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Noticed when bouncing or dropping off ledges the pitman arm bolt would hit the Tie rod npbadly,so I notched the frame and flipped the Draglink,now I’m free and clear and not contact when coming down hard
Finally got around to removing old armor and torn up fenders and replaced with EVO full rear armor and modified Smittybilt Flux XRC fenders,also added RockHard C-pillar supports .This setup is a lot stronger and I’ll be bracing it laterally inside for even more strength for future impacts
Added a Kargomaster LoProrack system,comes with a nice rear bar and bolts through the hardtop,I took a Garvin rack I had laying around and shortened it and with the existing threaded holes in the rack ,just bolted it on .Came out nice and am going to mount a RhinoRack Batwing to it shortly
Well shortly after mounting the Kargomaster rack on it got a test for sure,a layover that took the top out but Jeep did not roll over partly due to the rear rack support bar attached to the cage ,it supported the crushed hardtop and kept the Jeep from rolling completely onto its side .I found another hardtop and fixed it the next day,The Kargomaster rack system held up and was still straight but the hardtop and side window didn’t survive .The smoking picture was after I reversed it back onto all 4wheels,it was balancing on the passenger rear tire for a few second and I barely backed it out ,all along the motor was clatter8ng and smoking like it was on fire,had to add about a quart of oil once back to camp
Bashed the Rockhard engine skid plate in pretty hard,after inquiring about a replacement and gett8ng the runaround I just figured I’d straighten it and weld it in this time
The DV8 tire carrier did not like the small tree I backed into,it folded to the drivers side and flattened the thin tube it’s made out of ,nice rack if you want to hold a big tire for the mall but not something I’d buy again for wheeling .Good design but thin walled tubing. I might cut it apart and use better main tubing that can take a hit .
08-31-2018, 12:18 PM
