What was done to your JK this week?
JK Freak
Joined: Oct 2008
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From: Yucaipa, ca
I've heard both good and bad about aligning even adjustable control arms. For instance, a friend of mine runs a RK 3.5 on his JKU and finished the install and the rig drive fine. 3 months later he decided to get an alignment done. Now it acts totally different and rides like crap according to him. Of course everything is as close as possible to computer specs. I run a RK 2.5 on my 2 door. Not getting an alignment for this reason. You will need to address the drag link however.
Not sure if this is true for everyone across the board, but after a lift install. Alignment is not needed unless you are way out of alignment to Begin with.
JK Enthusiast
Joined: Jan 2013
Posts: 148
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From: Oregon
Bought the 16 Goodyear wipers from Costco. They were only $16 for the pair. My wife has these on her grand Cherokee and they work great. I bought Duralast wipers in the fall for my JK and have been really disappointed with them. The 16s fit perfect. No problems with them being 1" longer.
JK Enthusiast
Joined: Jan 2013
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From: Oregon
JK Freak
Joined: Jan 2011
Posts: 803
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From: Charleston, SC
Installed my Body Armor rear bumper and carrier. Should have stopped there, but pressed on and installed my Engo winch. After glancing at the wiring diagram, I proceeded to connect the negative battery cable to the top black lug on the motor instead of the bottom. Evidently, this creates a dead short as soon as you try to operate the winch. Good thing I had a pair of cutter close by and cut the positive cable before the Jeep caught fire and burned my house down. Amazing thing is the winch still works fine once I wired it right. Pics from after most of the smoke cleared.
