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Old Feb 20, 2016 | 07:00 AM
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Originally Posted by SteveMongr
I really like that idea also. However kids in the back present an issue. The jack is very heavy, seat latch is not strong and is attached to chassis by three small screws on each side. If a frontal incident should occur, the seat catches could release/give out and momentum of jack could fold the kids in half.
I could see the possibility of that, but there's also shoulder harnesses with the seat belts that keep them in place. Plus, I really don't think there's quite enough weight (even though that jack does way quite a bit) to create enough leverage to defeat the (6 in total) bolts holding the seat-back brackets in place... just doesn't seem very likely.
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Old Feb 20, 2016 | 07:09 AM
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Not bolts but tiny screws 1/2" long, no shear strength.
G-forces multiply rapidly, that 25 pound jack quickly becomes over 100 pounds.
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Old Feb 20, 2016 | 07:31 AM
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there's also shoulder harnesses with the seat belts that keep them in place. .
When seatbelts function properly they create bruising/trauma to chest-abdomen-shoulder areas. Add the exponential weight of jack to the equation and injuries will be much more severe.
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Old Feb 20, 2016 | 11:53 AM
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Saw your switch location and that is exactly where I want mine, but I plan on using rockers from this site. They have several styles and you can choose to have the image rotated 90 deg. like shown here.
Yeah that's where I got 2 of mine, the other 3 came with the lockers. Didn't want to buy extra ones.
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Old Feb 20, 2016 | 12:07 PM
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Originally Posted by Alpha 1-4
Using 1-1/2" pipe clamp brackets from my work, drilled a 3/8" hole and tacked a bolt through. Bushings were made from a $0.99 rubber mallet using a hole saw and band saw to cut pucks out. Factory tire hold down handles. Carriage head bolts through the back pan of the seat and secured with 3/8" fender washers and nylock nuts.
Mounted my brothers in the same location. Ended up using ONE ratchet strap, looped around each latch to the bench seat, then cinched down. It's mounted more solid than my River Raider mounts. And his cost $2 haha.
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Old Feb 20, 2016 | 05:14 PM
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Originally Posted by Basslicks
Great homebrew man. I might just have to borrow that idea. Can you feel the bolts at all through the seat padding? My kids sit back there quite a bit.
Nope, can't even tell its there.
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Old Feb 21, 2016 | 11:14 AM
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Mounted my overhead console finally, I hope the plug welds are sufficient enough to hold everything together with out tearing the roof. If not I will have to get another rail to go across the roof to support it. But I think it will I used part of the roof that I cut out of the cab I am building into my camper, so it is an exact fit with two strips of 11 gauge metal as a spacer.
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Old Feb 28, 2016 | 09:39 PM
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Mounted my overhead console finally, I hope the plug welds are sufficient enough to hold everything together with out tearing the roof. If not I will have to get another rail to go across the roof to support it. But I think it will I used part of the roof that I cut out of the cab I am building into my camper, so it is an exact fit with two strips of 11 gauge metal as a spacer.
Nice that looks pretty good. I've really been wanting to put an overhead console in mine for a while now. Haven't studied up enough on it yet to know how to mount one. But I don't think you should have problems. Nothing you can't fix atleast lol
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Old Feb 29, 2016 | 08:14 PM
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Does anyone know how to make the yellow/amber signal and marker lights on my XJ clear? I like the look of the lights on the earlier model XJ's
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Old Feb 29, 2016 | 08:36 PM
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Does anyone know how to make the yellow/amber signal and marker lights on my XJ clear? I like the look of the lights on the earlier model XJ's
buy clear lenses online
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Old Mar 1, 2016 | 05:37 AM
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Does anyone know how to make the yellow/amber signal and marker lights on my XJ clear? I like the look of the lights on the earlier model XJ's
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buy clear lenses online
Yeah, sorry man but this is about your only option. Aside from manufacturing or fabricating your own.

https://www.google.com/search?q=97-0..._sm=0&ie=UTF-8
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Old Mar 1, 2016 | 04:54 PM
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Originally Posted by Basslicks
Yeah, sorry man but this is about your only option. Aside from manufacturing or fabricating your own.

https://www.google.com/search?q=97-0..._sm=0&ie=UTF-8
Do the lenses from pre -96 models work/fit post - 97 years?
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Old Mar 1, 2016 | 04:59 PM
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Do the lenses from pre -96 models work/fit post - 97 years?
no
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Old Mar 1, 2016 | 05:12 PM
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Damn.... Does anybody know how hard it might be to install a pre - 96 grill and headlight housings on an 2001? there are 3 ones in great shape at my local salvage yard
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Old Mar 1, 2016 | 05:17 PM
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Damn.... Does anybody know how hard it might be to install a pre - 96 grill and headlight housings on an 2001? there are 3 ones in great shape at my local salvage yard
you can get clear lenses on eBay for a 97+ if that's what you're after
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