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Old 01-24-2014, 06:14 AM
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Yeah, it's stock. And today I was getting around 17. It seems that if I am careful accelerating and keep it under 1500 RPMs, I can pull big numbers like these. But since I get excited, I grow lead toes sometimes.

I replaced the speedo gear when I went with bigger tires, so the console isn't too far off.
I think that's the biggest thing..... even by upgrading to 235's if you don't replace the speedo gear, your mileage will be off. I know mine is. I was getting around 17 mpg when I had the 255/60's (27") and when I swapped them for the 235/75's (29") it dropped to about 15 which is where it is now... I still have more maintenance to perform as well.
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I think that's the biggest thing..... even by upgrading to 235's if you don't replace the speedo gear, your mileage will be off. I know mine is. I was getting around 17 mpg when I had the 255/60's (27") and when I swapped them for the 235/75's (29") it dropped to about 15 which is where it is now... I still have more maintenance to perform as well.
I wouldn't mind dropping the tire size a little bit, but the 33's look too cool to pass up.
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Nah, don't drop the size... the 33's are great on it!
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Anything smaller than 33's would look too small!
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Added a front differential guard last night:

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Found this overdrive toggle switch at the junk yard and decided to snag it. I've never seen one of these before:

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Was there a lot of wiring that came with the switch?
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Found this overdrive toggle switch at the junk yard and decided to snag it. I've never seen one of these before:
What is that?! Like an overdrive switch or something?!
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Was there a lot of wiring that came with the switch?
There wasn't even any wiring, and the plug is keyed differently than the Foglight switch's plug key style, so it's just in my Jeep for looks because I think it's rare.

I wasn't able to connect it to anything lol

I'd imagine you'd need a different wiring harness for this switch.
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What is that?! Like an overdrive switch or something?!
Yeah, I guess it was intended to let you turn overdrive on or off?
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Yeah, I guess it was intended to let you turn overdrive on or off?
Huh, weird I've never seen something like that, did that come out of a Cherokee?
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Huh, weird I've never seen something like that, did that come out of a Cherokee?
Yeah I plucked it out of a 2001, but it wasn't wired to anything.
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Lots of people always ask me what the TruckLite LED headlights look like in the dark.

I took this picture tonight at the gas station, and it does a pretty good job of showing what they look like:



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