dbmorris

Nice job on all of it. How are you liking the seat covers? Holding up to the dog's claws?

yuke175

It is a camera system

MagnaFlow

Awesome build, Yuke; you're making great progress so far! We really like your light bar set up.

yuke175

Thanks Magnaflow. There is more to come I just need to find time to post it.

Exhaust is on my list. I want something that 1. Sounds good 2. Is tucked up out of the way. I was looking at the Pypes product. What do you have that is similar? I love my Magnaflow on my old Mustang GT. Your product definitely fits the high end theme I want this build to encapsulate.

yuke175

Rigid SRM Diffused lights on KC mounted mounted on the Gobi for my forward facing side lights. I wanted light angled out to give me a 180 degree radius of light with the front bars and the SRM lights combined.

jeep32 by Chris Yuknis, on Flickr

jeep33 by Chris Yuknis, on Flickr

yuke175

Rear shot. Rear bumper was removed when the gobi rack was installed. The stock bumper nutserts spun loose so the hunt for a rear bumper begins!

jeep34 by Chris Yuknis, on Flickr

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Few nice pictures from a trip out to Assateauge Island on the Eastern Shore of MD.

jeep35 by Chris Yuknis, on Flickr

jeep36 by Chris Yuknis, on Flickr

jeep37 by Chris Yuknis, on Flickr

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Added a 4 Gallon Rotopax up on the Gobi Rack.

Also had some fun out in West Virginia at Chaos Offroad Park

Jeep38 by Chris Yuknis, on Flickr

jeep39 by Chris Yuknis, on Flickr

jeep40 by Chris Yuknis, on Flickr

jeep41 by Chris Yuknis, on Flickr

My Co-Pilot Jake the Husky Lab Mix enjoyed the WV trip.
jeep42 by Chris Yuknis, on Flickr

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Moved my firestik antenna up on to the fender to space it out from the gobi's framework for better reception. I thought I would hate it mounted here, but it is growing on me.

jeep45 by Chris Yuknis, on Flickr

ARB Twin Air Compressor and pump up kit added. Man i love this thing! Fills up the tires very quickly and the peace of mind of not having to be somewhere with an air up station is great.

jeep43 by Chris Yuknis, on Flickr

jeep44 by Chris Yuknis, on Flickr

yuke175

So one thing that never sat quite right with me, or my jeeps rear end was the 2.5" teraflex lift springs. The rear always seemed to sit a bit low, even when unloaded. When loaded for a trip, the rear would sag tremendously. Teraflex was nice enough to send me a 1" spacer free of charge after a quick phone call. This held me over for a while. However, the rear stance still bothered me when loaded. Another call to teraflex yielded more fantastic support. Jeremy @ Teraflex offered to upgrade me to the heavier duty outback springs for about half the cost since I was sticking with teraflex. He did recommend the 2 door springs with my current front springs since the 4 door 3" outback springs yield about 3.5 inches of lift. I chose to go with the 4 door specific springs, and in the end I am happy.

Here is a shot of the old 2.5" springs and the 3" heavy duty springs side by side.



During the installation, a friend convinced me to leave the 1" rear spacer in place. This would lift the rear of the JK 4". We decided to do this, and 4" front springs were ordered first thing the following day. Look at that rake!

So one thing that never sat quite right with me, or my jeeps rear end, was the 2.5" teraflex lift springs. The rear always seemed to sit a bit low, even when unloaded. When loaded for a trip, the rear would sag tremendously. Teraflex was nice enough to send me a 1" spacer free of charge after a quick phone call. This held me over for a while. However, the rear stance still bothered me when loaded. Another call to teraflex yielded more fantastic support. Jeremy @ Teraflex offered to upgrade me to the heavier duty outback springs for about half the cost since I was sticking with teraflex. He did recommend the 2 door springs with my current front springs since the 4 door 3" outback springs yield about 3.5 inches of lift. I chose to go with the 4 door specific springs, and in the end I am happy.

Here is a shot of the old 2.5" springs and the 3" heavy duty springs side by side.

jeep49 by Chris Yuknis, on Flickr

During the installation, a friend convinced me to leave the 1" rear spacer in place. This would lift the rear of the JK 4". We decided to do this, and 4" front springs were ordered first thing the following day. Look at that rake!

jeep50 by Chris Yuknis, on Flickr