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Old Jun 29, 2013 | 09:12 AM
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Originally Posted by Johnny9Inches
Custom bumper, hood vents, 3" snorkel, and of course pain job (truck bed liner + rattle can cammo)

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I really like that bumper....

and I know it's not, but that snorkel looks like it's made of paper machet! lol
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Old Jun 29, 2013 | 09:19 AM
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Nope 3" exhaust pipe, covered on bed liner
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Old Jul 1, 2013 | 09:54 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'.

i wanna do this now, but gotta find some sort of scoop/cowl to cover it with
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Old Jul 1, 2013 | 09:58 PM
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Originally Posted by henry9419

i wanna do this now, but gotta find some sort of scoop/cowl to cover it with
Autozone sells some crappy plastic ones with 3m double sided tape on em. I'm sure that would work fine.
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Old Aug 4, 2013 | 07:37 PM
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I'll throw in what I've done so far.

I got tired of the center console lid going back so far, so I did this.
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I also installed aftermarket gauges, since my cluster only has warning lights.
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Old Aug 4, 2013 | 07:56 PM
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I also made some hood spacers.
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purpose of the hood spacers?
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Old Aug 5, 2013 | 04:38 PM
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Originally Posted by DDfammobile
purpose of the hood spacers?
Supposed to aid in lowering temps
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Old Aug 5, 2013 | 04:48 PM
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lowers ENGINE BAY temperatures
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Old Aug 5, 2013 | 04:59 PM
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Gonna have to do that
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Old Aug 5, 2013 | 05:04 PM
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I know a guy that did the hood spacers and his windsheild foged up bad when it rained..
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Old Aug 5, 2013 | 05:28 PM
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I like the labaron vent, the daytona or the GTA vents more then a hood spacer.
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Old Aug 5, 2013 | 06:51 PM
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All my latest stuff.

OBA system from the AC compressor and an old fire extinguisher for everthing including my Mack Airhorn set.
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New OTRATTW Contura switches for my lights and etc. Mounted them where the factory clock position is.
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Old Aug 5, 2013 | 07:45 PM
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Originally Posted by ColdWarrior
All my latest stuff.

OBA system from the AC compressor and an old fire extinguisher for everthing including my Mack Airhorn set.

New OTRATTW Contura switches for my lights and etc. Mounted them where the factory clock position is.
I know alot of xjs run hot when running ac (mine does) will the oba make a jeep run hot when using the factory compresor?or are them parts not used anymore that make them run hot
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Old Aug 5, 2013 | 08:32 PM
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You won't have your oba running all the time to make it run hot.
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