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Old 03-12-2013, 02:51 PM
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No no, use the stock 4 AND tie ins. We hit my buddies bumper on a rock and it stripped out 2 of the bolts on the passenger side. They're not very strong to be honest.
Ah ok. All I'm going to be doing is making the plates for now. Not sure if I want to do 2x6 tube or what
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Does anyone have access to bumper measurements (front or rear)? I.e. hole placements, overall width. I'd be happy to design and share the blue prints to fab one. I'll be using autodesk inventor, so angles, measurements, welds, bead count, you name I can design into it. We could even stress test it for weak points
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Does anyone have access to bumper measurements (front or rear)? I.e. hole placements, overall width. I'd be happy to design and share the blue prints to fab one. I'll be using autodesk inventor, so angles, measurements, welds, bead count, you name I can design into it. We could even stress test it for weak points
Do you not have a Jeep to measure?

Been there done that.

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Do you not have a Jeep to measure?

Been there done that.
Where is that bumper? Lol
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How is autodesk inventor?
I have solidworks and it warps my mind...so much **** to learn
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Where is that bumper? Lol
Never built it. Decided to go a different route. Still building something very similar.
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How is autodesk inventor?
I have solidworks and it warps my mind...so much **** to learn
Solidworks is more user friendly. I like Inventor better tho.

Photoshop does the same thing to me.

I need a seriously dumbed down version of PS. I can do just as good on MS Paint.
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Ive tinkered with solidworks a bit.. but still cant get a full grasp on it.
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Never built it. Decided to go a different route. Still building something very similar.
That's what I figured haha

I might not build a rear now. I don't know if I like the whole rear quarter cut and fold... If I do it I will want to make sides for that
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Cut and fold looks great, I think. (As long as you have the bumper that goes with it.)

I'll be fixing that on my trail junk as well.

It had side but my welds sucked and they broke off. lol
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Cut and fold looks great, I think. (As long as you have the bumper that goes with it.)

I'll be fixing that on my trail junk as well.

It had side but my welds sucked and they broke off. lol
I can't use my arc welder to tac it back in place... That's part of it
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Shipping internationally is 70 bucks.

So it would be nearing a 500 transaction.
he gave me what appears to be a legit address:
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Oludare Brown
No 5 Alesh Hotel Road
Lekki-Epe Expressway
Alah
Lagos

Then he specified "fill out the custom form for regular international address"
Found this from googling the name


http://scammers-olkis.blogspot.com/2...ammer.html?m=1

Don't even know what that site is, but I wouldn't do it either way.
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Originally Posted by lowrange2

Do you not have a Jeep to measure?

Been there done that.
So you're still planning to tuck the winch in? if that's what I'm seeing lol I really want to do mine like that.
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Originally Posted by DieselD
Shouldn't *** any stress to the cable, it runs from the throttle body to the trans. Maybe if you did a tcase drop. But not from suspension changes.
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Well, my theory was incorrect. But your solution was the right one:


...I did it wrong the first time (but, of course I followed the instructions lol), and the adjustment kind of made it worse (there was a well defined crisp feel to each shift of the transmission). I had zip for power going up a slight grade (tried it twice) during the test drive; I had to manually kick the throttle down before the end of the grade, or stay on the power curve with the throttle the entire length of the grade.

Came back home and read all the way through the thread, and somebody said "do it this way instead" ...and that did it: tranny shifted like butter, power was on the curve all the way to the top. Went to a different hill - much steeper - and same thing.

Problem solved. Best "minor" adjustment/zero cost fix evah.

Muchas gracias amigo.
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Glad it worked for you.


(I also just realised I said *** instead of add in that quoted post lol)
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