Yvan06
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Thank you very much
I hope everything will be fixed soon. This car is so badass ! So I believe that everything works as supposed when you disable the ESP ?
The build/re-build of Gruff
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Thank you very much
I hope everything will be fixed soon. This car is so badass ! So I believe that everything works as supposed when you disable the ESP ?
Ddays
Hooked
Adding back-up lights
So one of the small issues with the EVO skins and single lights they utilize is that you lose the back-up light. I've seen someone elses' build thread where they used the Eagle Eye LED lights mounted on the lower pinch seam on the corners as the backup lights so I ordered a set from Amazon ($5.79/pair). Just spliced them into the harness.
As far as mounting them, there is already one square hole on the drivers side and I drilled another so that it points at an angle. Just duplicated that on the passenger side. These little lights are bright!
So one of the small issues with the EVO skins and single lights they utilize is that you lose the back-up light. I've seen someone elses' build thread where they used the Eagle Eye LED lights mounted on the lower pinch seam on the corners as the backup lights so I ordered a set from Amazon ($5.79/pair). Just spliced them into the harness.
As far as mounting them, there is already one square hole on the drivers side and I drilled another so that it points at an angle. Just duplicated that on the passenger side. These little lights are bright!
Ddays
Hooked
Adding third (and fourth) brake light
One other thing is finding a spot for a third brake light. I got the idea for this from looking at the brackets that my light bar came with. It wasn't long enough for what I needed so I cut a longer piece from flat aluminum stock and bent it up in my vice. Then drilled a couple holes for the Eagle Eye lights and mounting screws. Again, I got these on Amazon. I chose to mount the brackets inside the Jeep so I wouldn't have to worry about concealing any wires. I used a plug so that when I take the top off I can just unplug them. I decided to use two lights so that you could always see at least one of them no matter where you were behind me. I used the posts that the struts are connected to on the rear window. The bolts are long enough to acommodate the bracket & still tighten.
One other thing is finding a spot for a third brake light. I got the idea for this from looking at the brackets that my light bar came with. It wasn't long enough for what I needed so I cut a longer piece from flat aluminum stock and bent it up in my vice. Then drilled a couple holes for the Eagle Eye lights and mounting screws. Again, I got these on Amazon. I chose to mount the brackets inside the Jeep so I wouldn't have to worry about concealing any wires. I used a plug so that when I take the top off I can just unplug them. I decided to use two lights so that you could always see at least one of them no matter where you were behind me. I used the posts that the struts are connected to on the rear window. The bolts are long enough to acommodate the bracket & still tighten.
Ddays
Hooked
Thanks! Honestly, I wasn't going to bother with this since it's kinda like the fender issue here, don't ask, don't tell, but I noticed if I was at a certain angle, the struts on the EVO carrier block the tail lights. You can even see that a little from one of the photos. I was putting the brackets from my light bar away and the idea came about and figured what the heck...
WJCO
Meme King
That turned out sweet. Great job.
Ddays
Hooked
Thanks!
Never did post the photos of the winch rope debacle. Like you noted, threading the end through that little hole in the drum is a lesson in patience. After 15 minutes of it not going anywhere, I went and got my bottle of Murphys oil Soap and dipped the end into the soap, and Viola! slipped right in (insert crude jokes here). So I wound the rope on the drum and right at the very end noticed that I forgot to thread the beginning of the rope through the fairlead. :doh: So I had to unwind the rope and start over. Now I had to get the damn end back out of the drum and that was even worse than trying to get it to go in the first time! :furious3: Finally got it out of the drum, threaded the rope through the fairlead this time, wound it up, and pulled into the garage. Went to put my tools away and there sitting on the workbench was the goddam slip sleeve that goes on at the hook end of the rope. Time to get your earmuff meme out cuz man, I was cussing like a mofo!
The sleeve is still sitting on my workbench.
JeepJeep75
New member
The extra brake lights are always a good idea. Getting rear-ended sucks.
Ddays
Hooked
yup...already been in one accident too many
WJCO
Meme King
hinrichs
Caught the Bug
Join the cool kids club already and order a set
Recurve
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Ddays
Hooked
Thanks! Please feel free to ask anything. Hinrich had a great tip on mounting the hinges that would work wonders along with the 2 x 4
mounting jig I cribbed from MTG's build thread. Jim's tip is below:
Quote Originally Posted by hinrichs View Post
Dont think its right, but what I found out for me personally, was to get the drivers side upper started which is easy, then get the passenger sides both lined up and mounted. Make it open and close well, then latch the driver side upper, and slide in the lower mount into place then mark it. I had a problem with both of my installs where after it was drilled and all, the lower drivers side mount was a little high or low making it very hard to open and close.
:thumb:
Recurve
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Yeah , Hinrichs did a good job on his. Reading over his thread an yours just makes me leary on the nut inserts lol.
Not that I can't do it, just being how we are all from PA , my jeep is rusty enough an those nut inserts are just dying for rust to get in there lol.:icon_crazy:
Not that I can't do it, just being how we are all from PA , my jeep is rusty enough an those nut inserts are just dying for rust to get in there lol.:icon_crazy:
Ddays
Hooked
I'm with ya on the rust issue but I used this formula in determining the installation of this carrier:
Functionality + badass quotient + quality + looks - installation jitters > rust quotient
I'm pretty sure you can plug in lots of shit into that formula!
Ddays
Hooked
Finally Finished with all of the Dealer work.
Finally finished up a couple weeks ago with the last of the nagging issues left over from the accident back in SEPTEMBER! One was a broken linkage part that wouldn't allow me to engage 4-Lo. I also had a cracked tone ring on the left rear axle and after arguing with the dealership to fix it its finally done. This was causing the stability control to activate when making a left hand turn from a standing stop. Not too fun of a feeling when there is traffic coming up from behind. They ordered a complete axle from Dynatrac, installed it and finally everything is fine. They did give me the old axle so I do have a trail spare. Here are the last of the poser photos I'm gonna post. Now that I can finally get out & wheel this thing the next ones will be some action shots. Going to Moab first week of April and again in the first week of July. Cant wait!
Last up will be a set of Chamber Pro's & Nitto Trail Graps. That will be done before first trip to Moab.
Finally finished up a couple weeks ago with the last of the nagging issues left over from the accident back in SEPTEMBER! One was a broken linkage part that wouldn't allow me to engage 4-Lo. I also had a cracked tone ring on the left rear axle and after arguing with the dealership to fix it its finally done. This was causing the stability control to activate when making a left hand turn from a standing stop. Not too fun of a feeling when there is traffic coming up from behind. They ordered a complete axle from Dynatrac, installed it and finally everything is fine. They did give me the old axle so I do have a trail spare. Here are the last of the poser photos I'm gonna post. Now that I can finally get out & wheel this thing the next ones will be some action shots. Going to Moab first week of April and again in the first week of July. Cant wait!
Last up will be a set of Chamber Pro's & Nitto Trail Graps. That will be done before first trip to Moab.
WJCO
Meme King
That's bad ass.
Ddays
Hooked
Thanks! - I just dropped you one on your build thread