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Old 10-25-2018, 08:25 AM
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Originally Posted by 00XjDave
Never said I brought quality headlights, in fact I even started by saying "Cheapo Amazon" headlights. For $90 I am not expecting much but sometimes you gotta take a chance! Have not had a opportunity to check them out at night but I will tonight to see how the cutoff is.
as long as the cutoff is good they should be fine..if the light is all over the place though i would take them off asap..its not right to be blinding people, that's how accidents happen.
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Not my jeep but one we are fixing for my sister to drive. Took the engine apart to figure out why it wouldn't turn, now we know. The cylinder was cracked too.



We knew it needed an engine, but that was unexpected.
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Oh man that's some pretty serious carnage.







​Rebuilt the rear brakes this morning, everything but the backing plate, and had Nubs tires put my new tires on.

Leak still wasnt fixed so I pulled the oil pan and replaced the rear main seal this afternoon. I was losing about a quart of oil every 100 miles.

The seal was rock hard and the seal lips broke apart in my hands by just squeezing them. Hopefully this will fix the majority of my oil leak issue. It's looking like I may need to pull the timing chain cover off if I cant get it to stop leaking as well.



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changed the shift solenoids, preassure control solenoid, and filter.
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Finally finished the lift and got her aligned , changed the oil and cleaned her up a bit . She sure has changed a bunch since I got her !
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Originally Posted by 00XjDave
Supposedly they are DOT/SAE compliant and are marked as such on the lens. Whether or not its true, who knows ahaha. I am sure I'll **** a few people off especially with a lift, the beam is for sure going to go right into peoples rear-view mirror. But like I said 90 bucks is hard to beat and it comes with 1 year warranty. I'm comfortable with the purchase

link in case anyone is interested!-
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...k_ql_qh_dp_hza
I have these lights as well, and except for the slight condensation on the passenger side lens, I couldn't be happier. They are bright, good cutoff after I aimed them all the way down, and just look cool. Those stock headlights are awful. For less than a bill, these are very nice.
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Originally Posted by GreaseMonkey17

Finally finished the lift and got her aligned , changed the oil and cleaned her up a bit . She sure has changed a bunch since I got her !
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Nice!
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Originally Posted by Remo73
I have these lights as well, and except for the slight condensation on the passenger side lens, I couldn't be happier. They are bright, good cutoff after I aimed them all the way down, and just look cool. Those stock headlights are awful. For less than a bill, these are very nice.
Same ones on my MJ as well. I have yet to be flashed, unlike others that I've tried. TL's are just too expensive for me. I can't justify paying 500 bucks for a name.
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Originally Posted by Outlaw Star
Same ones on my MJ as well. I have yet to be flashed, unlike others that I've tried. TL's are just too expensive for me. I can't justify paying 500 bucks for a name.
They're down to $340 a pair or $20" for knock offs from what my quick minute or so amazon search showed
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Originally Posted by SatiricalHen
They're down to $340 a pair or $20" for knock offs from what my quick minute or so amazon search showed
I paid $300 for the pair of mine several years ago, on sale of course. It isn't just a name; it's the confidence of a quality-engineered product
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Originally Posted by SatiricalHen
They're down to $340 a pair or $20" for knock offs from what my quick minute or so amazon search showed

Got my Truck Lights for 300.00 and very satisfied with them.
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My only gripe is the knockoff chinese ones have mediocre quality control in regards to the optics.
But mine have been rock solid for a few hundred hours at least.
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Originally Posted by NewKindOfClown
I paid $300 for the pair of mine several years ago, on sale of course. It isn't just a name; it's the confidence of a quality-engineered product
This! It's also about that. Not just "for sake of the brand name alone" like some people here claim.
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Spent about 6 hours this morning trying to get her to run. Apparently I was 180 degrees off on my TDC and was on the exhaust stroke. Although it is now running, it won't idle for longer than 3 minutes and seems to chug and sputter before dying. Since the OEM dizzy is 21 years old, I shot the parts cannon and ordered a new one. My rationale is that, if I have to rip it out to further adjust timing again, I may as well get a new one so that I don't have to worry about it for a very long time. Also, put the OEM CPS back in as the $15 one I got on Amazon was junk and giving me CEL. I guess CPS isn't one of those things that you can cheap out on.

On the plus side, I'm getting really good at accessing the CPS bolts on the tranny housing. I'm not sure how hard it would be for anyone with stock suspension but I was able to get my hands and fingers in there, no problem.
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Originally Posted by Remo73
Spent about 6 hours this morning trying to get her to run. Apparently I was 180 degrees off on my TDC and was on the exhaust stroke. Although it is now running, it won't idle for longer than 3 minutes and seems to chug and sputter before dying. Since the OEM dizzy is 21 years old, I shot the parts cannon and ordered a new one. My rationale is that, if I have to rip it out to further adjust timing again, I may as well get a new one so that I don't have to worry about it for a very long time. Also, put the OEM CPS back in as the $15 one I got on Amazon was junk and giving me CEL. I guess CPS isn't one of those things that you can cheap out on.

On the plus side, I'm getting really good at accessing the CPS bolts on the tranny housing. I'm not sure how hard it would be for anyone with stock suspension but I was able to get my hands and fingers in there, no problem.
Sounds like when my Comanche was a tooth off. It would run, but sputter


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