Lessons learned while modding (warning---long post)
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This is real cool, thank you for writing it. 2 targeted questions.
On the lift, if you do have a puck space lift. When it comes time for the life (I too will probably go OME 2"), Do you remove the spacers?
Is the best stuff, always the expensive stuff? Or, is this, again personal preference.
I am not trying to start anything, just trying to learn. I am going the overland wrought as my other hobby is photography and I just want to get there. If I can go around a rock, I will.
On the lift, if you do have a puck space lift. When it comes time for the life (I too will probably go OME 2"), Do you remove the spacers?
Is the best stuff, always the expensive stuff? Or, is this, again personal preference.
I am not trying to start anything, just trying to learn. I am going the overland wrought as my other hobby is photography and I just want to get there. If I can go around a rock, I will.
I will be removing the pucks to install the lift and then see how level it sits. If it is not as level as I want, I can put back in selected spacers to level it out.
As far as expensive stuff being the best, as a general rule you usually get what you pay for, but there are always exceptions. The part that I found where quality and features is most closely related to price is bumpers. Cheap bumpers usually do not have as good a powdercoat on them and can rust more quickly, and they usually do not have the features of the more expensive bumpers (swing with tailgate, mounts for jerry cans, etc...). Of course, as with everything else, there are exceptions.
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Paul
Last edited by Paul R; Jun 9, 2011 at 03:35 AM.
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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.
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I'll chime in as well, nicely written and seems like you thought a lot of this out before just spewing a bunch of words on a page. This will be a good place for newbies to have a look and make some more 'informed' decisions before spending hard earned money on their JK! Well done.
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Great post.
I wish I would have read this years ago. One thing for new jeep owners is to know, once you make the smallest mod, it affects other components & those other components will affect their geometry and more mods will happen to adjust the other mods.
After thousands of dollars, sometimes I wish that I would've just added MT tires and stopped there. But... Just Empty Every Pocket creeps in
I wish I would have read this years ago. One thing for new jeep owners is to know, once you make the smallest mod, it affects other components & those other components will affect their geometry and more mods will happen to adjust the other mods.
After thousands of dollars, sometimes I wish that I would've just added MT tires and stopped there. But... Just Empty Every Pocket creeps in