Dubaibentzen's build of Polar Bear

[Dubaibentzen]

Today I need to look at finding some rubber stoppers (or tennis balls...) for the stock carrier. It seems to rattle a bit now when I go over bumps. The backspacing from the slabs makes a gab from the rear door...

 

[cozdude]

Today I need to look at finding some rubber stoppers (or tennis balls...) for the stock carrier. It seems to rattle a bit now when I go over bumps. The backspacing from the slabs makes a gab from the rear door...

Just make sure the tire is against them nice and tight to help stop the jiggle. If not run out to the nearest hardware store and you should be able to find a rubber come to go over the stock rubber to extend them

 

[Dubaibentzen]

It wasn't easy. But after asking in about 100 shops (hardware, plumbing, ACE, etc) I finally found this piece of rubber. That should do. I'll just cut it to length. Let's see

 

[Dubaibentzen]

1st attempt. Hmmm. It sounds exactly the same. Rattle, rattle over every little bump. I will try and make another one - only longer to put more tension on the tire.

 

[MR.Ty]

1st attempt. Hmmm. It sounds exactly the same. Rattle, rattle over every little bump. I will try and make another one - only longer to put more tension on the tire.

I used 1.5 inch PVC pipe with a cap to isolate mine after running tennis balls for about 5 months. With the PVC pipe I found that I needed to make the isolators just long enough to make getting the spare on a pain.

 

[Dubaibentzen]

2nd attempt. Great success!! well kind of.
Sound is gone (for now) but one of them is bent. I guess I made it too long this time. Nevertheless, it will do for now until I put on a body mounted tire carrier.

 

[cozdude]

2nd attempt. Great success!! well kind of.
Sound is gone (for now) but one of them is bent. I guess I made it too long this time. Nevertheless, it will do for now until I put on a body mounted tire carrier.

That's fine you want them to be semi bent. It just means that there is enough pressure on it to stabilize it.

 

[Dubaibentzen]

The next item on my list was the fender cutting, but I spend so much time today hunting for that rubber and now it's too late. Going offroading tomorrow so I'll see if there's any rubbing issues with the 33" and no lift. If there is none, then I might delay the cutting a bit.

 

[Dubaibentzen]

I used 1.5 inch PVC pipe with a cap to isolate mine after running tennis balls for about 5 months. With the PVC pipe I found that I needed to make the isolators just long enough to make getting the spare on a pain.

Yup, getting the spare on was a pain. That must be the magic length -lol-

 

[Dubaibentzen]

Went dune bashing today.

 

[Dubaibentzen]

A bit of rubbing from the fenders. Nothing serious, but I will still cut them

 

[Dubaibentzen]

A few fellow offroaders

 

[Dubaibentzen]

Awesome scenery. A place called Fossil Rock in Dubai dessert

 

[Dubaibentzen]

It's easy to get stuck in the sand. But we only had to do one pull the whole day.

 

[WJCO]

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A bit of rubbing from the fenders. Nothing serious, but I will still cut them

If you have to trim, it means you have a manly tire size. :big_boss:

 

[Dubaibentzen]

If you have to trim, it means you have a manly tire size. :big_boss:

Hehe, I like that statement!
:thumb:

 

[Dubaibentzen]

Ordered some new hood decals saying POLAR BEAR. Black letters with red outline, same like the rubicon. Not sure if the current outline of the letters are actually red or burgundy, but lets see how the new ones turn out.

 

[cozdude]

Ordered some new hood decals saying POLAR BEAR. Black letters with red outline, same like the rubicon. Not sure if the current outline of the letters are actually red or burgundy, but lets see how the new ones turn out.

That's gonna look great! Can't wait to see them!

 

[Dubaibentzen]

Fender cutting party! With the help of Eskelund78 ;-)

 

[Dubaibentzen]

Trying to get that straight line first, and then the angled cut after...