Lessons learned while modding (warning---long post)
JK Freak
Joined: Apr 2010
Posts: 701
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From: Apex, NC
I agree a well written article. 
And I did add the protection "almost" before I lifted the Jeep ..... we were 1/2 way through the lift on a Friday afternoon as the UPS guy pulled up with my Rancho control arm & oil pan skids ... he said "Looks like more parts for the Jeep" and I said "Yep, and if you were 10 minutes later I would have to unbolt and rebolt these - so good timing!"
And I did add the protection "almost" before I lifted the Jeep ..... we were 1/2 way through the lift on a Friday afternoon as the UPS guy pulled up with my Rancho control arm & oil pan skids ... he said "Looks like more parts for the Jeep" and I said "Yep, and if you were 10 minutes later I would have to unbolt and rebolt these - so good timing!"
JK Enthusiast
Joined: Nov 2010
Posts: 174
Likes: 0
From: Fort Collins, Colorado
Good read, but I disagree with one point. The JK wheels fit tight around the hub, but are not hub centric. Notice the lug nuts are kind of countersunk into the wheel? This is what centers them, not the hub itself.
Feel free to disagree, then go out and look at the wheels on the nearest dually. My previous vehicle was a Ram 3500 dually, and those lug nuts were flat with a washer, and the hole in the wheel for the stud was oval. That wheel fit very tight on the hub because the hub centered it, not the lug nuts.
Feel free to disagree, then go out and look at the wheels on the nearest dually. My previous vehicle was a Ram 3500 dually, and those lug nuts were flat with a washer, and the hole in the wheel for the stud was oval. That wheel fit very tight on the hub because the hub centered it, not the lug nuts.
