Homebrew Jeep Mods
10-04-2011, 04:11 PM
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Ok so after reading this for a while finally decided to add my little mods.
And sorry for pics quality.. had to use the phone.
Ok so..
We fabbed the A-shaped piece of the front bumper(rest of the bumper was made and modified by the last owner). Oh and also painted fenders black.
Replaced cig lighter with winch switch (has a blue backlight to see it in the dark
) + added a few cig lighters to keep things running. The black button under the winch switch is my starter button
These 2 switches are for roof lights.. left for front and right for rear lights. Green led-s to annoy/let me know the lights are on
Also made a little lid for the rear panel hole + going to add another cig lighter there.
Nothing fancy or big but a mod is a mod right?
And sorry for pics quality.. had to use the phone.
Ok so..
We fabbed the A-shaped piece of the front bumper(rest of the bumper was made and modified by the last owner). Oh and also painted fenders black.
Replaced cig lighter with winch switch (has a blue backlight to see it in the dark
) + added a few cig lighters to keep things running. The black button under the winch switch is my starter button These 2 switches are for roof lights.. left for front and right for rear lights. Green led-s to annoy/let me know the lights are on
Also made a little lid for the rear panel hole + going to add another cig lighter there.
Nothing fancy or big but a mod is a mod right?
10-04-2011, 04:45 PM
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its them little things that goes along way. especially all them cig lighter holes. i need to do that myself. my phone charger, my wifes, kidos dve player....hmm good idea there. are they all ran off the same fuse/hot wire? or all seperate?
10-04-2011, 05:21 PM
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At the moment they are all from the original wire.. Have'nt tested yet. Might have to run all seperate tho.
10-05-2011, 10:03 AM
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hurley, Im so doing the same when I get an inverter. That is cool. What Ive done are very minor things so far but I did them and that's what's important. I got the idea for moving the vacuum tank from someone here on the forums. Unfortunatly I don't remember their name but if you search "vacuum tank" or similar I'm sure you'll find them, so props to that individual for the cool idea. The hi-lift mounts are simple. I brushed, primed and painted them flat black. I used self-tapping screws to secure them to the bed. What's on top or whats covering the bed is some very cheap foam/rubber padding. ($17 for a pack of 4 squares each measuring 2x2ft). I trimmed them to fit. Wasn't too hard. It cuts down on the fule pump hiss a little and also prevents all my stuff from sliding around. The nuts are pretty funny, I think. Went to Tacoma Screw and paid $12 a piece for those and they aren't galvanized or zinc or anything. Just the low end type. I wire brushed them, put on 5 coats of primer and 2 coats of what I thought was outdoor silver. It wasn't. So after more wire brushing and 2 more coats of primer and 2 coats of a Krylon external silver coating they are done
10-05-2011, 02:28 PM
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i have the same setup on mine it doesnt change the temp
10-05-2011, 02:55 PM
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10-05-2011, 05:04 PM
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10-05-2011, 06:17 PM
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10-05-2011, 06:22 PM
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lol yess lol many of times ive said i wanted to dive into my xj.....but that gota be off a ramp parrlell to the window off a slip slide