What did you do TO your Jeep JL today?

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Gotta cut brackets off of it, and weld new ones on it.
I am jealous .. LOL... . I also had to cut the brackets of my rear axle... I bought take-off axles from a Gladiator Rubicon.. front axle is direct swap... rear axle I had to cut all the brackets and install new ones for JLU.. what a pain!...

A word of advice ... I was mindlessly cutting off the brackets and I accidentally cut off the EBrake brackets... what a dummy.. .LOL... don't do what I did !
 

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I am jealous .. LOL... . I also had to cut the brackets of my rear axle... I bought take-off axles from a Gladiator Rubicon.. front axle is direct swap... rear axle I had to cut all the brackets and install new ones for JLU.. what a pain!...

A word of advice ... I was mindlessly cutting off the brackets and I accidentally cut off the EBrake brackets... what a dummy.. .LOL... don't do what I did !
Yeah, copy that, lol.... there’s a few things I leave on, spring perches, bump stop plates, etc. it’s just shock/control arm brackets , and track bar bracket that get replaced.
 

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Finished my second project this weekend. Hardtop hoist and frame. Built the frame with aluminum angle iron then wrapped with pipe insulation for bumper protection. Ordered the topsy rear brackets along with tethers to attach to rear window hinges for easier hookup. Comes with front straps.

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Finished my second project this weekend. Hardtop hoist and frame. Built the frame with aluminum angle iron then wrapped with pipe insulation for bumper protection. Ordered the topsy rear brackets along with tethers to attach to rear window hinges for easier hookup. Comes with front straps.

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Nice, now to see it in action
 

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While I can't afford the expensive mods I can do the ones with salvage materials I had in the garage. Some slightly modified lifting tabs off some electric switchgear, crude but simple and effective. With some velcro strap's my hiking poles and moonlence camp table now have a home in the jeep. The search for good backpacking chairs continues as they will probably go next to the radio

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Installed CPLAY2air for wireless Airplay. Even though center console USB port connects to CarPlay I just could not get the unit to pair there. Had to plug into dash port and then secured it with VHB just to the right of it.
Auto connect is pretty good. Takes about 20 seconds. Wireless Airplay should be standard in Uconnect since it already has Bluetooth. But this is a nice solve.
 

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I finished re-attaching the fairing we modified to the rest of the roof rack. Gave the jeep some tlc and Washed of the mud off. Took some rubber cord tubing and installed it between the two front fenders and the body.

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I finally did something more reasonable with the stupid turn signal resistors. I put heat sink paste on both of them, and screwed them to a heat sink from an old Pentium II. I extended the wires for one of the resistors to reach over to the little nook between some A/C lines and the windshield washer reservoir, and for lack of a more elegant idea, I ended up zip tying the whole shebang to the lines. Still not elegant, but better.

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Seems to be running at a much more acceptable temperature now. 101°F overall, and 151°F at the hot spot. This was 220°F when I measured last time, so this is a big difference. I doubt temperatures on the order of 150°F are going to cause issues with anything under the hood of a motor vehicle.

The wires going to the resistor packs had weird insulation on them, and my splices are a little questionable. Time will tell whether that is actually a problem. I did my best to make secure connections, and I entombed the wiring in heat shrink inside more heat shrink. The high shrink double wall stuff that oozes glue to seal everything off.

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Finally installed a Fox 2.0 steering stabilizer.

I wasn’t happy with the Jeep’s steering after it got a lift and 35s: the steering felt too loose, it pulled to the right, and I could feel every road imperfection through the steering wheel.

After a short drive, I can say that the beefier stabilizer has eliminated 80% to 90% of the pull, steering feel has more resistance, and now I don’t have the steering wheel jerking to the side when I stomp on the brakes. :like:

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I finally got the new spare tire bumpers installed too. Research didn't turn up any aftermarket bumpers for the JL, but there were reports of modifying Synergy bumpers for the JK to work. They did. I had to shave the conical plug down a little to get it to fit, and of course I had to trim to length. They worked out pretty well.

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Finally installed a Fox 2.0 steering stabilizer.

..now I don’t have the steering wheel jerking to the side when I stomp on the brakes.
Mm. I had an older Ford (I know) that did just that under heavy braking. Very disconcerting, but daily commuter traffic made the occasional fast stop unavoidable.

My journey to my JLU arguably begun when some [impolite description] ran the Stop sign at the end of the street he lived on, broadsiding my car and injuring me a little bit. The Ford was totaled, I received a small settlement and that was that.

Anyway, I've seen enough posts regarding the Fox 2.0 stabilizer that it's already on my Short List, if or when I ever experience similar steering issues.
 
 
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