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Old 01-25-2017, 03:17 PM
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Originally Posted by LACK
Hindsight is 20/20 but you could have gotten away with a fraction of the cuts, I did maybe 10-12 cuts per side at most. The flat areas really don't need extra relief cuts, you can bend them over as one long section and it helps to keep a nicer/straighter line. You can always sand them down some, massage it more with a hammer and use some body filler to smooth the whole thing out.

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yeah. Screw ips happen and now I know for next time. I'll probably seal it up with something when it gets warmer and dryer. Thanks!
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Gunna try and get the old man to let me use the garage all weekend. Snow is supposed to happen though. I need to do the cowl intake, finish fuel tank, and rewire fan. Then we can do yours if its ****ty out.
Nice, that should only take a few hours. Maybe a city trip or 2 for parts lol.
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Originally Posted by Doove
Nice, that should only take a few hours. Maybe a city trip or 2 for parts lol.
I'll double check the parts this time

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Cleaned up the knuckles as much as I could, didn't have a good wire cup brush. And all my black paint decided to disappear too.
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Locked and loaded front and rear.





D30 installed. 30 minutes for locker, 1hr 30min putting everything back together and filling the did with oil

C8.25 installed. 20 minutes for locker. 1hr 45min to fill the diff because the pump I had was stupid slow
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Jeep couldn't fit in the garage with the roof rack when we did the lockers. Still haven't put it back due to lazyness, but it looks naked without it.


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Leave it off
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Originally Posted by Brandonrcm
Leave it off
Should I?

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I personally like it without. But, I'm just not a roof rack person.
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Yes leave it off looks good and might help with mpgs and noise at highway speeds
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Looks cleaner without it
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Everyone likes the look without the rack. It's growing on me, but still looks naked lol.

anyways. Picked up the 1 ton steering today and got the knuckles and pitman arm reamed from AresFab. One word: Beef. Decided in the end to go UTK instead. Alot easier and if I want to in the future I can easily switch to OTK. Currently painting it in 20° weather. Depending how that goes I'll have it in the jeep tonight amd put the new knuckles and ball joints in tomorrow after work
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Remember that time I bent my steering at the cliffs? Yeah.. I thought UTK was fine originally too.
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Originally Posted by Brandonrcm
Remember that time I bent my steering at the cliffs? Yeah.. I thought UTK was fine originally too.
I think you and Mike are the only are the only 2 who've bent them


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