Weekend is over...what did you get done?

bumper looks good!!

ive been wanting to build one just like that...

what frame plates did you use?

also im not sure i like how low it will hang below my grill... decreases approach angle more than my bumper that has the winch in front of the grill....

be curious to see what the approach angle is vs. mine.....
 
256offroad said:
bumper looks good!!

ive been wanting to build one just like that...

what frame plates did you use?

also im not sure i like how low it will hang below my grill... decreases approach angle more than my bumper that has the winch in front of the grill....

be curious to see what the approach angle is vs. mine.....
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I used a template that I'd saved from an old set of AJs Offroad brackets and cut them out of 1/4" plate myself.

That was the main reason for wanting to build this bumper. My old bumper stuck out about 7" from the grill. I feel sure this greatly improved my approach angle. I'll measure when I get home if the rain has slacked off.
 
Lowrange2 said:
I used a template that I'd saved from an old set of AJs Offroad brackets and cut them out of 1/4" plate myself.

That was the main reason for wanting to build this bumper. My old bumper stuck out about 7" from the grill. I feel sure this greatly improved my approach angle. I'll measure when I get home if the rain has slacked off.
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sounds good... I may make my own plates with the plasma...

ill measure mine here in the next few days... what did you use all plate? or some box tube?
 
256offroad said:
sounds good... I may make my own plates with the plasma...

ill measure mine here in the next few days... what did you use all plate? or some box tube?
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The entire bumper, with the exception of the mounting, was made out of a 7 foot long 6.5" x 2" "C-channel". It was actually originally a piece of 3/16" sheet that I had bent up so that the inside dimensions were 6.5" so the winch would fit.

Having that bent up cost $65 versus $70 for a piece of 6" c-channel that I would have had to modify to make the winch fit.
 
The only thing I would do is make sure you have your mounting brackets bolted on securely when you do the welding, THEN cut the giant hole in the front crossmember for the winch.

Any front bumper like that is going to be many times stronger than the front crossmember anyways, and will basically replace it if you've done your mounting brackets and bracing properly. I left the top face and as much of the front face of the crossmember as I could to support the radiator mount bushings but that's about it.
 
Worked on a 01 TJ today. Put a bored TB on it for my friend and swapped his blinker switch on the column. He lost his key and had a spare made. Unfortunately it has a security key. Anyone deal with these things before? Apparently the jeep and the key have to go to the dealer to be programed? I don't suppose it can be removed? Anywho, was nice hanging a close friend and showing him some stuff about his jeep.
 
There are a few ways to deal with it...

They all involve finding that key or a new ECU without SKIS enabled.

1. Tape the security key inside the steering column cover so it sends its signal. Use dupes of it for actual keys.
2. Get another ECU for the right drivetrain (engine/transmission/emissions system) without SKIS enabled, unplug the SKIS module in the column from the harness, replace ECU, done.

Don't leave the SKIS module plugged in, iirc if you do that, the new non-SKIS ECU will automatically enable its SKIS system and you're back where you started.
 
Curious question for anyone interested in putting in their two cents. I did a cowl air intake on the XJ by running flex pipe from the stock box to the cowl below the driver's windshield.

I posted that up in a local forum website and the JK guys were saying that a cowl air intake is more susceptible to sucking in water than the box is in OEM form.

I disagree. Anyone else? What say you?
 
I also disagree. Just by virtue of being a foot or so higher than the stock airbox intake, and being further back from the nose, I'm less likely to nose down into something and take a schnozzful of water straight into the intake.
 
Cottontail said:
.....the JK guys were saying.....
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'nuff said:banghead:

I'm also of the mind that as long as you raise the intake, it'll take higher water lines to reach it-- seems kind straight forward to me. Just make sure you don't route the intake into a spot where water can pool up and you'll be groovy.
 
Cottontail said:
Curious question for anyone interested in putting in their two cents. I did a cowl air intake on the XJ by running flex pipe from the stock box to the cowl below the driver's windshield.

I posted that up in a local forum website and the JK guys were saying that a cowl air intake is more susceptible to sucking in water than the box is in OEM form.

I disagree. Anyone else? What say you?
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There's your problem.

Shorty said:
'nuff said:banghead:

I'm also of the mind that as long as you raise the intake, it'll take higher water lines to reach it-- seems kind straight forward to me. Just make sure you don't route the intake into a spot where water can pool up and you'll be groovy.
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Yep. Tell the JK guys you got it from Quadratec and they will be ok :D
 
IllianaXJ said:
Tell the JK guys you got it from Quadratec and they will be ok :D
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:roflmao:


Did a two day trip to Michigan this week for work, and ruined my phone on the jobsite thanks to a torrential rain. Now i'm out $100 on a replacement, and work won't cover it. Even though they make us use our personal phones for business.

This crap is getting old...
 
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