What did you do TO your Jeep JL today?

[BoisetheCat]

5,937 mi. on my JL. Did a tire rotation.

Dam, those lugs were tight.

When I put my Gorilla Locking System Lugs on a couple of months ago, I torqued to the FCA, recommended 130 ft/lb. This time I went to 125 ft /lb.

lol like i was telling you bill i had a veryyy difficult time getting them off. went for 115 tq when after i rotated and everything is aok. i couldnt do 125 or even 120 lol. im 6'1 but only about 125 soaking wet. lean i call it! others call it skinny, either way at least i can eat whatever i want and not gain an ounce so that's something i guess lol.

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[BLU3TURF]

Just put on my 35” Toyo Open Country RT and 17” Black Rhino Armory on my rig
Special thanks to Rick at @Quadratec and Jon at Outlaw Customs in Clearwater, fl for the help

 

[Rubi-Zero]

Finished installing my @ROAM coilover kit. It is adjustable from 4-8" of lift. In these pictures it is set to 8", but I will be lowering it back down to 4" next week so I can fit in my garage

Holy chit! 8”!?!? Wow that’s a lot of lift, makes those 40’s look small.
This rig looks bad ass though.

 

[TTEChris]

Holy chit! 8”!?!? Wow that’s a lot of lift, makes those 40’s look small.
This rig looks bad ass though.

Thanks! Yeah, i think i need to move up to 44s , Dana 80's, and a LS motor if I stick with the 8" lift. I dont think my wife will allow me to take out a home equity loan for all that
I will be going back down to 4-5" very soon which seems to work/look better with the 40s.

 

[Rhinebeck01]

lol like i was telling you bill i had a veryyy difficult time getting them off. went for 115 tq when after i rotated and everything is aok. i couldnt do 125 or even 120 lol. im 6'1 but only about 125 soaking wet. lean i call it! others call it skinny, either way at least i can eat whatever i want and not gain an ounce so that's something i guess lol.

@BoisetheCat

To be honest with you, my gal pal (a petite gal that weighs 122#...) actually torqued the lugs for me, while I was busy doing something else on the JL. She used a 25" long, Mountain 16250 1/2-inch Drive Torque Wrench - 25-250 ft/lbs
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000JFL89I/ref=oh_aui_search_detailpage?ie=UTF8&psc=1

She had no problem torquing to 125 ft/lb. Actually she would have no problem torquing to 130 ft/lb, (25" handle length on the torque wrench) but then I would play hell trying to loosen the lug nuts again.

By the way, I keep a 15" long breaker bar (1/2") with a socket in the JL, just in case I were to get a flat tire and need to crack/loosen the lugs.

Here is a recent pic of my gal pal, she was doing an oil change on my '01 Fatboy..

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[obwahn]

@BoisetheCat

To be honest with you, my gal pal (a petite gal that weighs 122#...) actually torqued the lugs for me, while I was busy doing something else on the JL. She used a 25" long, Mountain 16250 1/2-inch Drive Torque Wrench - 25-250 ft/lbs
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000JFL89I/ref=oh_aui_search_detailpage?ie=UTF8&psc=1

She had no problem torquing to 125 ft/lb. Actually she would have no problem torquing to 130 ft/lb, but then I would play hell trying to loosen the lug nuts again.

By the way, I keep a 15" long breaker bar (1/2") with a socket in the JL, just in case I were to get a flat tire and need to crack/loosen the lugs.

Here is a recent pic of my gal pal, she was doing an oil change on my '01 Fatboy..

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Doin oil changes? Oh ya, she's a keeper.

 

[Poseidon]

Today I added the reflex antenna by rugged ridge.

 

[NC4x4]

Did this on Friday.... well, an irresponsible driver did this to me.

 

[NavyVet1959]

lol like i was telling you bill i had a veryyy difficult time getting them off. went for 115 tq when after i rotated and everything is aok. i couldnt do 125 or even 120 lol. im 6'1 but only about 125 soaking wet. lean i call it! others call it skinny, either way at least i can eat whatever i want and not gain an ounce so that's something i guess lol.

I was under the impression that the torque range for the M14x1.5 bolts that we have on the JLs was supposed to be 80-90 ft-lbs. When I put the Ram wheels on my JL the other day, I set the torque wrench for 88 ft-lbs for the M14x1.5 bolts that connect the JL to the adapters and 78 ft-lbs for the bolts that connect the adapters to the wheels. Those bolts are M12x1.5 and supposedly need 70-80 ft-lbs from what I read.

 

[obwahn]

Did this on Friday.... well, an irresponsible driver did this to me.

Holy Crap! I assume no injuries? Sucks the big one for sure.

 

[melendez69]

Did this on Friday.... well, an irresponsible driver did this to me.[/QUOTE]

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Geez... F*ck happened here? Obviously not a pretty sight... hopefully no one hurt.

 

[NavyVet1959]

Spent today taking off the "euro guards" that blend the fender to the bumper on my Sport JL. They were rubbing when I turned too far to the side. These were LT275/65R20 tires and wheels from a Ram 1500 with 1.25" adapters and I installed them the other day.

Updated the previous post to show what it looks like with these removed...

 

[Rhinebeck01]

@NavyVet1959

Per Owner's Manual:
Stock wheels --- 130 ft/lb torque for wheel lug nuts and 59 ft/lb on the spare tire lugs.

 

[NavyVet1959]

@NavyVet1959

Per Owner's Manual:
Stock wheels --- 130 ft/lb torque for wheel lug nuts and 59 ft/lb on the spare tire lugs.

Hmmm... That seems a bit high compared to what I saw the other day, but it was just for bolt sizes, not for particular vehicles. Here's the chart I was going by:

https://www.tirerack.com/tires/tiretech/techpage.jsp?techid=107

Oh well, guess I need to take the wheels off again, re-torque the adapters to 130 ft lbs and torque the wheels themselves to close to that also.

 

[melendez69]

Finally got the aux kit installed... The Mopar lights are no longer expensive ornaments. Dang things are brighter than I thought... they can light up an entire village & feel like they can melt thick ice. With the reflection on the bumper, I may have to slide them to the forward slots.

I was quite surprised when both the dealer rep AND the tech guy said they'd never installed the kit before. I expressed my concerns with this, but the tech put me at ease, so I handed him the box and he did a great job... install was clean & the flash was quick & seamless. I was also their first JL order back in February. I never thought I'd be a first...twice.

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