I've had the claws in the past and even a set of MTZ's. The claws were awesome. But, the price point and life on them for what I'm doing just wasn't something I could stomach. The MTZ's are also a great tire, but again, they're not hot for a daily. You can feel the vertical bump of every.single.lug. from about 5mph on. I'm hoping that these will last 40-50k miles and hold up well to the clay, but I'll keep the threads updated. I got them mounted last night.

 

I got a DV8 hard top. No leaks but man does it make a lot of noise. I probably need to make some adjustments. It will get a good leak test as tropical storm/ hurricane Barry passes

 

Finally changed the TIPM. It's nice to not have a mess of warning lights glaring and blinking at me. Also the gas gauge is back and my lockers work again. I also stripped and powdercoated the dual battery tray, and pulled all the disintegrating plastic wire loom off and replaced it with heat resistant fiberglass stuff. I rerouted most of the wiring while it was open to better fit the two battery layout. I fixed a 2" melted and lightly corroded section of winch ground wire that was very close to the cat so that's one less fire hazard.

 

I won’t say neglected, but my JK is in need of some TLC. I finallly have some time to rip out the gross carpet and lay down some interior bed line, clean her up, and install a new Bestop treetop NX. I’ve been running a smittybuilt bikini top for the last 2 years. Need to rip off my bumpers, sandblast and bed line those too! The island life has taken a beating on the Jeep.



Also, got a good pic of us digging out a giant fishing net and cleaning up our beaches!

 

So hello, my name is Ryan and I have an addiction..........




My addiction is Amazon shopping....... Haha.

So a week a go I bought a tailgate lockbox for our 2015 JK Wrangler, so I was all excited to install it and I put it up against the gate and behold it lines up pretty nice, so i then pull out the instructions and it shows that it's for the 2018 + JL wrangler, UGH!

I put if off for a few days and today got some hardware and made that sucker work!

So if anyone is interested u can make this lockbox work in a JK.

Here is the finished product. I would do a write up but all is required is some self threading screws a tape measure and some means of supporting it while you mark some holes.

 

Well after clecting parts for the past month, and waiting for a weekend off, I finally got my lift and tires installed. I went with the Teraflex Budget Boost with shocks and Dick Cepek Trail Country EXP in 25.12.50x17. Overall, I'm really happy how everything turned out. I ended up getting about 4.5" in height with the tires and lift.

 

Ruby got a new pair of slippers!


Swapped out these garbage General Grabbers

For an (almost) new set of Nitto Trail Grapplers!

 

Just waxed the old Girl

 

What did you use on the flares?? It looks sharp.

 

I used Back to Black on the flares and top..It is a spray silicone, I also used on all the rubber door and top seals. Used white lube on the doors and tail gate latches.. I scrubbed them both top and flares first..