Hinrichs build
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cozdude
Guy with a Red 2-Door
I can answer that for you lol he is running the 3" plush rides with Bilstein 5100 shocks. He sits at about 3.5". Running 2.5-3" bump stops
hinrichs
Caught the Bug
Nothing new to the jeep, did order tires for the Subaru finally however so I should have that on the road soon so I can get the jeep in the garage to start fitting the corner skins and make a side plate I can weld to them for the carrier.
Would be it bad to have my tires aired down for a while?
Would be it bad to have my tires aired down for a while?
BadApple
New member
Air down put it in the garage and pull the wheels and tires if your worried.
hinrichs
Caught the Bug
getting closer to having it on the road....then to figure out how I can fit my jeep in the garage so I can get some stuff I want done to it...mainly pull the skins and paint them which will be a chore due to all the lower bolt heads being stripped and the cage in the way.
hinrichs
Caught the Bug
Another pointless update.
Finally after thinking it would never happened, passed the PA emission test on the Subaru....LEGALLY!!....which was amazing and started to drive that to make sure itll be good for when I tear into the jeep.
Plan is to first get the rocker skins off and sanded down and re painted, even though its cold guess ill just take my time or send them for powder. Then start to install my corner guards. Going to see if my local guy can bend some tube for me for the lower part like evo does in house.
Any tips on jacking up the body slightly on one side so I can get to the rocker skin bolts? All the lower ones are slightly stripped and the sliders are in the way of using a bolt extractor on them yet.
Pic of the "new" daily in my usual picture spot.
Finally after thinking it would never happened, passed the PA emission test on the Subaru....LEGALLY!!....which was amazing and started to drive that to make sure itll be good for when I tear into the jeep.
Plan is to first get the rocker skins off and sanded down and re painted, even though its cold guess ill just take my time or send them for powder. Then start to install my corner guards. Going to see if my local guy can bend some tube for me for the lower part like evo does in house.
Any tips on jacking up the body slightly on one side so I can get to the rocker skin bolts? All the lower ones are slightly stripped and the sliders are in the way of using a bolt extractor on them yet.
Pic of the "new" daily in my usual picture spot.
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SFNick
New member
Love the Daily Driver! Never done it on a JK but on my old Chevy we would undo the body mount blots on one side & use a floor jack and a couple blocks of wood to lift the body up slightly. But if it's the nut inserts that are stripped I don't think that will help. I've had the nut inserts strip on me after already installing the skins & I was able to cut the bolt head off so the skins would come off then tac weld the insert. Good luck!
hinrichs
Caught the Bug
Good ideas guys, maybe a few little pieces tacked on would do the trick.
Basically what happened is, I never used antiseeze on the bolts, and waited too long to pull the skins. In the process of using a normal allen key, I ended up stripping most of the heads of the bolts. I do have one or 2 nutserts that I will have to drill out but that's it.
Panda
New member
It's pretty easy to lift the body, just the eight body bolts, I did one side at a time removing four bolts and just loosening the opposite side so the body didn't shift then some wood blocks under the door rail and lift from there
Recurve
New member
Subaru looks sick man! I wish I would have never sold my impreza wagon. But my 4 evo enforcer lift was a good trade lol.
cozdude
Guy with a Red 2-Door
I!!! Park the subi and get the jeep moving on the trails again
Sheaffadelic
Caught the Bug
Don't park the jeep! That's abuse!
