It makes a big difference, with just a sheet of dark film. Looks good!

 

It looks a little lighter in person. There's so many windows with light coming in that it lightens things up. My old truck looked way darker during the day but it had less windows.

Either way i love how it looks and it's still super easy to see at night.

 

Changed the thermostat for the second time this month to no avail.

 

Thanks! I'll be driving to Arizona in a few weeks and wanted some "shade" for the 18-20 hours drive.

 

Good to hear. I was gonna go 5% but wanted to be able to see at night so I was thinking 35% but 20% looks great and I could see at night with it.

 

I threw mine away. Every tstat I tried even a mopar one caused mine to over heat all the time.

 

I would start looking elsewhere for the problem. I have had one faulty tstat in last ten years. Not likely they all are failing.

Running without one is worse for engine!

 

If Im not mistaken the thermostat needs some pressure to open, I chased a heating issue once that I swore was the thermostat that ended up being a slight leak that wasnt alllowing the system to build the pressure needed to open the thermostat. I may be way off here but that was my issue.

 

Might want to figure out what's actually wrong with your engine eh. Your rad clogged? Fan clutch dead? Are you running so lean it blows spark plugs out?

 

Got my 33x12.5 Duratracs yesterday just waiting for my rims then I'll put my lift on and order the 4.56 gears! Does anyone know if the MT Sidebiter 1 is discontinued??

 

Installed new radio, so much better than the crappy cassette radio in it that just had the wires twisted together and taped.

 

I had 5% on a truck I bought once. Took it off 2 days later. Couldn't see anything at night. I think you'll be pleased with 20%.

 

After an out-of-town work meeting, I was putting stuff away in the Jeep when I saw what appeared to be a stream of oil on the ground that led up to my engine. I showed everyone and we laughed at how perfectly it lined up. To be sure, I checked the oil and all seemed well. I started her up, looked underneath, and saw my Jeep pissing red into a puddle.

Seems the fitting connector for the transmission cooler return line wasn't holding the fluid in. I found a shop nearby. They put it up on a rack and I was right. A new fitting was about $20. Decided to change the whole line while I was at it. (There were multiple small leaks on the line.) All fixed now and headed home. Glad I noticed it. L.A. traffic sucks and I could've destroyed my new transmission.

 

Iv rebuilt the cooling system done compression checks so I finally concluded the motor just doesnt like a tstat.

 

That's a lazy bull**** hick conclusion if I ever heard one lol. Fine then, if you swear your cooling system ins running at 100%, find out why you're making so much heat.