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What I did to my TJ today

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#28,801 ·
Check out their light bars too. I have a 10" on the hood and it's hella bright. Really cheap too
yeah I was looking on Amazon, their products look good and are pretty cheap compared to others. going to order 2 for the front bumper, 2 for the windshield brackets and maybe 2 square ones if they fit for inside my rear bumper. then I could get a small light bar for somewhere else. let's see some pics of that light bar!
 
#28,802 ·
Got seatbelts working again. Super easy. I took my friend's completely non-working seatbelt out of his 98 at work, and put it on the bench at home. Magic. Can't believe this info is so difficult to find. I'll do a write-up eventually...
 
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Pulled my covers off to check out my gears and change my diff gear oil. Also changing my crankcase oil while I'm at it.
Painting my covers while they're off, just as I did with my 2000. Also bought brand new stainless steel bolts. Have to say; this is one of my favorite atheistic mods. Gives such a nice splash of color to the undercarriage.

I hate supporting rustoleum with how much trouble I've had with their poor nozzle design clogging, and their paints chipping in general. But they seem to be the only paint company to make kickass colors like this. If it holds up, I think it might be my favorite accent color for my 2005.
 
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http://s200.photobucket.com/user/Xx...12734058-47DF-43A6-A45A-06D409CB77F8.jpg.html

Pulled my covers off to check out my gears and change my diff gear oil. Also changing my crankcase oil while I'm at it.
Painting my covers while they're off, just as I did with my 2000. Also bought brand new stainless steel bolts. Have to say; this is one of my favorite atheistic mods. Gives such a nice splash of color to the undercarriage.

I hate supporting rustoleum with how much trouble I've had with their poor nozzle design clogging, and their paints chipping in general. But they seem to be the only paint company to make kickass colors like this. If it holds up, I think it might be my favorite accent color for my 2005.
Yea, I like that
 
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http://s200.photobucket.com/user/Xx...12734058-47DF-43A6-A45A-06D409CB77F8.jpg.html Pulled my covers off to check out my gears and change my diff gear oil. Also changing my crankcase oil while I'm at it. Painting my covers while they're off, just as I did with my 2000. Also bought brand new stainless steel bolts. Have to say; this is one of my favorite atheistic mods. Gives such a nice splash of color to the undercarriage. I hate supporting rustoleum with how much trouble I've had with their poor nozzle design clogging, and their paints chipping in general. But they seem to be the only paint company to make kickass colors like this. If it holds up, I think it might be my favorite accent color for my 2005.
Is that the hammered black? I used that on my rear seat brackets.
 
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Pulled my covers off to check out my gears and change my diff gear oil. Also changing my crankcase oil while I'm at it.
Painting my covers while they're off, just as I did with my 2000. Also bought brand new stainless steel bolts. Have to say; this is one of my favorite atheistic mods. Gives such a nice splash of color to the undercarriage.

I hate supporting rustoleum with how much trouble I've had with their poor nozzle design clogging, and their paints chipping in general. But they seem to be the only paint company to make kickass colors like this. If it holds up, I think it might be my favorite accent color for my 2005.
OK, looks black to me but I guess not to you so what color is it?
 
#28,810 ·
Do 31 inch tires look good with a two inch lift? The 31s are brand new all terrain tires
If you're using stock wheels it may not look how you envision it when all is said and done. But hey...it's a start. Go for it, then update your wheels to an 8 with decent back spacing when you can and it will give you a much different look, and probably the look you're going for.
 
#28,817 ·
OK, looks black to me but I guess not to you so what color is it?
Laggy was right, it's metallic charcoal. Looks great all bolted up.



I also got a chance to take a good look at the K&N lifetime filter i pulled and replaced with a normal paper one.



I'm willing to bet the PO threw it in there thinking they'd get clean intake air for life. I tried spraying it out with the hose; that gunk is in there pretty good. Whoever buys it from Ebay is going to have to clean it themselves.
For the hell of it; i looked up how much the cleaning kit costs. $14 bucks. So you pay $50 for a lifetime filter, and $14 bucks regularly to clean it? K&N really has people by the balls with these, don't they?

I'll stick with my $13 paper filter & replace it with a brand new sterile one every 15k. Thanks.
 
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