What did you do TO your Jeep JL today?

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Added a front camera. I’m thinking of moving it lower, but it gives some valuable visibility.

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how does this plug into the dash/Jeep?
 

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Preference really, I figured the metalcloak would be a little stronger and offer more protection vs the little rancho skid. I would've done the front as well but I didn't want mismatched diff covers since you have to use a metalcloak diff cover to use theirs as I already had these for a while before installing them.
I'm looking at the Rancho and MetalCloak diff skids. MetalCloak states 7 gauge which comes out to 3/16" but design is different and Rancho uses 1/4" high strength, low alloy which comes out to 4/16" which minute but seems thicker. How would you tell which one is stronger? Thickness or design?
 

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Since picking up my Gladiator I really haven't done much to my wife's JLU. This weekend I went to visit @rustyshakelford and @JohnP to check out their new cargo shelf. After seeing it in person I had to bring one home for my wife. Having installed it really has me thinking of switching back to a hardtop from the Trektop. All the accessory mounting options are awesome.

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Looks great! We made some special brackets for Chris and folks that are running the trektop!

Hope you and your wife enjoy it!

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I'm looking at the Rancho and MetalCloak diff skids. MetalCloak states 7 gauge which comes out to 3/16" but design is different and Rancho uses 1/4" high strength, low alloy which comes out to 4/16" which minute but seems thicker. How would you tell which one is stronger? Thickness or design?
I've read a couple posts on here about the skid on the Rancho getting hit hard enough to bend up into the diff cover making it hard to access the bolts on the diff cover if you ever needed to remove it which is why I went with the Metalcloak on the rear only the Rancho on the front mainly to protect the drain plug.
 

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I'm looking at the Rancho and MetalCloak diff skids. MetalCloak states 7 gauge which comes out to 3/16" but design is different and Rancho uses 1/4" high strength, low alloy which comes out to 4/16" which minute but seems thicker. How would you tell which one is stronger? Thickness or design?
We run the MC on my personal JLUR. I’ve beat them pretty good in Moab with nothing more than a few scrapes. One of the big things is the coating they use is huge for resisting rust after scraping them. My vote is MC!

Brett
 

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Last night I finally installed my Rusty's winch plate and Warn VR EVO 10s winch. Went pretty quick, besides redoing the wiring under the airbox to clean things up. Like everyone else has said, the fairlead bolts supplied from Warn are not long enough, but I ditched the lock washer and just hoping the locktite will suffice. I have an AEV hook insulator on order because I can't reason $170+ for a Factor 55... maybe one day.

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I'm looking at the Rancho and MetalCloak diff skids. MetalCloak states 7 gauge which comes out to 3/16" but design is different and Rancho uses 1/4" high strength, low alloy which comes out to 4/16" which minute but seems thicker. How would you tell which one is stronger? Thickness or design?
I’m not a big time expert but I have the full MC skid system. If you break it you’ve really accomplished something
 

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Looks great! We made some special brackets for Chris and folks that are running the trektop!

Hope you and your wife enjoy it!

Brett
Any Pictures, I run a trektop and haven't seen a deck option that would fit.
 
 
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