What did you do TO your Jeep JL today?

[From0toJ]

I dip the Jeep in black, adding a not so creative hood decal, and finally put that sports bumper piece back on to cover fog lights.

The process is very easy. No need to remove the logo. Here is a great video for step by step. For the bumper insert, I remove the whole piece and cutout out the ugly extension and put the cover back on. A lot good info here: https://www.jlwranglerforums.com/fo...port-euro-close-out-cover-bumper-pieces.2996/

Premium top is a twill material and a little thicker. I can’t compare as I have always ran the standard top. With the changes to the top on the JL I don’t think it matters which top you have it is much easier to drop the top and remove the windows than the JK. I needed a little help or had to run around the JK, I can stand on one side and open it up on the JL.

I guess exterior noise would be dampened better with the premium top and maybe radio sound would be better, I am sure the ticker material probably keeps heat/AC inside better as well. Since both tops use the same door surrounds the areas for wind noise would be the same.

I have never had any issues with the standard top, maybe some day I will upgrade to a premium.

The only thing I don’t like about the JL is the front door surrounds are a little short so when it rains the water drains about 4” from the front of the a pillar and gets in the Jeep, the JK surrounds were a little longer.

Thank you very much for this post. Am reviewing that other thread, and will also be plasti dipping the Jeep emblems.

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[Never3nuff]

Did you not like the black hawse fairlead that came with the VR series winch? You can probably sell it to someone on here if you haven't already who's winch came with an ugly one.

No I didnt like the VR series hawse fairlead. Its heavy cast iron and really thick. The supplied bolts were too short to work with the JCR winch plate. The Poison Spyder fairlead fit better and was only $45. If anyone is interested in the Warn fairlead, I will give it away. Just pay for shipping or come pick it up if you are local. PM me if interested≥.

 

[Never3nuff]

https://www.spiderwebshade.com/jeep-products/jeep-type/jl/jl4d/

I ordered mine the other day and it will be here Friday. Great customer service. I received an email with tracking number a couple of hours after ordering.

 

[JL2018]

I dont plan on doing any serious rock crawling but I've been to a few intermediate trails and no problems so far. I"m looking for a new rear bumper with integrated LED lights. Probably go with ADD. I really hate the exhaust. As soon as the high clearance AFE or Magnaflow are no longer backordered I will get one.

Good luck with it. Keep it in mind when you're coming off a rock, maybe you can angle your departure to avoid hitting the light.

 

[jeremyjeep]

Bad form on my part, here is link. https://www.amazon.com/Missiles-Cig...r=8-1&keywords=fire+missles+cigarette+lighter

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00AR9G6XO?pd_rd_i=B00AR9G6XO

 

[jeremyjeep]

Check out this video of how he plasti-dipped the front edge of the hood. At 3 minutes, 12 seconds into the video. Anyone know how to do this?

 

[agordon117]

Finished machining my new fairlead. I sanded it smooth but I'm not going to mirror polish it. No sense doing that if it's just going on the front of my jeep. I wish I had a warn fairlead in the original condition for the comparison, but like I mentioned in one of my previous posts, trying to sand that one smooth revealed that it was plated, so the one I have here is all scratched up from sanding. This took way longer to make than it should have, and most of that it because I mimicked the taper on the part. The only reason it's tapered is because the part would stick to the mold in the die casting process otherwise. All I had to do was make mine have straight edges and it would have cut a LOT of work off of it.

EDIT: Yes, I will consider making these available for purchase, I just have to read up on the forum rules for interest lists and such from normal members. If I do make them available for purchase, They will likely have flat edges instead of tapered, as it adds too much machining time.

 

[TTEChris]

You should add the ejector seats as well as the missile compliment.

I had a blank passenger eject switch in my JK that I used to scare the kids if they were acting up on a longer trips.

 

[Steve_South]

Finished machining my new fairlead. I sanded it smooth but I'm not going to mirror polish it. No sense doing that if it's just going on the front of my jeep. I wish I had a warn fairlead in the original condition for the comparison, but like I mentioned in one of my previous posts, trying to sand that one smooth revealed that it was plated, so the one I have here is all scratched up from sanding. This took way longer to make than it should have, and most of that it because I mimicked the taper on the part. The only reason it's tapered is because the part would stick to the mold in the die casting process otherwise. All I had to do was make mine have straight edges and it would have cut a LOT of work off of it.

wish i had skills like that.

 

[agordon117]

wish i had skills like that.

Takes mostly a lot of time to learn how to model things up and program them, but once you learn it it's pretty simple. I spent most of my 4th year in college teaching myself how to program CNC machines on my laptop while my foreign professors lectured word for word from their powerpoints, and didn't understand english well enough to answer any questions. I just happened to already have the right skills and tools to make this an easy job.

 

[vonbek]

Bad form on my part, here is link. https://www.amazon.com/Missiles-Cig...r=8-1&keywords=fire+missles+cigarette+lighter

I had a blank passenger eject switch in my JK that I used to scare the kids if they were acting up on a longer trips.

I'm hoping someone comes up with some brilliant labels for the aux switches. Smokescreen, Eject, Self Destruct, etc.

 

[keda69]

Pretty much right on. I estimated some things like the vehicle weight. I live in Denver too so if you're wondering how much you'll be paying wonder no more..

Do have to pay initial sales tax for purchasing the vehicle on top of that?

 

[Jcaron9gt4]

Added the Mopar grab handles, my .50cal antenna and my AR15 sticker to the back to show my 2A support.

 

[AZCrawl]

Added the Mopar grab handles, my .50cal antenna and my AR15 sticker to the back to show my 2A support.

Do you have an AR-15 or just the sticker? If you have one, how do you keep it from hurting people?

 

[Jeepmarkjl]

I had a blank passenger eject switch in my JK that I used to scare the kids if they were acting up on a longer trips.

For about 3 months I convinced my 3 young boys that the Hazard Button was an ejection switch. Then one day, oldest brother was giving middle brother very hard time. When we got to grocery store middle brother unbuckled, suddenly reached forward and pushed the hazard button to the screaming horror of his older brother... Middle brother was VERY disappointed. Oldest brother keeps an eye for middle brother ever since.

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