Now to make some letter cut-outs with backlit acrylic. Something like "TRED HEAVILY"The aluminum panel, painted black, at least at night gives it a whole new vibe!
I feel like, in daylight it won't look as badass as it does at night!
Got some bigger fender washers keep the grating in place.
And there you have it, roof rack goes back on the Jeep tomorrow afternoon!!!
Figure out the mounting hardware, and you can have my spare set of hood struts at no charge.
LMK.
If'n the Lone Star wasn't such a hike, I'd stop by to say Hello before heading over to Abilene/thereabouts to visit an Air Force buddy.
The hood prop is all I'll be using for a while now.. realistically I could probably install some el cheapo hood struts at this point. At least that way I will be able to access the engine bay without fear of knocking that prop out.
I'm having flashbacks to massive fumes coming in the rear window of Dad's station wagon when we had the rear window open like that. I guess that doesn't happen with Wranglers?Purchased my new rear window for the hardtop today. At least one piece of it. I'm kicking around some ideas.
It's a 48" x 24" steel shelf rack. $14 at Lowes!
Be careful, G.
The soft top's rear window performs an important retention function for the side window panels. They're designed to work in concert with each other. This is a consequence of the soft top design on the JL-gen Wrangler. Driving without the rear window in situ isn't really recommended, as it makes the side windows a bit more likely to unseat themselves while the vehicle is in operation.
Bought it from Mark Dodge in Louisiana. Still haven't received my real plates yet. Have fun tomorrow in Bridgeport.What the hell is up with your license plate?
You live in Texas?
I didn't know we were allowed to take a marker and make our own license plate!?!?
The threads will theoretically hold until 13k pounds if everything is perfectly straight. I've never experienced perfectly straight when doing a recovery, but maybe that's possible?I wanted a more metallic green, kind of shiny and transparent, but the auto store didn't have that color so, John Deere Green will have to work.
Put some m10 by 1.5 stainless steel eye hooks where the brush guard bolts go.
And painted them...
Figured I'd do the d-ring shackles on the front bumper as well...
According to the can it's in enamel paint, so I guess that means it holds up a little better to the thrashing I'll probably end up giving them.
It actually looks pretty good too!
I looked it up a while back, like a week or two ago, the m10 bolt has a thread stripping strength of about 13,000 lb I think it was if you pull straight out. You have to put about 13,000 pounds of pressure on those bolts before they strip themselves and come out.
The stainless steel that the eye bolts are made of has a tensile strength of about 150,000 KSI, and I know the threading on the frame of the Jeep is hardened steel which has a tensile strength of like 180,000 KSI.
So even more than just for looks, these can hold up to some pretty hefty pulling.
The realistically I'll probably put all the weight on the d-ring shackles, but these are an option as well. But realistically they are mostly just for looks!
In a couple of months you hang these from those eye bolts. Wait, hear me out. They're seasonally relevant, they match, your diff covers, and people Will no doubt say, "Damn, that Jeep has balls!"Here's the finished product.
I'll probably take off the fairlead and paint that tomorrow evening.
I'm a thinker, by goshYou sir should get an award for your geniusness!!
I ran these the first two Christmas is I had my Wrangler...
Definitely, putting something up there would be ideal for festiviousness. Ornaments are not a bad idea!!
