What was done to your JK this week?
JK Super Freak
Joined: Mar 2007
Posts: 1,905
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From: Oxford, PA
Got it dirty,
tore a sidewall,
ordered new wheels and tires, (hopefully be here next week),
finally replaced the front swaybar links with a set of rears that I had traded my front tow hooks for back in December.
tore a sidewall,
ordered new wheels and tires, (hopefully be here next week),
finally replaced the front swaybar links with a set of rears that I had traded my front tow hooks for back in December.
JK Enthusiast
Joined: Jul 2007
Posts: 178
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From: Connecticut
this is mine, unlifted
JK Freak
Joined: Feb 2008
Posts: 646
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From: Rome, NY
Today it was a blazing 50 outside so I got busy.
Put the Rubi wheels and tires on that I have had stashed in the garage.
Put my JK stickers on finally.
Took the stupid people warning stickers of my visors and windshield header.
Drilled my mirrors.
Put my new spare tire cover on that I bought here on the forum.
Gave the Jeep a bath.
The side steps and splash guards have been on a while but this is the first they have been clean in ages.
Put the Rubi wheels and tires on that I have had stashed in the garage.
Put my JK stickers on finally.
Took the stupid people warning stickers of my visors and windshield header.
Drilled my mirrors.
Put my new spare tire cover on that I bought here on the forum.
Gave the Jeep a bath.
The side steps and splash guards have been on a while but this is the first they have been clean in ages.
JK Enthusiast
Joined: Sep 2007
Posts: 284
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From: Redmond, WA
Although I've done a few minor things that I haven't listed on here, I finally did a larger project that I think is cool and worth mentioning. I installed a backup camera!
First let me say that I have the LockPick with AV cable installed already (one of my earlier, minor projects). I bought the camera on eBay for $0.01 GBP (plus shipping) so all for around $25.00 US. It is a night vision, wide angle camera. Here's the ebay link for one that is ending shortly, but the seller has a ton of them available. I bought three:
<A HREF="http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=200207489964">Wide Angle Night Vision Camera</A>
My biggest challenge was where and how to mount it. I didn't want to drill into my bumper and I didn't want the camera mounted in my spare tire because I like my wheel cover. I also wanted the flexibility of being able to either move the camera to the front on occasion (off road occasion that is) and security of locking the camera inside to prevent theft while parked at the beach.
My solution: I went to Home Depot and Radio Shack and picked up a few parts. See pics below for Heavy gauge aluminum light box and cover, foam insulation for box, rubber spray paint, heavy duty magnets, gorilla glue, hook-up wire, wire taps, electrical tape and an male-male video cable.
Basically, I built a fully waterproof superhard shell enclosure for the camera, then Gorilla glued magnets to the bottom of it. I added enough extra wire to allow me to move the box and place it on either the front or rear bumper. I spray painted the whole thing with a rubber paint to make it black and seal out moisture.
Since I can't figure out how to reduce my pic size to the appropriate size for the forum, I've uploaded all the pics to my Web Gallery. All of the photos were taken with my iPhone, so it was easy to just send right to the net. Here's the link.
http://gallery.mac.com/aarancio#100148
I've also added pics showing the quality of the camera. Unbelievable bargain at $25.00 compared to the $129 camera originally bought from Coastal and have since returned.
Enjoy. Hope you like it!
First let me say that I have the LockPick with AV cable installed already (one of my earlier, minor projects). I bought the camera on eBay for $0.01 GBP (plus shipping) so all for around $25.00 US. It is a night vision, wide angle camera. Here's the ebay link for one that is ending shortly, but the seller has a ton of them available. I bought three:
<A HREF="http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=200207489964">Wide Angle Night Vision Camera</A>
My biggest challenge was where and how to mount it. I didn't want to drill into my bumper and I didn't want the camera mounted in my spare tire because I like my wheel cover. I also wanted the flexibility of being able to either move the camera to the front on occasion (off road occasion that is) and security of locking the camera inside to prevent theft while parked at the beach.
My solution: I went to Home Depot and Radio Shack and picked up a few parts. See pics below for Heavy gauge aluminum light box and cover, foam insulation for box, rubber spray paint, heavy duty magnets, gorilla glue, hook-up wire, wire taps, electrical tape and an male-male video cable.
Basically, I built a fully waterproof superhard shell enclosure for the camera, then Gorilla glued magnets to the bottom of it. I added enough extra wire to allow me to move the box and place it on either the front or rear bumper. I spray painted the whole thing with a rubber paint to make it black and seal out moisture.
Since I can't figure out how to reduce my pic size to the appropriate size for the forum, I've uploaded all the pics to my Web Gallery. All of the photos were taken with my iPhone, so it was easy to just send right to the net. Here's the link.
http://gallery.mac.com/aarancio#100148
I've also added pics showing the quality of the camera. Unbelievable bargain at $25.00 compared to the $129 camera originally bought from Coastal and have since returned.
Enjoy. Hope you like it!
