What did you do TO your Jeep JL today?

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Love that front jack mount!
Thank you. It’s actually the holes meant for lights using the bolts and a few pieces from universal hilift mount.
 

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5,937 mi. on my JL. Did a tire rotation.

Dam, those lugs were tight.

When I put my Gorilla Locking System Lugs on a couple of months ago, I torqued to the FCA, recommended 130 ft/lb. This time I went to 125 ft /lb.
lol like i was telling you bill i had a veryyy difficult time getting them off. went for 115 tq when after i rotated and everything is aok. i couldnt do 125 or even 120 lol. im 6'1 but only about 125 soaking wet. lean i call it! others call it skinny, either way at least i can eat whatever i want and not gain an ounce so that's something i guess lol.
 

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Just put on my 35” Toyo Open Country RT and 17” Black Rhino Armory on my rig
Special thanks to Rick at @Quadratec and Jon at Outlaw Customs in Clearwater, fl for the help

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Finished installing my @ROAM coilover kit. It is adjustable from 4-8" of lift. In these pictures it is set to 8", but I will be lowering it back down to 4" next week so I can fit in my garage :like:
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Holy chit! 8”!?!? Wow that’s a lot of lift, makes those 40’s look small.:giggle:
This rig looks bad ass though. :clap::involve:
 

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Holy chit! 8”!?!? Wow that’s a lot of lift, makes those 40’s look small.:giggle:
This rig looks bad ass though. :clap::involve:
Thanks! Yeah, i think i need to move up to 44s , Dana 80's, and a LS motor if I stick with the 8" lift. I dont think my wife will allow me to take out a home equity loan for all that :brokenhearted:
I will be going back down to 4-5" very soon which seems to work/look better with the 40s.
 

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lol like i was telling you bill i had a veryyy difficult time getting them off. went for 115 tq when after i rotated and everything is aok. i couldnt do 125 or even 120 lol. im 6'1 but only about 125 soaking wet. lean i call it! others call it skinny, either way at least i can eat whatever i want and not gain an ounce so that's something i guess lol.
@BoisetheCat

To be honest with you, my gal pal (a petite gal that weighs 122#...) actually torqued the lugs for me, while I was busy doing something else on the JL. She used a 25" long, Mountain 16250 1/2-inch Drive Torque Wrench - 25-250 ft/lbs
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000JFL89I/ref=oh_aui_search_detailpage?ie=UTF8&psc=1

She had no problem torquing to 125 ft/lb. Actually she would have no problem torquing to 130 ft/lb, (25" handle length on the torque wrench) but then I would play hell trying to loosen the lug nuts again.

By the way, I keep a 15" long breaker bar (1/2") with a socket in the JL, just in case I were to get a flat tire and need to crack/loosen the lugs.

Here is a recent pic of my gal pal, she was doing an oil change on my '01 Fatboy..

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@BoisetheCat

To be honest with you, my gal pal (a petite gal that weighs 122#...) actually torqued the lugs for me, while I was busy doing something else on the JL. She used a 25" long, Mountain 16250 1/2-inch Drive Torque Wrench - 25-250 ft/lbs
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000JFL89I/ref=oh_aui_search_detailpage?ie=UTF8&psc=1

She had no problem torquing to 125 ft/lb. Actually she would have no problem torquing to 130 ft/lb, but then I would play hell trying to loosen the lug nuts again.

By the way, I keep a 15" long breaker bar (1/2") with a socket in the JL, just in case I were to get a flat tire and need to crack/loosen the lugs.

Here is a recent pic of my gal pal, she was doing an oil change on my '01 Fatboy..

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Doin oil changes? Oh ya, she's a keeper. :)
 

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lol like i was telling you bill i had a veryyy difficult time getting them off. went for 115 tq when after i rotated and everything is aok. i couldnt do 125 or even 120 lol. im 6'1 but only about 125 soaking wet. lean i call it! others call it skinny, either way at least i can eat whatever i want and not gain an ounce so that's something i guess lol.
I was under the impression that the torque range for the M14x1.5 bolts that we have on the JLs was supposed to be 80-90 ft-lbs. When I put the Ram wheels on my JL the other day, I set the torque wrench for 88 ft-lbs for the M14x1.5 bolts that connect the JL to the adapters and 78 ft-lbs for the bolts that connect the adapters to the wheels. Those bolts are M12x1.5 and supposedly need 70-80 ft-lbs from what I read.
 

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Did this on Friday.... well, an irresponsible driver did this to me.
Holy Crap! I assume no injuries? Sucks the big one for sure.
 

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Did this on Friday.... well, an irresponsible driver did this to me.[/QUOTE]

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Geez... F*ck happened here? Obviously not a pretty sight... hopefully no one hurt.
 

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Spent today taking off the "euro guards" that blend the fender to the bumper on my Sport JL. They were rubbing when I turned too far to the side. These were LT275/65R20 tires and wheels from a Ram 1500 with 1.25" adapters and I installed them the other day.

Updated the previous post to show what it looks like with these removed...

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