGTMike]

That's the one I picked. I don't have a problem doing it in 2 strips, I ordered 2 rolls of it. I didn't see anything wider either.

Or maybe it’d be worth doing this on the edge, then put the Mopar door sills ?

 

[agordon117]

Today my winch arrived, and I got a good look at the fairlead. It looked like a pile of hot garbage. It's die cast, not properly cleaned up, and then plated with something. No real reason for the cast aluminum to be plated instead of just polished. Had no idea it wasn't polished until I started sanding it to try to clean off some of the ugly casting bubbles and the plating started to come off. At that point I was faced with coming up with a new one, or completely sanding the plating off of the entire part. So, since I have a CNC mill, I broke out the calipers and started designing a new one to make tomorrow (or maybe monday by the time my material gets here). I liked the shape of the Warn one, so I kept that, but I figured since I'm making it from scratch I may as well change the text. You'll have to pardon all of the extra lines. That's the way all of the rounded corners blend together, and if I don't turn the lines on the text is barely visible.

This may seem a bit excessive for something that's going on my Jeep, but honestly I can't stand lazy fabrication. The fact that I could look at the front of the part and tell it was poorly die cast really bugged me. If the surface had been smoothed out properly, I would have been fine. I even tried to save it, only to find out that the silver aluminum was plated with a silver plating. That's one of my least favorite things ever. Clear/grey/silver coatings on aluminum.

 

[agordon117]

Or maybe it’d be worth doing this on the edge, then put the Mopar door sills ?

I want to see how it all lays out before I decide for sure, but that's also one of the options.

 

[JL Rubi Khan]

Today my winch arrived, and I got a good look at the fairlead. It looked like a pile of hot garbage. It's die cast, not properly cleaned up, and then plated with something. No real reason for the cast aluminum to be plated instead of just polished. Had no idea it wasn't polished until I started sanding it to try to clean off some of the ugly casting bubbles and the plating started to come off. At that point I was faced with coming up with a new one, or completely sanding the plating off of the entire part. So, since I have a CNC mill, I broke out the calipers and started designing a new one to make tomorrow (or maybe monday by the time my material gets here). I liked the shape of the Warn one, so I kept that, but I figured since I'm making it from scratch I may as well change the text. You'll have to pardon all of the extra lines. That's the way all of the rounded corners blend together, and if I don't turn the lines on the text is barely visible.

This may seem a bit excessive for something that's going on my Jeep, but honestly I can't stand lazy fabrication. The fact that I could look at the front of the part and tell it was poorly die cast really bugged me. If the surface had been smoothed out properly, I would have been fine. I even tried to save it, only to find out that the silver aluminum was plated with a silver plating. That's one of my least favorite things ever. Clear/grey/silver coatings on aluminum.

So you designed this and are going to produce it?

 

[agordon117]

So you designed this and are going to produce it?

I mean, I really only planned to make one for myself. I'd probably want to tweak it a bit so it isn't exactly the same shape as the warn one if I produced it for other people too. Figured with all of the options on the market, there wasn't a huge demand for something like this. But yes, I modeled it up and as soon as my material shows up, I'm going to make it.

 

[JL Rubi Khan]

No that’s cool my man... will be interested to see what it looks like when you make it! You might end up having to make at least 1 more lol

 

[Dynomite1371]

Today my winch arrived, and I got a good look at the fairlead. It looked like a pile of hot garbage. It's die cast, not properly cleaned up, and then plated with something. No real reason for the cast aluminum to be plated instead of just polished. Had no idea it wasn't polished until I started sanding it to try to clean off some of the ugly casting bubbles and the plating started to come off. At that point I was faced with coming up with a new one, or completely sanding the plating off of the entire part. So, since I have a CNC mill, I broke out the calipers and started designing a new one to make tomorrow (or maybe monday by the time my material gets here). I liked the shape of the Warn one, so I kept that, but I figured since I'm making it from scratch I may as well change the text. You'll have to pardon all of the extra lines. That's the way all of the rounded corners blend together, and if I don't turn the lines on the text is barely visible.

This may seem a bit excessive for something that's going on my Jeep, but honestly I can't stand lazy fabrication. The fact that I could look at the front of the part and tell it was poorly die cast really bugged me. If the surface had been smoothed out properly, I would have been fine. I even tried to save it, only to find out that the silver aluminum was plated with a silver plating. That's one of my least favorite things ever. Clear/grey/silver coatings on aluminum.

I love your posts, they make me realize that my OCD isn't that bad! Lmmfao

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