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Mission accomplished! Rear chop done; dogs approve. Doesn't look too shabby. Some finishing touches tomorrow and I'll be ready to put it back together.

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Slow but steady progress... I would have the fenders and liners back on tonight but I figured it would be easier to do the suspension work with them still off the Jeep, so I am just leaving it.

If @Quadratec would ship the order I placed last week so I could get the budget boost over with, that would be great. ;)

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Finally got the SS3 pods installed in the bumper and wired up, finishing the front end lighting for now. Given the minimal investment in bulbs and pods, I'm much happier with the illumination now.

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A mod a day keeps the THOTs away.

Rubi shocks are on:

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These were a neat little 10 second accessory. I like the finished look:

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More slaps... because it didn't have enough already. Attacked the interior this time though:

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Reorganized the storage bin and added the Mopar jack base:

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Wiring the rear facing pods up and doing the rear inner fender liners tomorrow (hopefully).
 
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love everything about this build so far! did you make the decals or buy them?
 

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Solid afternoon today. Rear liners are in, reverse pods are wired up, front flares are back on and the rear flare reinforcement looks cleaner than expected. Rear pods work perfectly for reverse illumination! Front flares are adequately rigid without a chop bracket on the top and front sides, and I have a few ideas to reinforce the bottom third that presently has no structure. I will put the front inner liners on after I get the budget boost installed, just because I think accessing the springs will be easier without them.

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This morning was productive! I did a little color fill in the Jeep grille on my radio mount, because red is rad.

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Rain is in the forecast tomorrow so I decided to throw the front inner liners on after all. They required minor modification to install. The rears also did not install as per the instructions. I'm happy with them but Paramount has some work to do on their hardware and paperwork. I also did some additional finish sanding on the flares and they're looking pretty good for a literal hack job!

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Rubber baby buggy bumpers from Energy Suspension are on. These were a turd to get in the tailgate! I ended up sanding the flanges down, lubing them up with lithium grease and using a 1" pipe with an end cap to get them to pop in.

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Also made a ghetto mount for my mini shovel on a whim and I'm actually pleased with how it turned out. For one of those random "I wonder if..." things that took about 10 minutes to sort out and install, it's clean and solid. Of course, I also had to paint it red for... reasons.

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Took Trail Snail out for a little shakedown run with the kids. It tackled a moderately technical trail like a champ given the stock 31" tires are still under it, but some dipshit went and poured concrete ramps on some of the best obstacles too, so... :asshat:

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Thanks again for the deal on the shocks - bolting on two more inches of downtravel for the price of dinner was a great feeling :jk:
what are the odds you would be willing to share those files with me :jk::jk::jk::jk::jk::jk::involve:
 
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Sorry, what files?

I finally got the Go Rhino spare relocation bracket from UPS today after 6 consecutive days of delays... I thought they lost it. Fortunately, it works perfectly.

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The ARB plate relocation kit turned out to be a bad joke. The bracket had to be drilled and repainted for a US license plate, the hardware it came with was hokey, the light and wiring it came with was utter garbage, and I foresee it needing to be heavily modified (if not completely unusable) with non-OEM wheels.

I'm looking for a better long-term solution, but at least my spare is mounted and the plate is displayed securely for the time being.

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