What did you do to or with your CJ today?
mdeluca
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Getting there...
What did you do to or with your CJ today?
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Getting there...
HackFabrication
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^^^ Nice!
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Color me jealous......
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mdeluca
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Mounted and balanced...
OEM seats... all cleaned, patched a couple of small tears, painted risers, and lubed slides...
I may end up selling these OEM seats... they have the "CJ" embossed into them and the piping is perfect... could finance a new set of spice colored Corbeau's... haven't decided yet.
OEM seats... all cleaned, patched a couple of small tears, painted risers, and lubed slides...
I may end up selling these OEM seats... they have the "CJ" embossed into them and the piping is perfect... could finance a new set of spice colored Corbeau's... haven't decided yet.
mdeluca
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Got new heart for the old girl, now I just have to save up for fuel injection, clifford intake an headers.
This will be in my future... hopefully not for awhile yet... sure looks good!
Hillarie
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Mounted and balanced...
OEM seats... all cleaned, patched a couple of small tears, painted risers, and lubed slides...
I may end up selling these OEM seats... they have the "CJ" embossed into them and the piping is perfect... could finance a new set of spice colored Corbeau's... haven't decided yet.
The seats are awesome! Gave me some ideas.
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Hillarie
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Mounted and balanced...
OEM seats... all cleaned, patched a couple of small tears, painted risers, and lubed slides...
I may end up selling these OEM seats... they have the "CJ" embossed into them and the piping is perfect... could finance a new set of spice colored Corbeau's... haven't decided yet.
Seats look great gave me some ideas.
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Hillarie
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Got my "new" Land Rover bottle jack today - high lifts scare me - so now I am equipped to change a tire (still have the original scissor jack mounted for fun)
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gr8dain
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Pics? What is this Land Rover bottle jack? Super tall? I need something bigger than the bottle jack I have now.
WHATROAD
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It's not so much a height thing, it's a position thing. Most of the bottle jacks are a lift using the axle or something that gets the tire up without having to defeat the suspension also. Some say that they can change a lifted jeep with 35s, I don't know about all that, but they are safer IMHO.
WHATROAD
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For me, it's a storage problem with any jack. The Hi Low has more options but scares the you know what out of me. It is more handy in trail use however. Bottle jacks are safer and wont slip out on the side of the road. There is always AAA but I don't know how far into the woods they will go to lend a hand if you need it.
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gr8dain
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Thanks. I have a bottle jack in my tool box in the back of the Scrambler, but it will reach the diff but not the axle tube enough to lift the tire off the ground. So I need to find a new solution. And I agree about the Hi Lift/farm jacks. Not something I would use for a road side repair
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Well I have a piece of plywood under the Rear seat for a base and a block of wood to help Space is always an issue but I at least I know I won't get stranded because of a tire. Hoping to never have to use it
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HackFabrication
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That square of plywood could also serve a duel function as a stable base for the Hi-Lift, provided it has a 'collar' that the jack's base will fit in and not move.
Gives me an idea....
WHATROAD
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The Hi Lift company does offer what they call an "off road base" that is suppose to stabilize the whole thing. I just can't get my head around the whole look of the thing in action. To me, it just seems like a bomb about to go off. LOL
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I have used Hi-lifts for decades. Like any tool, you have to be 10% smarter than the tool you're using.
Off road, a HL jack is more useful than a bottle jack, IMO.
YMMV,
LG
Off road, a HL jack is more useful than a bottle jack, IMO.
YMMV,
LG
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Finished mounting my winch and modified winch plate.
mdeluca
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First base coat…!!!
Finished mounting my winch and modified winch plate.
That looks awesome.
gr8dain
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Added more toe in to try to reduce some shake at 65.
Also added some pull handles to the full fiberglass doors. Will make it easier to shut them now.
Also added some pull handles to the full fiberglass doors. Will make it easier to shut them now.