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Well I got ambitious tonight. It may not look great, and there's a run right where the fender meets the hood, but it only cost me $35, and it's not white anymore lol.

I'll get it all cleaned up and back together tomorrow

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And she's all together! It doesn't look great, but it'll do lol.

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I got around to undercoating my rock rails today. It looks better, imo. I'll see how I like it and will be doing the trailer hitch later this week.






Here's a before picture:

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I took it for a ride today to go shoot some trap, and brought the wife for her 1st ride in it.... Of course the passenger window got stuck halfway down and doesn't have power anymore. At least it was nice out.

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Well I took some measurements tonight, and it's going to be close, but it looks like the ice house is going to fit with the rear set bottom removed






I cleaned up the interior too, and I still can't believe how nice she cleans up!






Then I crawled under it to look at the exhaust. I think I found out why it's so loud.... It looks like I'll be replacing everything including the cat (or just take it out) and everything behind it.








And I found this jackass. I don't think I'm going to worry about it.

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Well it's not pretty, but it will do until I make it more permanent. That and it's not quite done yet..

If I measured correctly, my box will sit exactly as it does in the picture, and be sealed all the way around at .51 cubic feet. I haven't decided yet, but I may move the sub to the inside and carpet the outside so that you can't see it at all, since my jeep sleeps outside and I worry about theft.

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I thought I'd work on it again tonight. I have to take it apart and seal it up, and install my amp, but for the price of some scrap I had laying around the garage, I'm happy with it.

Hopefully I can find out how it sounds this weekend.

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It's finally done. It took some tinkering, but it actually sounds pretty good for what it is.

Now I need a smaller amp since mine doesn't allow the seat bottom to latch

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Took the dog for his first Jeep ride tonight. I also noticed that you cant even hear my subwoofer unless you're in the garage.... I need a bigger amp asap.

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I forgot to add that i fixed a broken wire by the rear hatch, and now all of my interior dome lights work

Im also thinking about replacing the transmission pan gasket thats leaking all over my garage floor, but the thought of adding new fluid scares me since i have no idea when the last fluid change was done. I think ill be ok with just a pan drop and replace the gasket and fill it with a few quarts, instead of doing a full flush.

Also, with the MN winter quickly approaching, im looking into tow hook ideas, and convincing the wife that i NEED a 2" BB lift........

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Boom! 3rd amp is a charm. 600rms 900 peak at 4 ohms (which is how I'm wired now). It sounds absolutely amazeballs! I can honestly say I'm super happy with the setup and how it sounds.

And here's the kicker..... I sold the other amp with enough left over to get my BB 2" lift! Booyah!

AND..... I can fold my seat down again lol

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Not much for progress as we added a mini jeeper to the family last Wednesday! This is our first, and momma and the little man are both doing as well as could be!



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So im still trying to figure out what lift to go with. I just want a couple of inches without breaking the bank.

I was looking at the Fat Bobs 2" rear shackle and 2" front spacer lift for like $85. The only issue i have is that i think my rear leafs are going soft (almost flat from what i can see), and i currently have about a 1/2" reverse rake. I dont want to have to replace the springs AND get a lift, especially on a $200 Jeep.

The reverse rake is more noticeable when i park on a hill






So im debating between the add-a-leaf, and the shackles for the rear. I know im going to need new shocks.

That and a local guy has 3.5" IRO leafs and Rubicon Express 4.5" front coils for sale for $200 for the set, but i dont want to have to mess with pinion angles and all that. And if i were to run just the rear IRO leafs, it would be way more lift in the rear than i want.


Pictures of my nasty shocks just for fun

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I'm hoping that this will be in my possession tomorrow..... Then with any luck, the install can start on Sunday. I know it's the cheap way out, but I refuse to put that much into this thing lol

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Boom! The guy said it was installed for a week, then the motor blew. It was supposedly parked for a year and then the kit was removed. I guess we will see how she goes tomorrow!