Gold Cobra
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Woodland, WA
Are any of your tires holding air?
Are any of your tires holding air?
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Yes, but Eric's wheel deleted seven bolts already.Are any of your tires holding air?
Rear tread is almost all covered by the flare. Front sticks out a good inch and a half. I'll be trimming the fenders, and relocating the stock flares. Gotta keep that factory look.Also can you post a pic looking at it head on so I can see how much the tires stick out.
Wanted to keep it simple for the time being. At 4.5" of lift, I think I'm at that height where I can get away with short arms. I feel like my lowers need to be lengthened though.I forgot to ask. Why are you not using control arm drops? Not in the future plans.
Thanks, Josh. Next phase for the Jeep is armoring it up. It'll get the TORXfab treatment before it sees a trail. A basic set of sliders are first priority, and then I'll work on getting my winch put back on.Jeep looks sweet, reminds me a lot of the old one! Your welding skills sure look good, mine are nice but not like that. When is the protection going on, torx fab?
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After getting the flares mounted, I wanted to do something about the fading flares and body panels. A little trick I learned is to use a propane torch, and run it over the trim piece. I've heard it brings the oils back to the surface? Either way I did it on Jeepforceone and it lasted the entire time I owned it.
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Before torch blasting.
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After torch blasting.
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As of right now, the Nail Salon is ready for some snow wheeling.![]()
After I got the pellets removed, it was time to re-torque the bead lock bolts... all 128. You can see the blacked out bolts at 12, 3, 6, and 9. We did this during assembly to give a reference point while torquing. Other wise you just get dizzy. I thought I was just going to need to re-torque a few bolts... nope, each wheel needed a few rotations of torquing to get them all to spec. I'll probably check them again in a few hundred miles.
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Really, Really dustin...
let me break this down.
Late model
Jcr's
Rattle Can.
somethings not right here:dunno:
Stopped by Bob's Paint Land in Vancouver today. Had them make me up a can of color matched paint in a spray can.
I thought about having you do the Bronzewyrm treatment on them, but in the end I realized they're just a skid plate. This way was a happy median, it's not the typical black, and it should blend in with the body.Really, Really dustin...
let me break this down.
Late model
Jcr's
Rattle Can.
somethings not right here:dunno:,
$20 a can. It's expensive when compared to the typical Rustoleum Satin Black, but it's color matched and good quality (it sprays on really easy). I haven't held them up to the Jeep yet, but it looks like it's going to be a great match.Nice, I'm looking to do the same thing and was going to use Wesco paint, but it's more expensive then I was hoping. Care to share how much they charged? Good match with factory paint?
$20 a can. It's expensive when compared to the typical Rustoleum Satin Black, but it's color matched and good quality (it sprays on really easy). I haven't held them up to the Jeep yet, but it looks like it's going to be a great match.