Added some beef to my Jeep

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Just sharing some of my DIY Jeep mods. Fabbed up F&R bumpers and rock sliders for my Rubicon. 1/4" plate steel and sch 80 pipe on the sliders.

Rear bumper nearing completion:




Front:




Fabbed mounts for factory fog lights:




Sliders:




 
Chdamn;n70935 said:
You're going to need wider tires so you don't sink into the asphalt during the summertime.
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And the 6.0/4l80e swap thats in the works ;)
 
Sandman_NC;n71001 said:
Looks good! Going rock crawling?
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Thanks! Occasional trips to Uwharrie are sadly the most action it sees since my daughter was born......plenty of battle scars from years past though. Didn't buy it to pound pavement.
 
Coltdefender1911;n71004 said:
You need that 6.0 to drag em bumpers around...... Looks good.
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3.8's struggling....lol to be honest the bumpers didn't make as noticeable difference in performance as my switching from bfg at's to the insanely beefy Toyo AT2's. Those load rated E tires are ridiculously heavy.
 
Gspec;n71015 said:
3.8's struggling....lol to be honest the bumpers didn't make as noticeable difference in performance as my switching from bfg at's to the insanely beefy Toyo AT2's. Those load rated E tires are ridiculously heavy.
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Yes they are. Those Toyos are beast. Remember what Jeep stands for. It's looking good.

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Gspec;n71015 said:
3.8's struggling....lol to be honest the bumpers didn't make as noticeable difference in performance as my switching from bfg at's to the insanely beefy Toyo AT2's. Those load rated E tires are ridiculously heavy.
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Time to re gear.
 
FatboyFlash;n71561 said:
Time to re gear.
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Agreed, but not sinking $$ into these d44's. have a FF 14 bolt for the rear, and am keeping an eye out for a useable D60 front axle.
 
Gspec;n71586 said:
Agreed, but not sinking $$ into these d44's. have a FF 14 bolt for the rear, and am keeping an eye out for a useable D60 front axle.
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Holey Moley batman! You gonna run some 42's on that bad boy or what?:cool:
 
Nice work. Not having fab skills I bought Poison Spyder Customs parts for mine back when I did that project.
Mileage won't change much even with major mods if done right. I went to 5.13 gears and 37's. AEV Pro Cal to change the settings. Still got 17MPG highway and that is what I got stock.
Engine to Gas Tank skid plate improves aerodynamics and decreases chance of getting hung up like the stock skid plate does.
 
If I was to go through all of that I'd be damned if I would put stock lights in it. I would have went with rigid D2 or something similar.
 
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Then next I would switch out the head lights with thier keep package lights. I like the grill insert with the light bar too.
 
Wouldn't be opposed to the flush mounts on the rear bumper, although rear led floods high mounted would be more useful....I have a massive dual-shear swing away tire hinge kit that been rusting away in my shop for a couple years now. Just can't bring myself to get started on it, because I enjoy the look of the jeep without the spare on it (and 35" spare fits in the cargo area of jku's perfectly) BUT, if I ever get a wild hair, I would go the opposite of clean, and load it down with the high lift jack, rotopax mounts and the aforementioned high mounted led floods.
 
Clean work bud. I'm a self taught fab guy that just got out of wheeling last year. My proudest build was a turbo tacoma on cruiser axles and 40's. Wheeled it URE quite a bit
 
Thanks man. I got a wild hair and traded the jeep of for a Megacab Ram with a 6.7 Cummins and for the most part regret it every second that I'm NOT towing something...miss those URE trips with friends and fam.
 
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