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Old Aug 28, 2014 | 08:29 PM
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This thing is looking too good. Getting a light bar for my bumper and hopefully a 59 up top like you. I got gun metal pearl as we'll
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Old Aug 28, 2014 | 10:08 PM
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Originally Posted by FreddyD'Apice
This thing is looking too good. Getting a light bar for my bumper and hopefully a 59 up top like you. I got gun metal pearl as we'll
Thanks, but a 59 won't fit! Mine is a 50-inch (more like 50.25 inch though).
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Old Aug 29, 2014 | 12:22 AM
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It's soooo beautiful
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Old Aug 29, 2014 | 06:34 AM
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Originally Posted by thatXJguy
Thanks, but a 59 won't fit! Mine is a 50-inch (more like 50.25 inch though).
Whoops, typo aha. I mean 50". I actually might do a 12 or 20 on the bumper and then a 42" on my rack since its kinda narrow.
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Old Aug 29, 2014 | 02:01 PM
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Thanks basslicks

Yeah, that could work. Check out Rough Country's brand new universal light bar clamps:

http://www.roughcountry.com/universa...ng-clamps.html
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Old Aug 29, 2014 | 05:21 PM
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Originally Posted by thatXJguy
Thanks basslicks

Yeah, that could work. Check out Rough Country's brand new universal light bar clamps:

http://www.roughcountry.com/universa...ng-clamps.html
Sweet those are perfect. Forgot to get mounts welded to my bumoer when I ordered and these are fully adjustable anyways.
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Old Aug 29, 2014 | 06:14 PM
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Originally Posted by thatXJguy
Putco headlight harness installed:





I'm not using halogen headlights, I'm using LED, so I have no idea if I'll even see a brightness difference. Fortunately, everything does work correctly. I'll see tonight if it actually makes a brightness difference.

On the other hand, although it's a crap shoot, I only paid $2 for the harness. I used all my Discover card cash rewards haha.
Just a heads up, keep an eye on the hot wires "red" wires from that kit mine have begun to dry rot and are showing bare wire. I'm not too sure if they use the correct wire for my harness and maybe used a lesser quality wire that isn't gas & oil resistant. I've had mine installed for roughly 6-8 months.
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Old Aug 29, 2014 | 08:15 PM
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So far so good with mine, I think, but thanks for the heads up!
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Old Aug 29, 2014 | 08:41 PM
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Hey bud, got you posted on our page!
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Old Aug 29, 2014 | 10:33 PM
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Hey bud, got you posted on our page!
I saw that and liked it, thanks man!
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Old Sep 1, 2014 | 11:09 PM
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I took out my rear sway bar. It seems people were right and it doesn't make that much of a difference. I would be willing to bet the only difference might be in towing.

Anyhow, I have some new Moog sway bar bushings for the front coming this week. I can't wait to get those in and get a stiffer front sway bar.
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Old Sep 2, 2014 | 07:00 AM
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Like these?

Project 'Hole in the Pocket'-forumrunner_20140902_075854.png

If those bolts don't move heat em, I broke one before I brought out the torch.
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Old Sep 2, 2014 | 08:54 AM
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Like these?

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If those bolts don't move heat em, I broke one before I brought out the torch.
Yeah I think I got the same ones as you. Moog?

I had good luck getting my rear bolts out with just PB blaster, so I'm sure the front should come out nicely. I don't have rust or anything like that
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Old Sep 2, 2014 | 09:03 AM
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Originally Posted by thatXJguy

Yeah I think I got the same ones as you. Moog?

I had good luck getting my rear bolts out with just PB blaster, so I'm sure the front should come out nicely. I don't have rust or anything like that
Yup they're Moog. If your rear shock bolts came out than you're probably good to go. Lol. All 4 of mine snapped with minimal effort.
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Old Sep 3, 2014 | 04:31 PM
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Now with the rear sway bar out:



I decided it was time to work on making the front one safer. Got some nice Moog bushings (25.5mm) for my 26mm sway bar, and they're really stout little bushings:



I put some WD-40 in between the bar and the bushing to make it slide easier. In time, it will press out due to weathering and driving:



After that, I decided to tackle a problem I had yesterday. My top radiator hose had a leak in it! I've been wondering why I've been smelling coolant, and I thought it might have been a leaky heater core. Well, nope. So I decided to get an upper and lower radiator hose. If I'm going to do one, might as well do both:



The bottom one was a pain in the ***. The factory put the clamp right where I could barely reach it and my channel locks couldn't fit right under the engine block because there was a pulley mount in the way:



Needless to say, I got the bastard out.

I made sure to put in better, non-factory hose clamps too:



Oh and... as a side project, I picked some 784 injectors from the junk yard yesterday. I let them sit in gunk degreaser overnight, and I'll run some seafoam through them later. I put new o-rings in them. The micro filters look okay. And Ohm readings are about 14 each, so they all seem to be working at the same resistance. I'll give them a try.



I'm hoping these 784s will be better than the Ford orangetops I ran earlier.
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