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Old Apr 22, 2013 | 04:42 PM
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Originally Posted by jmu427
I took the hood vent idea and went a little further and wired up a puller fan. You can almost roast a marshmallow on the air that thing is moving while crawlin'.

That's awesome I'd put one on the passenger side to match it up. An then maybe put a hood scoop on backwards for the elements. Saw AutoZone had some if Idk.
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Old Apr 22, 2013 | 06:33 PM
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8$ hood vents made from cake pans, got the idea from a link posted here somewhere.





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Old Apr 22, 2013 | 07:53 PM
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Originally Posted by rabblerouser
8$ hood vents made from cake pans, got the idea from a link posted here somewhere.
Those tires look beat!
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Old Apr 22, 2013 | 08:03 PM
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Originally Posted by BNJeepsta
Those tires look beat!
They are, but I still go everywhere my friends with new MT's go haha. getting used 32's soon off a friend whos moving to 35s on his tj.
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Old Apr 22, 2013 | 10:58 PM
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Originally Posted by rabblerouser
8$ hood vents made from cake pans, got the idea from a link posted here somewhere.





Nice idea. Looks about half as bad as I was expecting when I read the description, lol. There are a lot of ideas here that while I wouldn't use on my DD (try to keep it looking good) are rather creative and economical!
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Old Apr 23, 2013 | 01:08 AM
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Originally Posted by Northwoods Snowman

Nice idea. Looks about half as bad as I was expecting when I read the description, lol. There are a lot of ideas here that while I wouldn't use on my DD (try to keep it looking good) are rather creative and economical!
You should've seen the look I got from friends when I said I was going to be putting on hood vents, and then pulled 2 baking pans out from the hatch haha

I'm going to try to pretty em up at some point, but its not high up on priority lol. I beat the snot out of it wheeling whenever I can, and it serves semi-regular dd use. And this works twofold, lower underhood temps, and external defroster for those frosty mornings lol
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Old Apr 23, 2013 | 06:49 PM
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My hood vent mod.i used the side panels from stanless sreel bar b que grill .cut them down to size an cut the hood and rivet em in
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Old Apr 23, 2013 | 07:00 PM
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Started with two tring to fix heat soak probs then added two more.lets alot of heat out.

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Old Apr 23, 2013 | 08:37 PM
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Originally Posted by HS00XJ
Started with two tring to fix heat soak probs then added two more.lets alot of heat out.

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Looks good man. Where did you get the vents?
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Old Apr 23, 2013 | 08:41 PM
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Originally Posted by HS00XJ
Started with two tring to fix heat soak probs then added two more.lets alot of heat out.
Those look nice with the silver bolts. I recently added those to mine. Bedlined them then sprayed the bolts red for accent.

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Old Apr 23, 2013 | 08:57 PM
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There just rivots.red bolts look cool i like the red acsents too.

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Old Apr 23, 2013 | 09:00 PM
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An old bar b que grill had vents in them.
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Old May 13, 2013 | 09:13 AM
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Heres my home brew. My tumbler went out. An im to cheap to buy a new one and have a lock smith pop the old one out. So i did the ol push button.
I took the ignition module and turned it so the acc was on so no need for a key since mine wouldnt turn anyhow. Then i put a on off switch in front of the module so you could remove power from it. Then i took the wires for ignition, starter, and all that and ran then to a push button So flip the switch push the button. Only thing is i took my heating element out of my cig lighter drilled a hole in it and then put the push button through it securing it with the nut they give you. Then i took the heating pad out of my actual lighter its self and made it so the lighter fits over the button. Noone knows the buttons there and i can scare people by starting my jeep by pushing the cig lighter in. I can post more pictures and detail later if needed
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Old May 13, 2013 | 09:50 AM
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I mounted an inverter/compressor rack in the back. Made the mount out of some angle iron I had and bought the 3 gallon compressor at a garage sale. The compressor is held into the rack by a ratchet strap so you can remove it if you have to. Threw a 15 foot extension cord in the back as well so you can still have the compressor plugged into the inverter and walk all the way around your rig. The inverter is 1000 watts which is plenty for what I wanted it for.

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Old May 13, 2013 | 11:49 AM
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Originally Posted by mastrblastr
I mounted an inverter/compressor rack in the back. Made the mount out of some angle iron I had and bought the 3 gallon compressor at a garage sale. The compressor is held into the rack by a ratchet strap so you can remove it if you have to. Threw a 15 foot extension cord in the back as well so you can still have the compressor plugged into the inverter and walk all the way around your rig. The inverter is 1000 watts which is plenty for what I wanted it for.
Nice what psi does that compressor push
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