What did you do TO your Jeep JL today?

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Took four days, but finally finished the "custom" brackets to attach the Daxlighters to the plastic-bumper winch plate.
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Two days of hitting stuff with hammers, then two days of watching paint dry.

The included wiring harness was exactly long enough to run passenger-side to battery, back across to driver-side, then under the cowl panel to the inside and behind the grab handle:
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Also spliced in an intermittent switch mounted to the dead pedal:
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Installed the Rock Slide Engineering EZ Rack Rotopax mount for the spare tire and loaded up 4 Rotopax 1.75 gallon cans in preparation for a 5-day trip this week to Big Bend National Park with a group of friends. Perfect weather forecasted and clear skies with a bajillion stars at night. Going to be awesome.

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I see that you haven't done a tail gate reinforcement (neither have I yet). If those are the 2.5 gallon packs, you will have added another 70 or so pounds to the tail gate. I love this storage solution but I hope that your hinges do too. I'd love to see how everything holds up during your trip.
 

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I see that you haven't done a tail gate reinforcement (neither have I yet). If those are the 2.5 gallon packs, you will have added another 70 or so pounds to the tail gate. I love this storage solution but I hope that your hinges do too. I'd love to see how everything holds up during your trip.
Good point, but these are 1.75 gallon each, for a total of 7 gallons. It's a 33" tire, so I think I'll be okay. Will come back on after the trip for follow-up!
 

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Well the 2nd time around doing the beadlocks was easier than the 1st. New Ridge Grappler 38x12.5x17 load range c. What a difference the load range makes. Impressed thus far.

note it’s worth the 10 bucks to have a shop dismount the wheel for you.

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Took four days, but finally finished the "custom" brackets to attach the Daxlighters to the plastic-bumper winch plate.
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Two days of hitting stuff with hammers, then two days of watching paint dry.

The included wiring harness was exactly long enough to run passenger-side to battery, back across to driver-side, then under the cowl panel to the inside and behind the grab handle:
Jeep Wrangler JL What did you do TO your Jeep JL today? 0A32809A-8C5B-4CF0-A1E1-8FC0AB66577D



Also spliced in an intermittent switch mounted to the dead pedal:
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Love that idea!
 

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New brakes all the way around and put a new main battery in the Jeep. The pads still had about 50% left in them, and the stock battery still tested okay, but it is part of my prep for an up coming trip.

Good thing I changed the rear pads, I found the rubber boot on the rear driver side caliper was torn so I ordered up a new caliper. It is four days out and I could only source it from the dealer.
 
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I’m driving like a grandma breaking in my 4.56 re gear…..
 

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I read here about some who have ordered the Asfir skids for their Jeeps. I was wondering how you like them and have you had any issues ?

Thanks in advance for info. This is for the 2.0 Turbo below. Just looking at the Middle one now.

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I read here about some who have ordered the Asfir skids for their Jeeps. I was wondering how you like them and have you had any issues ?

Thanks in advance for info. This is for the 2.0 Turbo below. Just looking at the Middle one now.

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Only complaint I've heard about 2.0l version is that oil changes are a lot messier.
 

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