What did you do to your TJ today?

[John Cooper]

What winch plate is that? How much did Betty's front end sag? (too personal?) I want to mount the winch I got free, but don't want to have to add spacers to lift the front back up.

Coming from the guy who's Jeep has never seen anything more than curbs or speed bumps at the mall!!!!!!!

 

[WestCoastDan]

Broke a clip on the lower dash panel while updating the phone mount. One step forward, one step back.
I 'fixed' it with a zip tie and a drill bit.

Good as new.

 

[Dr. Internet]

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Been liking the SIL blades on the MBZ thus far, as the fronts on the Jeep had shit the bed yet AGAIN, I got a set for it, and put one on the back as well, although I held onto the Rain-X that was there.

I put SilBlades on my LJR about 10 yrs ago. Also, put them on her 2012 Grand Cherokee in 2012. Both sets still going great!

 

[squirrelmaster]

I got in a bunch of interior screws from DeadJeeps to replace all the missing ones in my TJ to hopefully cut down on all the squeaks and rattles. By my estimate about 70% of them are missing, so it seems promising.

 

[SPECWAR]

Bosch Icons are a very good blade. Have them on all the family vehicles.

 

[red02tj]

Broke a clip on the lower dash panel while updating the phone mount. One step forward, one step back.
I 'fixed' it with a zip tie and a drill bit.
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Good as new.

Think these are the replacement ones. Have a box in a drawer somewhere

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0874D34NJ?tag=wranglerorg-20

 

[Zorba]

I will be interested to see how they work , I tried some high dollar Bosch " Uniblade " type when I bought my used Tacoma . They were like $ 35.00 each , I was beyond pissed when the first one tore just above the wiping edge at 7 weeks . I put the old blade back on I left in the garage , 2 days later the same thing happened to the other Bosch. " Winter " type blades work well for me , but cost twice as much as the Michelin's .

I've pretty much tried them all, and they all suck. Word on the street - for whatever that's worth - says these are mo' bettah. We'll see.

 

[Jason06]

I fixed the P0201 code that popped up. The harness for the #1 injector had been replaced by the PO. When I tugged on the wires, one pulled out of the tape they had wrapped around the connector they used. I temporarily fixed it with a new crimp connector and heat shrink until I order a replacement.

 

[MountaineerTom]

What winch plate is that? How much did Betty's front end sag? (too personal?) I want to mount the winch I got free, but don't want to have to add spacers to lift the front back up.

As a comparison, at one point I had a Warn VR8000 winch with steel cable, steel roller fairlead and a Smittybilt raised winch plate. That whole set-up weighed 84 lbs. It was mounted on an LOD stubby bumper (which I think you have, or had) and it lowered the Jeep 1/2” up front. That was with Old Man Emu springs. I’d guess John’s Quadratec plate is pretty similar in weight to whatever the Smittybilt weight is since they are pretty much the same design.

I’ve since replaced the steel cable and steel roller fairlead with synthetic rope and one of Blaine’s safety thimble fairleads but I never measured it after the swap.

 

[tobiism]

Yea, I'm tired of that shit. If these last the "several years" as promised, I'll be very happy. I put a set on the MBZ about the same time I put these on the Jeep. The Jeep's (front) were completely shot, the MBZ's are still like new. We'll see how long they stay that way.

Here in AZ its just understood that you are changing blades every year. Nothing withstands the heat and dry rot

 

[Zorba]

Here in AZ its just understood that you are changing blades every year. Nothing withstands the heat and dry rot

Pretty much the same here in Florida; hence my tryout of the SILs.

 

[TheBoogieman]

Coming from the guy who's Jeep has never seen anything more than curbs or speed bumps at the mall!!!!!!!

After a good rain, the puddles at our mall are deeper than the one in your ROTM pic.
p.s. Same goes for the mud.

 

[Zorba]

After a good rain, the puddles at our mall are deeper than the one in your ROTM pic.

Don't let him get you down, his jeep has yet to conquer the Florida mountains!

 

[TheBoogieman]

Don't let him get you down, his jeep has yet to conquer the Florida mountains!

That's why he bought a winch.

 

[SPECWAR]

Thought he said “wench”

 

[Zorba]

Thought he said “wench”

Hmmmm - maybe he doesn't know the difference?

Or maybe he was thinking of...

 

[TheBoogieman]

Thought he said “wench”

They're interchangeable if you get a good one.

 

[red02tj]

What winch plate is that? How much did Betty's front end sag? (too personal?) I want to mount the winch I got free, but don't want to have to add spacers to lift the front back up.

Close but not identical, but no meaningful sag when I changed bumpers and plates.

Left is Smitty winch, generic EAG plate and synth line on stock bumper

Right is warn 9.5, smitty raised winch plate , synth line, warn rock crawler bumper and warn steering skid

 

[KennethS]

Here in AZ its just understood that you are changing blades every year. Nothing withstands the heat and dry rot

Yeah, mine seem to melt and fuse to the windshield from the brutal sun.

 

[Zorba]

They're interchangeable if you get a good one.
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