What did you do TO your Jeep JL today?

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Thanks for the information. I have about 15k miles to go on my STTs. Have no reason to change but always looking at options. I do know they ( the Pat Mts) have an attractive price point, and I do not get much more than 40K out of my Cooper Stts. Love them but they do wear on the Highway. May just give the Patagonia's a shot. Gratis!
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I mounted up a simple clean way to hold a few fishing rods inside the jeep. Berkeley rod holders, and some adhesive mounts. I don’t like screwing into plastic, and I think these will hold. Can remove for clean look when not needed. Anyhoo.
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Lift Install has begun…will be taking my time and have all week…

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Got the front done 80-85% with the Geometry Correction Brackets installed when I needed to loosen up the Upper and Lower Control arms anyway.

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I did end up using the Jeep provided scissor jack to help hold up one side of the axle while dropping down the other to get the springs in. I just need to button up the Sway bar links, disconnected connectors and install new adjustable track bar…then on to the rear.
 

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Added Bolt hood locks to both mine and the wife's Jeeps. Those 1/4" rivents are no joke when you have bad joints lol.
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Man, you missed that specific post with only 53k posts in this thread?
Lol, I just hadn’t made it to that page yet. :D
 

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So I just bought my first Wrangler, its a 2022 Willy's with the one touch top. It was used and overall pretty haggard inside but I've greatly improved it it with a few upgrades. I did a lot of little stuff but the major improvements were completely having the seats redone and adding the tube doors. It's a world of difference from the brutal stained cloth it came with. Added the lights for at night as well but that's a quick job. It's really a joy to have and extremely fun to drive. Wanted to let you all have a look.

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Project started last week and finish Saturday but oh well.

Picked up the Rustys LCA and Rancho Shock sliders a few weeks ago. Hated the red on the Rancho and know I want bronze accents for the Sarge paint so got with the painter here at work and found a Volvo color that works nicely. He went on vacation 2 weeks ago so I had to wait for him to get back last week to get them painted.

Chips and then painted before and after clear.
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They have some AWESOME flake in them that probably never be seen lol. OH well this is really all just for me anyway I suppose.

Put them on Saturday and I really like the way they look, nice and subtle but if you know its there its kinda obvious. The Rustys LCA sliders are amazing and install was a breeze, the Rancho ones not so much. The angle on them isn't quite right and had to really put some ass into it to get them lined up but once on they are pretty awesome, really like the 2nd bolt that holds the control arm as well as the shock.

Gonna save the paint code and have whatever wheels I end up with powder coated in it to match everything I end up painting that color. Ill probably end up masking off the red on the Jeep logo and paint it, and the red inside the trail rated badges this week sometime.

The biggest question is it too much to paint the @CavFab_mfg Stubby front and micro rear bumpers in. Hope by the end of hte year to have both of those on and will probably have to test it to see.

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What did I do TO my Jeep? I killed it, or it committed suicide. But I am jeepless at the moment and my Jeep is 150 miles away from me, and I am going to work with a dealership remotely.

So I'll try to keep this short. Michigan spring weather can be a mess. Headed North Saturday, started driving in rain, then really hard rain, then really hard hail, then it transitioned to heavy wet snow, zero visibility, I slowed down, 30 mph on I-75... others eventually did too as we saw accidents everywhere (single two track, no pavement visible). Eventually exited to a smaller highway, avoided another wreck, and then I noticed a faint smell, then quickly lost heat, and then engine went to "overheat alarms" and simultaneously I started getting a battery alarm and the Jeep saying "Battery Saver On, Some System may have reduced power". I got off at the 1st exit I could, not far down the road, and pulled into a gas station. This is way I saw:

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Thanks Jeep, Lights and fogs completely blocked, running lights blocked, and that grill was solid. This is after doing an initial clearing, I eventually cleaned out all the grill openings:

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Coolant gone. Bought some "all vehicle" coolant at the gas station, I know, not what we want to use, but in rural Michigan you take what you can take. After adding a lot of coolant, and spending some time there, I decided to see if it was better... no alarms in Jeep, and it seemed to be fine. Pulled out of Gas station, and as soon as I tried to accelerate, the Jeep popped an over heating alarm again. I immediately pulled over, only about 500 ft. down the road.

Not that this is important to this story, but I need to vent. Been a member of AAA for 27 years (says so on my card), Called them for a tow. They redirected me to their app, used it, easy peasy, tow truck scheduled in about an hour. After a little more than an hour, the countdown was replaced with "this is an estimate, we will update you when a tow truck is dispatched". WTF. Called them back, turns out the towing company "refused the job" and didn't tell AAA. So I wasted a bunch of time. The 2nd place they called, while I was on hold, didn't answer. They came back on the phone saying "Can you get your own tow truck". I said I would prefer not having that hassle, its not like I am at home. They said "We'll have to have dispatch call you, just wait for that call sometime in the next hour". WTF Hung up, Googled, found a local Tow company. Pleasant to deal with, were at my Jeep in 15 minutes. Guy had no idea how to load Jeep (auto park). Helped him through that. Then he says the tow will be $181 bucks, cash only. I didn't have that much on me, but he was more than willing to swing through a ATM for me. :)

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Doesn't the weather look better, yep, by the time I got a tow, the weather had cleared and everything was melting.

They dropped me off at a Jeep Dealer in Midland Michigan. I got family to get me from there. I tried more coolant, looked around, didn't find anything, but the Jeep still would not produce heat, and the battery saver alarm was constant now. (I put 2 brand new batteries in just a couple months ago).

Dealer already called this morning to say "going to be a couple weeks". I guess it will have to work, what else will I do but have it towed 150 miles home? They said they have seen this situation before and will let me know later today or tomorrow what they think the problem is.

So help me guys/gals, how bad is it? Just shy of 5 years old, 54k miles. No serious problems with Jeep until now. What could it be? Any ideas?

Thanks for the help!

PS, after Tow, was goin got call AAA, the phone ran, it was dispatch. Before they said anything, I told them I got my own tow and I'll be filing a reimbursement with AAA. They were miffed, but they called me almost 3 hours after my 1st call.
 

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Finished the Rancho 2” Sport Lift with RS9000XL shocks, Ranch Geometry Correction bracket and Rough Country Front and Rear Adjustable Track Bars:

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