The building of knuckles

[biggy]

Did you drill all the holes with the skins clamped on or centre punch the hole remove the skin and then drill them out?

 

[MTG]

Did you drill all the holes with the skins clamped on or centre punch the hole remove the skin and then drill them out?

Drill them with the skins on! Use a bit that will fit through the holes on the skins (I think it was maybe a 9/32"), drill the holes, then take the skins off of use a unibit to enlarge the holes. We did the sides (above the tire) first, installed the nutserts, re-installed the skins, then "massaged" the rear of the skin in place before drilling those holes. Hopefully that makes sense.

Oh and save yourself the trouble of using a bunch of clamps and get a ratchet strap. One of those and maybe a couple of C clamps and you should be good to go. :thumb:

 

[MTG]

The color matched skins are going to look so good.. Any chance you're blacking the ring out on your slabs? That would really finish the look off!

Yeah, hopefully my paint guy can do it next week. Otherwise I get to try my hand at painting or they get powder coated black.

 

[MTG]

Damn you MTG... I just told the wife your to blame for me modding my jeep!!! Lol, every time I look at this build thread another mod is added to my list!

LOL! Sorry and you're welcome!

 

[JKAnimal]

Yeah, hopefully my paint guy can do it next week. Otherwise I get to try my hand at painting or they get powder coated black.

Why not powder coat them white?

Rattle can could do a great job too and make it easy to touch up.

Looking real nice btw!


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[Prime8]

You are right and I knew that, but it helped get the rear portion aligned. We plan to drill it out. We'll see how that goes. LOL!

Drilled mine out. It was easy. No problem.

 

[MTG]

Why not powder coat them white?

I thought about it but I'm not sure how close they can match the white. :thinking:

 

[biggy]

Drill them with the skins on! Use a bit that will fit through the holes on the skins (I think it was maybe a 9/32"), drill the holes, then take the skins off of use a unibit to enlarge the holes. We did the sides (above the tire) first, installed the nutserts, re-installed the skins, then "massaged" the rear of the skin in place before drilling those holes. Hopefully that makes sense.

Oh and save yourself the trouble of using a bunch of clamps and get a ratchet strap. One of those and maybe a couple of C clamps and you should be good to go. :thumb:

Sounds like a good plan of attack.

 

[paychex.308]

I thought about it but I'm not sure how close they can match the white. :thinking:

Do you have a paint gun or are you going to try to rattle-can it?

 

[JKAnimal]

I thought about it but I'm not sure how close they can match the white. :thinking:

The handful of powder coasters I've dealt with in the past have had very diverse color pallets to work with. If they want your business they might do a sample for you. Just a thought.


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[MTG]

Called powder coater today. Might work to go with white after all.



Decided to throw soft top on at lunch.


Look at that. I have a month left to drive to Michigan and use this sticker! :crazyeyes:


If you are like me and 1) don't have a lot of time and 2) have to take your hardtop off by yourself. I'd highly recommend the Harken Hoister. Top on/off in under 10 minutes and it stores it out of the way when my in use.

 

[MTG]

Perfect timing for the soft top. hahaha!

 

[OverlanderJK]

Perfect timing for the soft top. hahaha!
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:cheesy: That would suck for me if it snowed right now.:crazyeyes:

 

[JKAnimal]

Called powder coater today. Might work to go with white after all. 

I hope that works out for you. It is so much better/tougher than paint!

That lift looks nice. Unfortunately I'll have to wait until I ditch the roof rack before I go that route.:icon_crazy:

 

[silverbackjk]

:cheesy: That would suck for me if it snowed right now.:crazyeyes:

Was this last night my mom just called to tell me her flight from reno to san jose was canceled.

 

[MTG]

Was this last night my mom just called to tell me her flight from reno to san jose was canceled.

Yeah, started early this morning. Only 2-3" outside my house, not sure why they would have cancelled flights.

 

[Skid_Kid]

Perfect timing for the soft top. hahaha!
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Hahahaha! I will admit I miss the snow.


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[MTG]

So driving in this



With these two lights on



Is a lot of fun!

I should probably get that checked out. :doh:

 

[GCM 2]

I should probably get that checked out. :doh:

Nah, you have a sport cage. You should be fine :thumb: I am in the worlds greatest snow storm of the century (at least that what they are billing it as) out on the east coast right now. Snowpacolyspe 2013 is not one for the record books in my eyes, my rental car is doing just fine

 

[MTG]

Nah, you have a sport cage. You should be fine :thumb: I am in the worlds greatest snow storm of the century (at least that what they are billing it as) out on the east coast right now. Snowpacolyspe 2013 is not one for the record books in my eyes, my rental car is doing just fine

:cheesy:

I love the snow! We haven't had nearly enough of it this year. :grayno:

Those lights have been on for so long, I forgot about them...until I gunned it out of my driveway and made the 90 degree turn. :cheesy:

Isn't every storm back there a storm of century? How else do you sell newspapers (or generate page clicks)?