Did this end up solving the problem for you?I clearly remember that " i replaced the battery, all the normal simple stuff" wasn't so simple....
Mm. Not in my experience. They went into radio silence after I provided detailed photos, via PM and their company email, proving that the engine/trans. skid plate they sent me simply wouldn't fit on my JLU.
Just run without a front plate. You'll be fine.
Makes sense, I am one of those who have never had a front plate. Been pulled over many times, only 2 times did the cop even bring the front plate up and never received a ticket for it.
You're just slick, Rick.
Ditto.. I've been pulled over "a few" times w/o a required front plate. It's never been an issue. I was shocked that @Tredsdert had one.
Man I got pulled over just because my bike rack obscured my rear plate. I keep the front one on, too.
My bad. I thought you were taunting them!I think my thing is not getting pulled over in the first place. And if I can do that, then maybe I can do some other illegal shit that they won't notice.
All the fun stuff is in the engine bay, everything else is just cosmetic bullshit!
Not that I have anything to hide but it also gives the 5-0 a reason to pull you over.I think my thing is not getting pulled over in the first place. And if I can do that, then maybe I can do some other illegal shit that they won't notice.
All the fun stuff is in the engine bay, everything else is just cosmetic bullshit!
I might do underneath at some point in the future, but because of the restrictions from that portion of the frame, I'd either have to cut up some of the aluminum which I don't really want to do, or I'll have to cut up the frame which I already plan on doing in the future. So at least for now, the winch will sit on the top.
Gotta love how easy it is to drill into aluminum.
It's going to be hard to explain with words how we're doing the winch mounting, so I'll just show you guys when it gets completed.
Four of eight bolts for now, I'll get the rest of them when the hardware shop has the rest of available.
Gears look good on the front differential, and the old oil was actually pretty clean. Realistically I probably didn't need to change it, but I plan on doing more off-roading which will put more strain on the front differential so why not keep it up!?
New ARB front diff cover is holding up nicely, looks good and I love that I can now drain my differential in the front without having to yank off the whole plate!
The OEM bumper weight is in all those damn screws.
I bet you can out slide Bo no problem!
It's kind of taunting, to a certain extent. It's fun, but let's be honest, the Duke boys never blew that horn if they weren't running from the cops. But that's kind of where the joke in it is. Plus I'm down here in the South where a lot of people hear that horn and love it, so it's kind of one of those things where I got to be careful how much I do it, and how close I get people when I do it. It is loud, it's underneath my vehicle and it echoes between the base of the vehicle and the road, so if you're right next to it it can seem super loud because of that echo.
But yeah I mean realistically, the basis of it is the whole joke of running from the cops.
Makes perfect sense. I've wondered a couple of time why a guy could notch out the nut housings on the winch, slide in a bolt, drop in through the bumper and put the nut underneath.We actually got the holes for the winch started. And I bought the bolts for it as well.
All the bolts on the bumper mount are grade 8 steel, but I needed a special type of bolt for the winch because of where the front bolts sit in reference to the 90° angle. The inside of the angle is a rounded edge, not a straight edge, so I needed to get a smaller head than normal. Couple that with the steel flat bar I'm going to put underneath it to reinforce it, I'm going to have to do a little bit of grinding on the bottom side of the inside edge at a later date.. eh, problems for another day, you know?
This really is that example I was telling you where trying to explain something that I could probably show in a video in about 20 seconds, pretty hard to do. Maybe I'll do a video about it later in the week or next weekend possibly.
