icrashbikes

Name: icrashbikes (Justin)
Location: New Jersey
Jeep Info: 2012 JK Rubicon
Stock Options: Loaded. The only 2-door 6-speed Rubicon at any dealer in 200 miles when I bought it.

Suspension/Steering Mods:
Front D44 with sleeves & gussets, stock e-locker, 5.13 Revolution gears, Riddler diff cover
Rear D44 with Artec truss & 3-link mount, stock e-locker, 5.13 Revolution gears, Ten Factory shafts, Riddler diff cover
17" Level 8 Tracker Pro wheels, 37" BFG KO2s with 3D printed hub rings
Rock Krawler 3.5” long arm kit with Fox 2.0 shocks
PSC Crossmember
RK rear track bar, relocated rear sway bar
SS Yeti front track bar, flipped drag link & tie rod
Teraflex Steering Damper
PSC embiggened steering box
Dynatrac ball joints
Hellwig front sway bar
Dynatrac big brake kit
Adams front & rear 1310 driveshafts

Exterior/Exhaust Mods:
PSC BFH trail stinger front bumper, 3D printed front license plate bracket
EVO rear frame shackle tabs, Curt hitch mounted license plate bracket
Trimmed stock fender flares
PSC aluminum front fender liners
PSC hood louver
Fumoto oil drain valve
Extended SS brake lines
Trimmed rear shock mounts
Trimmed Rubicon rails
Rock Hard skids
Custom cat-back axle dump exhaust
Hella sealed projector bi-xenon headlights in 3D printed housings
Warn Zeon 10S winch with synthetic rope, Factor 55 ProLink
Rigid fairlead mounted 10" light bar
3D printed backup cam/3rd brake light
Power/Heated Quadratec Mirror Movers
License plate bracket plug
Shorty antenna
Teraflex HD tailgate hinge & tire carrier
Hard top-mounted Thule roof rack rails with bars
Relocated Evap canister

Interior Mods:
Trek Armor (Bartact) seat covers
Bedlined tub
Poly Performance grab handles
MyGIG Lockpick
Remote mounted CB radio
Slickrock JK pockets
Redline Goods custom leather shift boot
Drake aluminum shift knobs
Manual HVAC control swap
Traction Control off switch
Hard-wired RAM mount magnetic phone bracket
Rear wiring relocated through rear body panels
ARB dual compressor under hood
6-switch sPOD mounted above rear-view mirror
Genesis Offroad dual battery kit with 2 Odyssey red tops
New battery clamps & connections

Future plans (parts ready to go in the garage):
PSC trail cage is in the garage ready to go, some custom rear cage bars planned with that also
PSC rear crossmember
Breather extensions
Rigid single row rear light bar
Rigid pillar cube lights
VKS sliders

On the short list:
Rear corner & rocker armor
Swap the RK joints for Metalcloak Duroflex joints. That's a bit of a project.
Add a resonator. The muffler I have does an admirable job but it needs help.
Fire extinguishers, one under the driver's seat, one on a rear roll bar.

Long term:
Big axles
Big wheels
Big engine

karls10jk

Looking through other builds makes me recall other things that I've replaced but don't think about anymore. Axle shafts are one of those items. Jeep looks good!

resharp001

I was thinking the same thing Karl.


I can't draw on this pic on my chromebook to highlight what I'm asking about, but is that some fancy, 3-D custom printed type of DL bumpstop you got over there by the pitman arm here in this picture?

karls10jk

Looks like a bottle nitrile glove protecting fog light wiring harnesses

icrashbikes

Haha! I KNEW that would be the thing that caught someones eye. I knew it. It is a nitrile glove. I replaced the electronic sway bar and I'm not sure what I'm going to do about the wiring harness yet so I covered the big sway bar plug. The fog light connectors are taped up, there's one just to the left of the glove. One day when I figure out a fog light solution I'll use those again.

And I sat here for longer than I care to admit trying to think of all the crap that's gone into this rig. I used both of your lists to get started and I'm sure there's plenty I've forgotten.

Everyone sees the stupid glove

resharp001

Likewise. For the longest time I refrained from keeping a build log. One day I gave in, but I couldn't help to mental see the dollar signs as I listed things out, so I went ahead and jotted things down. It was a bit depressing at the end. Today's list dug a lot of those emotions out again....and I even forgot things, and didn't list the things I did over. It's actually kind of an interesting experiment though to see what people are working with. I was curious.....some reason you went to a Hellwig sway bar vs. just slapping a non-rubi JK one on for cheap?

I couldn't help but point it out.

Rednroll

I didn't notice the glove but what caught my eye was the top pic. I had a duh moment and was wondering, "How the heck did he not get his doors as muddy as the rest of his rig?" Then the oxygen came back to the brain and realized....someone must have been wheelin with their doors off and likely put them back on after splattering themselves with a few coats of mud.

jedg

Yeah... this right here. No way I want to start thinking about how much I have in my rig now... hahahaha

icrashbikes

I find an extra six coats of door wax keeps them nice and clean while everything else gets nasty

I was hoping to take some lean out of it in the turns. I figured if I was going to disconnect the bar on the trails (as opposed to the stock electronic button press) I could afford to make it stiffer than stock. Actually I'm very pleased with the results too, it's nicer to drive with the heavier bar.

Mr.T

Makes sense: Higher CG and more weight takes a stiffer swaybar