What's the hardest Jeep mod/install you've ever done?

[exoshield]

Walk me through the hardest installs you've done through your Jeep ownership.

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[TheBirdie72]

Dead pedal, definitely. Do you have any idea how hard it is for a 6’2” guy like me to squeeze under there to turn a bolt?! Torture.

 

[blnewt]

Fabricating my own skid plates, just took a bit of trial and error but turned out just the way I wanted luckily

https://www.jlwranglerforums.com/forum/threads/2dr-v6-diy-skid-plate-set.78696/

 

[RugbyRef]

Installing a 3.5" Clayton Offroad lift...by myself.

 

[Grayhound]

Seat heaters for the back seats, but the kids enjoy a warm ride as well!

 

[Thane]

For almost every mod... Plastic Clips, hundreds of them most seem to be 1 time use.

Front bumper clip pile, rear less so, interior rear corner panels are a real pain to line back up.

Makes weld on sliders feel like a walk in the park.

 

[blnewt]

For almost every mod... Plastic Clips, hundreds of them most seem to be 1 time use.

Front bumper clip pile, rear less so, interior rear corner panels are a real pain to line back up.

Makes weld on sliders feel like a walk in the park.

I know! Every time you pull a plastic panel you just wait for that impending crack, and hope that everything is still intact. First time I pulled my grill out I thought for sure something was F'd up, but now it's a no stress job lol. Pretty much the same w/ all vehicles these days, acres of plastic just held on w/ more plastic

 

[aldo98229]

Installing the MORE dead pedal. There isn’t enough room in that foot well to get down there and maneuver. It’s ridiculous.

I ended sending it back.

 

[Remorseless]

Not necessarily the hardest, but my most hated - oil filter housing/cooler on the 3.6. That stupid intake manifold is the bane of my existence for both that job and the spark plugs. So many little brackets and plastic clips. And, on a lifted Jeep, the engine bay is tall enough I always bruise my sternum leaning over on it for however long it takes to get it done. At 6'3" I'm too tall to kneel on it and reach things, so standing on a step stool and leaning over the engine is how it has to be. If a buddy provides the beer, I'll do the job, but it's because it's a beer with a buddy, not because it's an enjoyable job.

 

[blnewt]

Not necessarily the hardest, but my most hated - oil filter housing/cooler on the 3.6. That stupid intake manifold is the bane of my existence for both that job and the spark plugs. So many little brackets and plastic clips. And, on a lifted Jeep, the engine bay is tall enough I always bruise my sternum leaning over on it for however long it takes to get it done. At 6'3" I'm too tall to kneel on it and reach things, so standing on a step stool and leaning over the engine is how it has to be. If a buddy provides the beer, I'll do the job, but it's because it's a beer with a buddy, not because it's an enjoyable job.

You just wanted a beer w/ your buddy, admit it

 

[Remorseless]

You just wanted a beer w/ your buddy, admit it

Yeah, but I'd rather just have the beer with them without having to clean up a mess made by a lube tech who uses an air gun on a plastic filter lol

 

[Buckster]

After modding suspensions and audio on Audis, most of the Jeep is cake.
But for some reason, every time I've had to pull the sub panel from the back I have cursed it like a madman trying to get it to go back in right.

 

[Falcor]

The hardest was probably building my old CJ-7 from the frame up.

 

[Terpsmandan]

Swapping a T-case on a ZJ in my driveway, by myself, without a lift, in November, in Western NY. My favorite tool is a 9/16 stubby box end ratchet.... Did not realize how stupid that was until I was done. Son was supposed to help.....

 

[kingspecialized]

My friend an I installed the AEV 2.5 lift in the driveway. We are both relatively inexperienced, so it was hard work. But we got it done and the Jeep is all the better for it.

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