What did you do TO your Jeep JL today?

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32 front 30 rear for me. My rear spare does block the backup camera, and thankfully I already had a Tazer mini to turn off the rear proximity sensor.
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I'm very picky when it comes to the auxillary wiring on my vehicles. All wires are wrapped in braided wire loom, ran through the frame where possible or hidden out of sight. I also solder all my connections and if I have to use something like a ring or spade terminal it gets soldered as well. I use all Delphi Weatherpack connectors at disconnects, so it makes it easy to service if I need to, swap lights, or move lights between switches.

I'm running 8 KC Hilites Cyclones for rock lights. The 6 pack kit came with a ground post and 6 circuit fused bus bar (I bought 2 extra lights and running 2 lights on 2 circuit singles on the rest.) I know I could have tied all the individual circuits together and just ran a single wire to the auxillary wiring, but I like using the ground post and fused bus bar better. This will make it easier to diagnose or repair if there's ever a problem. Since I'm using the bus bar, I needed a clean and safe way to mount it under the hood so it's not just bouncing around. After a cardboard mockup, I made this bracket. It's a perfect fit and doesn't interfere with anything, and keeps everything organized. I do need to repaint it because I accidentally touched up a the top with gloss black instead of the satin black I originally used.
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I'm also making another bracket to mount another bus bar to for all my ground wires. Currently I'm using a ground stud that the factory uses but I'm looking for something cleaner. I'll need to finish that this week before I go to Moab on Sunday.
Solid work well done
 

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Finished up my bracket for the ground bus bar. This cleaned things up now I have a dedicated 10awg wire running from the bus bar to the battery. Everything is sized appropriately as well. With all my lights turned on (8 cyclones, 2 S2 Sports, and 2 Squadron Sports) I'm not even pulling 10 amps. 10awg is rated for 30 amps and the bus bar is rated at 100amps. If I ever upgrade to Baja Designs LP6 or the KC Pro 6 light bar then I'll revise it. But it works perfect for me, for now.

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Edit: I've had a few messages about making some brackets. IF there is enough interest, I could explore the option of making both brackets and putting together kits for sale.
I’m in
 

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Gave it a light stick thing. Some cheap Chinese brand.

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rigged up a hard top hoist using a BadLand 2000 $54 and a cheap 12V battery $24
worked out really well and took the top off for the first time
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You just saved me some money. I have some heavy gauge connectors so I can run this off my jeep and use my storage unit to take my top on and off.
 

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You just saved me some money. I have some heavy gauge connectors so I can run this off my jeep and use my storage unit to take my top on and off.
glad to be able to help....yep, you can use the Jeeps battery to power it if you want, but I figured for like $30-40 you can buy a dedicated battery that can save you the hassle

gotta love Harbor Freight .....why spend $100+ on 400lb hoist when you can just get a 2000lb wench for half the price:like:
 

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It was a bit of a semi-educated guess in regards to the springs. There were only about 800 spring options so had to kind of accept at some point that I may not choose perfectly.
Thanks... those 800 options are what have been derailing me. I think I more or less settled into those same numbers independently as well (or was it... ummm... ????), but never pulled the trigger. I will jot these down for now... you know - to give Mopar time to change the part numbers... just for more fun...

Thanks again!!
 
 
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