What was done to your JK this week?
JK Freak
Joined: Apr 2008
Posts: 598
Likes: 1
From: Colorado Springs
Upgraded my front end
This week I finally finished upgrading my front end. I was tired of crushing and or spinning my steering stabilizer so it got some attention. The tie rods are for a 1 ton truck, the center and drag link are 1.5 inches thick Rockkrawler, track bar is a teraflex HD unit that weighs twice as much as the other tereflex units. and the steering stabilizer/high steer relocation bracket is way cool but not allowed to tell you where I got it on this site
Anyway here it is.....
ED....Thanks for all the help in getting this done!!!
Anyway here it is.....
ED....Thanks for all the help in getting this done!!!
JK Freak
Joined: Apr 2008
Posts: 598
Likes: 1
From: Colorado Springs
This week I finally finished upgrading my front end. I was tired of crushing and or spinning my steering stabilizer so it got some attention. The tie rods are for a 1 ton truck, the center and drag link are 1.5 inches thick Rockkrawler, track bar is a teraflex HD unit that weighs twice as much as the other tereflex units. and the steering stabilizer/high steer relocation bracket is way cool.
Anyway here it is.....
ED....Thanks for all the help in getting this done!!!
Anyway here it is.....
ED....Thanks for all the help in getting this done!!!
JK Enthusiast
Joined: Apr 2007
Posts: 204
Likes: 0
From: South of Disorder
Swapped locations of OBA tank and muffler - used the Cooltech muffler kit.
Swapped the small OBA tank for a 3gal tank - now sits behind the Kilby muffler skid - nice and safe from rocks.
Andy
Swapped the small OBA tank for a 3gal tank - now sits behind the Kilby muffler skid - nice and safe from rocks.
Andy
JK Enthusiast
Joined: Jan 2008
Posts: 213
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From: Atlanta/Dublin, GA
Got my AEV 3" premium lift installed with 35" BFG KM2's.
Lift took me and my old man from 10:30 PM Friday evening to 6 AM Saturday mornin... then we both took 2 hours of sleep. Started again at 8 AM Saturday, finished up at 7:30 AM Sunday morning... only took breaks for meals. Mercy. Murphy's law played a strong part in it taking this long... some of those issues are still not resolved. Worked a bit this weekend to fix most issues... should have it all ironed out in the next week or so. I feel like a have a genuinely good understanding of all the suspension components now, though... mostly because I busted myself up on nearly every one of them.
If it weren't for all that I'd learned and the good father/son time, I'd be wishin I let a shop do it. Between the instructions and hardware "surprises"... it was a PITA.
Also got my AEV snorkel put on... don't have a pic with that on yet. Hope to flex test in the back yard/pond site again soon and take some pics.
Lift took me and my old man from 10:30 PM Friday evening to 6 AM Saturday mornin... then we both took 2 hours of sleep. Started again at 8 AM Saturday, finished up at 7:30 AM Sunday morning... only took breaks for meals. Mercy. Murphy's law played a strong part in it taking this long... some of those issues are still not resolved. Worked a bit this weekend to fix most issues... should have it all ironed out in the next week or so. I feel like a have a genuinely good understanding of all the suspension components now, though... mostly because I busted myself up on nearly every one of them.
If it weren't for all that I'd learned and the good father/son time, I'd be wishin I let a shop do it. Between the instructions and hardware "surprises"... it was a PITA.
Also got my AEV snorkel put on... don't have a pic with that on yet. Hope to flex test in the back yard/pond site again soon and take some pics.
Last edited by wayoflife; Jul 24, 2009 at 04:42 PM.
JK Enthusiast
Joined: Feb 2007
Posts: 249
Likes: 0
From: Bay Area
Picked it up from the shop -
35" x 12.5" x 18" BFG KM2 tires
Magnaflow Cat-Back performance muffler
4.88 gears front and back
ARB Locker - Front
Shakedown run tomorrow!
Pictures from the trail tomorrow!
Magnaflow Cat-Back performance muffler
4.88 gears front and back
ARB Locker - Front
Shakedown run tomorrow!
Pictures from the trail tomorrow!
JK Enthusiast
Joined: Sep 2007
Posts: 257
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From: Torrance, CA