Blazindevl's white Rubicon build

Blazindevl

Blazindevl

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So today I figured I'd start to document my progress on the Rubicon because over the course of the next month it will be night and day from what it is now.
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So this is what it looks like today minus the front bumper of course!
 
I bought the Poison Spyder Brawler lite front bumper with stinger and test fit it today on the jeep to make sure all is good. In the coming days I'll be painting it white to match, but today was test fit and prep day. I spent the afternoon sanding it with 200 grit paper and cleaning it with lacquer thinner.
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After seeing the bumper on the Rubicon I came to realize very quickly that the crash bar must go. It's kinda ugly when exposed and the extra clearance I'll get once it's gone will be nice. The next few pics show how I accomplished this.
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I cut across the crash bar just above the frame leaving this small section attached.
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The other side of the drivers side framerail.
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From there it was really easy to remove the left over tab and grind down the excess to get ready for paint.
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The opposite side.
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Once painted you could hardly ever tell they were ever there!
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I quickly realized I forgot to account for the vacuum assembly so I chopped up it's original mount, welded it to the frame and painted it.
Tomorrow I will work on moving the swaybar disconnect up out of the way and lay some paint!
 
So, yesterday I dedicated most of my day to painting my bumper so that I could finally install it and flipping my e-disco(thanks to those of you that posted how to threads on this by the way).

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a pic of it flipped up and I used a M10-1.50x100 bolt to secure it... could've used one just a tad bit longer maybe!
 
Today I mounted up the bumper and I have to say I'm really pleased with the way it turned out! I painted it myself in my garage using a 2 step base coat, clear coat application. Today I'm off to watch football... Go Cards! Tomorrow I will get the fog lights mounted up and put my new winch on... a Warn Zeon 10-s:yup:

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quickly realized I forgot to account for the vacuum assembly so I chopped up it's original mount, welded it to the frame and painted it.
Tomorrow I will work on moving the swaybar disconnect up out of the way and lay some paint![/QUOTE]

That sucker is in the way! They put it in a bad place.
 
notnalc68 said:
That sucker is in the way! They put it in a bad place.
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Yeah, not the greatest engineering by Jeep. If I ever switch bumpers again, I'll be moving it inside the engine bay. At least for now, its tucked up out of harms way and is protected by the new bumper.

WJCO said:
Great work. The winch will look great on there.
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Ddays said:
First I recall seeing a white painted bumper - looks great!
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Thanks for the kind words! :thumb:
 
So I got the winch on the other day and just needed to install the synthetic rope to finish it all up. I was dreading this after reading several posts about how people struggled with this. I found this link on youtube, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vzrk13HKr_U and I'm here to tell you it literally took less than 10 minutes to install it! Got my D rings, factor 55 prolink and new fairlead on at the same time... Phase 1 now complete:rock: Phase 2 to follow very shortly!

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Blazindevl said:
So I got the winch on the other day and just needed to install the synthetic rope to finish it all up. I was dreading this after reading several posts about how people struggled with this. I found this link on youtube, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vzrk13HKr_U and I'm here to tell you it literally took less than 10 minutes to install it! Got my D rings, factor 55 prolink and new fairlead on at the same time... Phase 1 now complete:rock: Phase 2 to follow very shortly!
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Too funny! That video is only 2 weeks old. At least someone figured out the trick to make it easier. We all know now.
 
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Primed the rings for my slabs today, went on pretty smooth. Thanks to Eddie for the write up. Base/clear coat to follow this week
 
Yesterday was a loooooong day! My much anticipated trip had finally come. I was to make the trek from Phoenix to Fullerton, Ca. To see some dude named Drew, lol. When I showed up I was completely blown away at what I saw. I had the guys at ORE install a DTD and evolever in my rubicon and the quality of work they do there can only be described as incredible. From the welds to the fit and finish, it's all just perfect.

It didn't stop there...Drew spent close to 2 hours going over stuff and showing me things on my jeep and others and then Mel the owner came over and said hello and sat with me for a bit shootin the shit and thanking me for the business. I definitely felt like more than a customer! Kudos to Mel and his team for being extremely professional and for taking my jeep to the next level! If you have the means, i highly reccomended a visit... It'll change your life!

A big thank you to those here who reccomended ORE and their lift either directly or indirectly... I'm very fortunate that I came across this forum and read countless posts on first hand knowledge and I can only say thanks and I couldn't be happier!

Now for the eye candy!

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Time to get it dirty now;)
 
Here's the exhaust I did i preparation for my install
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And can't forget the WAL sticker!

Next thing to do is trim my fenders and order my ORE tire carrier which will most likely happen tommorrow.
Next phase to come Summer 2016: dynatrac xd60 front and pr80 rear
 
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