I ordered a front bumper, winch, remote start, LED light bar, offroad lights and switches. All came in and i get to stare at it in my living room. I just had shoulder surgery so won't be able to install for weeeeks. it will suck to look at it everyday and not be able to put it on. I have friends who would put them on for me but that would steal my fun. I may end up having to go that route but for now i will keep torturing myself until i can't take it anymore.

On a better note, my daughter bought her first car...it is a 2013 Commando Green JK wrangler...i'm happy for her and she is super excited. Now i get to show her how to spend all her extra cash on upgrades

 

Installed a 2.5" Teraflex Budget Boost.

 

Teraflex BB, Bilstein 5100's, AEV front control arm geometry brackets, 315/70/17 Ko2's, traildash 2, some new grab handles. Now I'm waiting on my Ace Engineering Stand Alone Tire Carrier (seems as though the ship date keeps getting pushed back. Been waiting two months already. Also my Rhino Rack Pioneer tray is back ordered.) the new shocks made a world of difference. Had 65k mi on the originals. And I haven't noticed a loss in MPG on the hwy. they are the C load tires and running the 87 tune on th TD2.

 

That looks awesome! I went with the shock extensions, but noticed that my shocks are actually quite bad. Now I'm just going to replace them and remove the extensions.

 

Welded on new VKS rock sliders

 

My Odyssey battery gave up the ghost after a year and a half. Super annoyed at the battery and me for not paying closer attention to it. Suffice it to say, time for a new one. But the battle was getting the old out and the new in, its tight in there!
I have the Odyssey battery tray which is rock solid and I use a dual post battery so I can isolate the Jeep vs all the accessories. Got it all done and she fired right up! I would have tried to bring the old battery back from the dead but we have a trip up to Idaho this week and don't have that kind of time to deal with battery shenanigans.

 

I just got back from a trip to Colorado and had a laundry list of routine maintenance to do, while I was changing the oil in the differentials I decided to put on my Riddler differential cover. Sorry for the pic quality.

 

Installed Dynatrac ball joints

 

I replaced the OEM plastic side steps with knockoffs of Smittybilt XRC steps.


IMG_2941 by Wandell Asbell, on Flickr

 

Finally got my new front bumper today.