SmokeyTheJLU Build Journal

[Maverick909]

This is the build of my first Jeep I have ever owned. I have always wanted a Jeep and after the Unlimited Jeep came out i drooled over owning one. My dreams came true and this is were we enter Smokey. My 2018 JLU sport. with the 3.6L v-6 with the 6 speed manual. options where black hardtop with LSD dana 44 upgrade rear axle with AT tires, Deep Tint.

First Picture of Smokey after driving 4 hours to pick it up. 01/05/2019

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[Maverick909]

Couldnt wait to get it on trail. 5 days after buying Smokey we went on our first Anza trip to camp and do some light wheeling week after that i ordered and installed a Rydonair Antenna flex 13" and the rubber tubing for the fenders to keep small rocks from getting stuck between the fenders and the painted body panels.

 

[Maverick909]

ive added take off Rubicon suspension, added 1.75" of lift to the jeep witch will do me great tell i can save up for the st 3.5" teraflex kit! with the 3.3 shocks!

 

[Maverick909]

Added some take of Rubicon wheels with some MT’s

 

[Maverick909]

out at clayhorn testing different tire pressures and trying new off shoots. love how capable this jeep is!

 

[Maverick909]

newest upgrades are the spare tire blue strip flag. new alien sunshade.

 

[Maverick909]

Smokey got a nice butt lift. added new EAG rear bumper with tire carrier. installed 3/4" brake lights into the rear bumper and deleted the big stock third break light.. and even more recently i added a Maximus-3 roof rack with a Roam VegaBond Roof top tent, and last but not least added a 3gallon rotopax fuel cell to the new bumper tire carrier

 

[Maverick909]

its been awhile for an update but much has not changes due to other projects being worked on. but front lighting on the bull bar have been changed from 4" white LEDS to 6.5" amber LED lights. starting to add Amber LED rock lighting and soon an switch Pod system to control everything. I will be adding rear back up LED and due side LED 4" pods for around camp in the near future but still trying to figure out my best wiring for going through the hardtop onto the rhino rack system where i will be mounting the side LED's

 

[Brian0128]

Nice setup. What are your plans for back up lights?

 

[Maverick909]

Nice setup. What are your plans for back up lights?

i added a single back up light to the rear bumper. i will be doing a huge update post

 

[Maverick909]

On order is the JKS mfg 2.5” Konnect lift kit. Have half the parts here waiting to go on. This COVID-19 crud has slowed everything down a bit. Cannot wait to get the other half of my parts though. Should be with in a week or two

 

[Maverick909]

Well it wasn't a week or two to get the parts like JKS had said.. it was a little over two months. But it did make it and i have done the install. First off the parts seem to be well made and the Instructions where on point except one minor thing on a socket size of a bolt was off but that isn't anything to cry about. It took about 6 hours to install in total including installing the Adjustable LCA's front and rear. If i where to order the kit again i would have gotten the preset just to make it a little quicker as i had zero knowledge on adjusting caster angle before this. I did find a great video... after i have everything taken apart that made a lot of sense and would have sped things up a lot with adjusting the LCA's but live and learn. I ordered the Kit with HD springs to help with the weight of the RTT front and rear bumpers and later down the road a winch and few other things like that. So with the tent off from the rubicon suspension i had on the jeep i gained 3.25" front and rear at the fenders. from the stock sport height i believe it added about 4.25" I Believe the 33" tires look great with the kit and ill keep them tell they wear out. and i swap to rubi axles in the future. once that happens ill add 35" tires or maybe 37" with a set of high fenders if i can find a take off pair that would be awesome. Anyways heres the pictures of during and after.