First Round of Mods + Red Seat Belts!

[JoshuaaT]

All of your mods are very tasteful and well executed! Do you mind sharing where you had your seat belts done at?

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[Torero]

You’ve done a great job. Very tasteful.
Love the seat belts.
I also wanted to have the flashing brake light but it’s illegal in Illinois.
Thanks for sharing. Very inspiring.

 

[paulr]

All of your mods are very tasteful and well executed! Do you mind sharing where you had your seat belts done at?

Thank you! There are a couple companies that do it online, Seat Belt Restore on the west coast and Safety Restore on the east coast

You’ve done a great job. Very tasteful.
Love the seat belts.
I also wanted to have the flashing brake light but it’s illegal in Illinois.
Thanks for sharing. Very inspiring.

thanks!

 

[voodoo11]

Thank you! There are a couple companies that do it online, Seat Belt Restore on the west coast and Safety Restore on the east coast



thanks!

install instructions on those seat belts?

 

[SFAgent]

Well Done! Looks awesome!

 

[paulr]

install instructions on those seat belts?

nothing off hand, most of the panels covering the retractors just pop off with clips, you just need a good T50 and breaker bar to get the bolts out on the existing belts, you can probably find some write-ups for the JK on other forums, its not too different

 

[amsinclair972]

Little update... just got my red seatbelts back today. They'll be going in next week!

Who did you have die your seatbelts?

 

[paulr]

Who did you have die your seatbelts?

they're not died, they're completely re-webbed. Theres a pretty in-depth thread that's been progressing on this topic, here's a link to my post that has details on how to get it done exactly with everything you need, the entire thread is a good read though: Red Rubicon Recon seat belts wanted for my new JL

 

[Skrimshaw]

Little update... just got my red seatbelts back today. They'll be going in next week!

Where are you getting the red seatbelts?

 

[paulr]

Where are you getting the red seatbelts?

see my post right above yours

 

[Fire Burns]

install instructions on those seat belts?

I have my seatbelts off now and shipped to www.SafetyRestore.com. Expect a new thread and full write up in the next few weeks. All I can say for now is BREAKER BAR!!! Those fracking bolts are on hella tight!

 

[Skrimshaw]

see my post right above yours

Sorry, just got home from a 12 hour shift..might of been a little buzzed, lol. Was a rough shift.

 

[Jaddie]

Amazing build! So beautiful!

I'd love to see some Mojito! seatbelts!

Thank you so much for sharing all this information!

 

[paulr]

Sorry, just got home from a 12 hour shift..might of been a little buzzed, lol. Was a rough shift.

no worries, I know the feeling!

Amazing build! So beautiful!

I'd love to see some Mojito! seatbelts!

Thank you so much for sharing all this information!

Thank you! Now THAT would be cool, I would love to see some Mojito Seat belts too! Looks like they have a couple green options

 

[JxRYE]

Been following the forums closely for the last year and a half awaiting the diesel JL to be released, but finally decided to just pull the trigger on a Sting Gray fully loaded 2.0L Turbo in August and couldn't be happier with it! Sold my 2012 White JKU after picking up the JL. First round of mods is pretty much done...

Farewell to the JK:

JL Getting Upgraded at the Dealer and Delivery Day:

JL After Round 1 of Mods:



Exterior:

- Paint protection film: Got the Xpel film put on immediately after brining the JL home, did the full hood, front grille, all lights, and all 4 full fenders. Overall the JL seemed easier than the JK to wrap and resulted in much less seams especially on the fenders. On the hood I removed the Rubicon decals and put them back on over the film to avoid the little bubble around the decals I had on my JK when I went over them, makes the film virtually invisible and highly recommend it this way!

- Ceramic coat: Also applied the Gyeon ceramic coating over the entire vehicle including where the PPF was, crazy how well this stuff works, makes the Jeep look so clean even after a few weeks, bugs etc. are so much easier to remove after road trips, totally worth it.

- Tint: tinted the front windows to match the rears

- Swapped out the antenna for a black one, not a huge fan of the shorter ones so stuck with the original size but blacked out

- Painted the muffler black

- Mopar 2" Lift: had this dealer installed before picking up the JL, a little bit surprised at how high it ended up being, way higher than my JK and much more than a 2" lift!

- Mopar Rock Rail Sliders: had these dealer installed also, I had the ACE rock rails on my JK and wasn't a huge fan of how they looked when doubled up over the stock rubi rock rails, went with these mopar rails as they still offer protection and offer enough of a step to make it easy to get in./out and have a sleeker profile than the ACE rails

- Wheels/Tires: Went with the Quadratec hard rock style wheels, loved these on my JK but wanted a blacked out look and the wide wheel, and went with the 35" BFG K02s, very happy so far with these, getting 20-21 MPG mixed city/hwy with these and the lift, missed the little red Willy’s Jeep from the factory wheels so added some decals

- Spare tire reinforcement: Added the mopar kit as well, like the look and at least the peace of mind, not sure it does much

Very nice job! I have a couple of questions about the lift (debating having mine done).
1) Did you have any re-calibrating done for the larger wheels?
2) Did you or do you need wheel spacers to add the 35s?
3) If you don't mind sharing what it cost to do the lift, less the tires and wheels?

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