yea at first i didnt see a difference either..but when you put them side by side i do! and it looks real good!

 

Lol, it's more of a case that you're typing with complete sentences and not texting so you should use the grammar to go with it.

That hitch does look way better tucked up. Why did you get a universal hitch though? For cost it should have been cheaper to get a hitch off a Jeep at the JY and then you have a heavier duty hitch too. A fitted hitch doesn't have the receiver opening under the cross bar like that one which gives more ground clearance too. OEM hitches go for about $40 around here.

 

I should have yanked one but being dumb I didnt. Plus at the time I had not been to the JY due to the local one having an age requirement. I didn't need the agrivationg with them. It would have given me more ground clearence but its fine for now. I eventually want a rear bumper with a receiver in it, but thats a ways away.

 

i see the difference now! i was looking at the receiver part of the hitch and the ball and not the mounts, looks good!

 

You should name it barney. That's what my caprice was called all through highschool for being dark cherry metallic(not purple). The caprice was also called the plum patrol car.

Nice looking build though, and if you're looking for a new hitch, i'm in the process of installing a JCR offroad bumper, and will be getting rid of my class 3 hitch. There's 1 pic of it installed on my profile.

 

Im all good on hitches for now. Thanks

 

What parts did you notch and cut exactly? I found that same hitch and was considering it. Or have you had problems with it being a universal hitch?

 

The only notch required on the driver side. Passenger side needed the cut to be extended all the way to the rear to get under the heat sheild from exaughst to gas. Some grinding was required on the front but not much. The grinding rounded out the front to help it fit, a hack saw could do it all. Because mine did.

 

Ok thanks

 

i just read your build thread, the jeep looks great, but when you added the 2 inch lift to your 3 inch lift did you add anything else? or just the shackles and spacers?

 

Extended breaklines.

 

I also decided my roof rack could use some welding. Did 1 of the welds, my first weld And i made a good bead, but an 1/8" from where it shoulda been But i did it right the 2nd time.

needed some painting, not done yet.

Then a man in a brown truck paid me a visit.

 

Looking good man.

 

looking good man, you gotta get out of the mud and take a run up to RC and come hang out on the rocks with us one day

 

That's the place to be!! Trying to get a run together for the spring again.