Thank you!


Yea, I am keeping my fingers crossed for more!!!! Much to my Fiances dismay...ha ha

 

Got around to mounting my Hi-Lift to the back of the seat like I have been wanting to do.

1. I held the jack in place with my knee and used a black permanent marker to mark where the bolts should go to make sure the jack is centered and fits.


2. I then removed the back seat from the Jeep and used a small drill bit to drill through the cloth and the metal pan in the seat. This transfers the marker marks onto the pan.


3. To remove the cover off the seat take the two screws seen at the bottom of the plastic trim piece. (already removed) There are two on each side.


4. There are then three zippers, one on each side and one down the bottom. Find the zipper (most likely missing the pull tab) and un-zip the cover. Be careful not to go all the way to the end because getting the zipper started again is a pain (ask me how I know )

5. Pull the cover down as far as possible and you should be able to see the holes drilled. Seen in the middle of the picture


6. Once I found the holes I then drilled them out with a 1/2" bit


7. Then I used two 1/2" by 5" carriage bolts and separated the padding from the metal pan and pushed the bolt through from front to back. The square part of the bolt won't fit through the hole but that will be taken care of later.

You can see the head of the carriage bolt


8. I then replaced the foam and pushed the bolts through the holes drilled in the fabric. I then zipped everything back up. I found that wire strippers work perfectly for gripping the zipper.


9. I then placed a fender washer on the bolt against the seat, followed by a 1/2 pvc pipe connector (for spacing) and then a regular 1/2" washer all topped with a 1/2" 13 nut. I tightened the nut super snug and this is where the square part on the carriage bolt comes in hand. The square bites into the soft metal of the pan and keeps the bolt from spinning while tightening.



10. I then replaced the seat in the Jeep and bolted everything back together. Finally I fitted the Hi-lift and tightened it down with two more fender washers and giant wing nuts. The mount is super strong and doesn't rattle or anything And it fits perfectly without rubbing either side of the trim or even the back seat.

 

Damn!! Can't hide money!!! LOL!! Looks nice, man.

 

Ha ha, cost $11 in hardware and about 45 minutes of time. On another note. I wish I had stuck with you all saturday

 

Sweet Hi-Lift mount. If you put the jack the other way do you think it would fit with a spare in the stock spare tire location?

 

Hmm, I would think so. The other end of the jack is a lot smaller, you could also pull the spacers out or shorten them up and the jack wouldn't stick out as far from the seat. I haven't had a spare mounted in the factory location for a LOOOONG time so it didn't worry me.The jack does have to go at the very top of the seat or it won't fit between the wheel wells or the side trim.

 

Might have to steal the Hi lift idea Skid....of course I wont look so soooper hard core without it in the roof basket any more..lol .probably have to ditch the basket any way when I get the 33s ..dont think it will clear my new garage door

 

Ha ha, yea yours barely clears now. I was going to mount mine in the basket but didn't want/need anymore weight uptop and didn't want it weathered or even worse STOLEN

 

Doh!



No wonder I was scrubbing passenger side tire..



Much better! Now just need an alignment. I also noticed my axle is shifted driver side just a hair. Hopefully alignment shop can fix that as well.

 

Man they shipped that fast didn't they?

 

Yea, thats why I like them! Plus they are really close and they have great customer service when I have had questions. Ill get pics of it installed after the alignment, it was dark when I finished.

 

The bumpers are sold!!! lets see what comes next...

 

Trimmed rear quarters today....I will have pics up soon!!

 

I really like that highlift mount, I'm going to try the same thing.

 

nice build bro