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Old 07-27-2014, 12:42 PM
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Thanks man! She's come a long way but still has a lot left haha
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Testing out the long arms!
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Awesome!!
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Thank you sir!
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I came across a hell of a deal on a set of brand new 33x12.5x15 mud claws that the owner of a local fourwheel shop let me have for 450 dollars out the door, sold my 31s that day for 300 dollars and mounted these bad boys up! I gotta say, damn they really make the jeep look so much better!
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The 33s definitely give her a better stance!
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I dig it
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Decided to mix things up a bit and change my light set up on the jeep so here she is torn apart!
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I ended up doing away with my 42 inch led light bar in favor of a 50 inch light bar along with hooligan off-road roof mounts that bolt directly to the rain gutters. Also swapped out my headlights for Hids and ebay housings. Then, I changed all my off-road lights to 8 inch Hids and finally have it setup the way I want in terms of lights haha
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Then I noticed one day after a hard day of wheeling that my driver side from tire was towed in....a lot! Upon further inspection, I found my wheel bearing and hub assembly were beyond destroyed! it was so bad actually, that my caliper was rubbing on my rotor! That hub assembly was a pain in the *** to get off, definitely seized on there
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Finally decide it was time to replace my shocks! My old ones were meant for the 3 inch lift and now that I'm sitting closer to 6 inches and on long arms, they were pretty maxed out haha. Ordered up a set of bilstein 5100s to replace them
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New shocks are in and the ride quality improve tremendously!
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Picked up some red paint, primer, clear coat, and 80 black 5/16s bolts. This was the result!
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Now here she sits, waiting on more goodies in the mail!
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Originally Posted by Dustintcrain
Fixed my saggy headliner! Replaced it with realtree camo!
Did you have any trouble with the fabric around the speaker pods?


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