2021 Rubicon XR mods and stuff

[Chocolate Thunder]

Soooooo, the Artec front fender liners arrived. I go to install as per their install video….nope. These things are a PITA. The rears were a pain, but I powered through because they aren’t covering anything I need to get to for maintenance. But the fronts….no thank you. I am okay with she hulking things when needed, but not the liners. I need them to be easy-ish to install and more so to remove. Also….I have a set of front Artec liners for sale

On that note, @Chocolate Thunder , how is the install on the front AAL liners?

Probably not what you want to hear, but the AAL were fairly straightforward. The only issues I had were Chocolate Thunder related and not AAL related. I had a little trouble with the front driver side one because of the SteerSmarts track bar reinforcement bracket being slightly in the way. @Headbarcode helped me through that because he has it too. There is a bit of contortion required to get the holes to line up the first time. Not bad for me because I have the strength of 10 men. 3-4 out of 10 different for a mortal. The Dzus quick release fasteners they use are great. The connect with a definite audible and tactile click when it clips into place, there’s no issue with cross threading a regular threaded bolt. The only other issue was a little difficulty installing a few of the rivnuts. That’s 100% on me, I hadn’t used those in forever. I was too cheap to just buy the tool so I used the DIY install method of an impact gun and socket, bolt, washers, and nuts. Don’t do that. I buggered a couple of the rivnut holes over torquing it. But I was able to make them all work in the end, just spent an extra hour or two and a couple trips to the hardware store and some swearing.

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[Jazzicon]

Front inner fender liners done! Some minor trimming had to be done on the passenger side to get it to fit easier.

 

[nyglt56]

Time for bigger tires

 

[Roky]

Nice work Jaz…….. …. If you decide to do accent color behind vent, body color or hot pink, neon green, whatever, here’s link to screen I used, just gorilla tape to the back…… or you can get screen in black/charcoal…the little bastard in my head didn’t like seeing the wiper reservoir and stuff ……. …………….

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[Jazzicon]

Nice work Jaz…….. …. If you decide to do accent color behind vent, body color or hot pink, neon green, whatever, here’s link to screen I used, just gorilla tape to the back…… or you can get screen in black/charcoal…the little bastard in my head didn’t like seeing the wiper reservoir and stuff ……. …………….

Loboo Idea Window Screen Mesh,... https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07Z36GVV1?ref=ppx_pop_mob_ap_share

I need to live with it for a few days before I decide what I’m going to do. I kinda like the bare aluminum….easier to hose off that NC mud.

However, I did find a perfect Duplicolor match for the Snazzberry Red. I may paint the liners black and Snazzberry up the logos.

 

[Roky]

I need to live with it for a few days before I decide what I’m going to do. I kinda like the bare aluminum….easier to hose off that NC mud.

However, I did find a perfect Duplicolor match for the Snazzberry Red. I may paint the liners black and Snazzberry up the logos.

Camera playing tricks on my eyes, pic looks like you painted them already…….. ….. a few posts back , I thought they came in copper color……..

 

[Jazzicon]

Camera playing tricks on my eyes, pic looks like you painted them already…….. ….. a few posts back , I thought they came in copper color……..

Hmmmm….bronze would be kinda’ cool looking

 

[Roky]

Hmmmm….bronze would be kinda’ cool looking

It do look good, I’ve seen some snazz with bronze wheels……

 

[Jazzicon]

ARB compressor mounted under the passenger seat using the Innovative AT mounting kit.

3/4” hole drilled through firewall for the ARB harness. A 3/4” hole saw worked well because it didn’t get gummed up with insulation like a regular bit.

Set up the ARB compressor on the Innovative AT mounting plates.

Next, remove 4 bolts (10mm) to access and adjust the ARB manifold so the T-fitting will have clearance under the seat.

Re-assemble the compressor, mount the T-fitting and then mount it under the passenger seat rear mounts. You only need to take out the two rear T-50 torx bolts and lift the back of the seat to slide the compressor in place.

Next is to mount the two brackets for the air line fittings on the passenger and drivers side. Just have to drill two 1/4” holes for each bracket. They mount with the Innovative AT button heads. First hole drilled…second marked and punched.

Screw the bulkheads onto the brackets before mounting. (22 mm wrenches work for this)

Now it’s time to route the air lines. Raise up the rear of the center console and run the line to the driver’s side by going under the seat rails and under the E-brake cables.

Driver’s side line connects to the air pressure gauge on the driver’s side.

The wiring is next and was straight forward. Both power wires from the ARB harness are crimped into a single fitting and attached to the battery positive. The two grounds are also crimped into a single fitting and attached to the body ground….not the battery ground.

I wired the single purple wire from the ARB harness to my Voswitch….no additional ground needed.

 

[Roky]

ARB compressor mounted under the passenger seat using the Innovative AT mounting kit.

3/4” hole drilled through firewall for the ARB harness. A 3/4” hole saw worked well because it didn’t get gummed up with insulation like a regular bit.

Set up the ARB compressor on the Innovative AT mounting plates.

Next, remove 4 bolts (10mm) to access and adjust the ARB manifold so the T-fitting will have clearance under the seat.

Re-assemble the compressor, mount the T-fitting and then mount it under the passenger seat rear mounts. You only need to take out the two rear T-50 torx bolts and lift the back of the seat to slide the compressor in place.

Next is to mount the two brackets for the air line fittings on the passenger and drivers side. Just have to drill two 1/4” holes for each bracket. They mount with the Innovative AT button heads. First hole drilled…second marked and punched.

Screw the bulkheads onto the brackets before mounting. (22 mm wrenches work for this)

Now it’s time to route the air lines. Raise up the rear of the center console and run the line to the driver’s side by going under the seat rails and under the E-brake cables.

Driver’s side line connects to the air pressure gauge on the driver’s side.

The wiring is next and was straight forward. Both power wires from the ARB harness are crimped into a single fitting and attached to the battery positive. The two grounds are also crimped into a single fitting and attached to the body ground….not the battery ground.

I wired the single purple wire from the ARB harness to my Voswitch….no additional ground needed.

I love all the different uses you’re finding for your leftover bumps……..

 

[Jazzicon]

100% worth it

 

[hoag4147]

100% worth it

Might even be fun to sit in seat while airing up

 

[Chocolate Thunder]

Might even be fun to sit in seat while airing up

That’s what I thought, but not as much as I’d hoped… I feel like wasted about $1K and all I can do is air my tires up and down. I feel ripped off.

 

[Roky]

100% worth it

Awesome….. great work here kid…..

 

[mrtm1970]

Pod lights added…..

Just finished going through the whole build so far…VERY IMPRESSED!!! Great job!

Question I have is what are the brand of the light “pods”? Can you get a pic of how just how bright the pods are?

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