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RE: 3.5" RE Flex Kit vs. 4" Skyjacker Standard Ser
Just wanted to share with you all my first trip to the emergency room thanks to the TJ!!
So last weekend I got antsy and needed something to wrench on, so I sat staring at the Wrangler in its parking spot......... hmmm thought I, what can I do with about a $30 budget......... I know, I can reshoot those faded roll bar pads and bikini top & tonneau cover!! Napa auto here I come! :lol:
Bought some black vinyl paint (4 cans because I knew I would find soemthing else to shoot!
Painted the above mentioned items, then decided I am not a huge fan of "spice" colored interior.... I'll paint the center of the seats black.
Pulled the passenger side out Tuesday night, taped er' off in the kitchen and shot the center, pulled the masking off and man, that looked tight!!
So yesterday I go to tackle the drivers side..... this is where the story unfolds.........
3 bolts out, one more to go..... but this ones frozen like nobodies business......, leverage, thats what I need on the 1/4" drive ratchet, so I bust out a 3/4" deep socket and slide it over the end of the ratchet and put all of my 195lbs into it............ any idea where this is going?
All of a suddent "sssuuuunnnnaaaaaappppp!" My full fist with at least 250lbs of pressure behind it (i gave one of those full body thrusts) goes deep inside the bowels of the seat frame as my right eye socket goes charging for the corner of the console.
Stunned for a second, I did not really react as my eye was hurting and my hand for some reason was stationary, would not move from under the seat. So I investigate. Bad move.
If you are squeemish skip this next paragraph!
So the pressure of all my weight sent some portion of the steel seat frame about an inch and a half into my right hand, or should I say my hand 1.5" onto the seat frame. :shock: Just in between my pointer and middle finger. So I ripped er' right back off and did the old part science experiment, part damage assesment thing and realized I could see my actual knuckle joints and tendons....... can't be good. The "penetrating wound" (as they called it at the hospital) was large enough to lay a dime in, comfortably!
But I am a duct tape and tissue kinda guy, so I got the opinion of two of my neighbors and they both agreed I should with no uncertainty get it put back together.
So after reinstalling ALL THE BOLTS back into the seat, I drive myself to the hospital. The whole way getting more and more angry at the fact that I have no insurance, and this is going to cost me my new Trail Rack I was going to pick up next paycheck!!!! (the thought almost made me turn around a few times on the way to the emergency room!)
So anyway, 11 stitches later I was back home finishing my project!
Summary of my story:
4 cans of NAPA vinyl spray paint: $32
1 Replacement seat bracket bolt: $1
11 Finely placed stitches: $389
Cost of not having an all spice stock TJ interior: PRICELESS!
Thanks for reading if you made it this far, maybe ya'll can share your knuckle bustin' stories!!
PEAS OUT
round
p.s. Got a shiner out of the deal too!
Just wanted to share with you all my first trip to the emergency room thanks to the TJ!!
So last weekend I got antsy and needed something to wrench on, so I sat staring at the Wrangler in its parking spot......... hmmm thought I, what can I do with about a $30 budget......... I know, I can reshoot those faded roll bar pads and bikini top & tonneau cover!! Napa auto here I come! :lol:
Bought some black vinyl paint (4 cans because I knew I would find soemthing else to shoot!
Painted the above mentioned items, then decided I am not a huge fan of "spice" colored interior.... I'll paint the center of the seats black.
Pulled the passenger side out Tuesday night, taped er' off in the kitchen and shot the center, pulled the masking off and man, that looked tight!!
So yesterday I go to tackle the drivers side..... this is where the story unfolds.........
3 bolts out, one more to go..... but this ones frozen like nobodies business......, leverage, thats what I need on the 1/4" drive ratchet, so I bust out a 3/4" deep socket and slide it over the end of the ratchet and put all of my 195lbs into it............ any idea where this is going?
All of a suddent "sssuuuunnnnaaaaaappppp!" My full fist with at least 250lbs of pressure behind it (i gave one of those full body thrusts) goes deep inside the bowels of the seat frame as my right eye socket goes charging for the corner of the console.
Stunned for a second, I did not really react as my eye was hurting and my hand for some reason was stationary, would not move from under the seat. So I investigate. Bad move.
If you are squeemish skip this next paragraph!
So the pressure of all my weight sent some portion of the steel seat frame about an inch and a half into my right hand, or should I say my hand 1.5" onto the seat frame. :shock: Just in between my pointer and middle finger. So I ripped er' right back off and did the old part science experiment, part damage assesment thing and realized I could see my actual knuckle joints and tendons....... can't be good. The "penetrating wound" (as they called it at the hospital) was large enough to lay a dime in, comfortably!
But I am a duct tape and tissue kinda guy, so I got the opinion of two of my neighbors and they both agreed I should with no uncertainty get it put back together.
So after reinstalling ALL THE BOLTS back into the seat, I drive myself to the hospital. The whole way getting more and more angry at the fact that I have no insurance, and this is going to cost me my new Trail Rack I was going to pick up next paycheck!!!! (the thought almost made me turn around a few times on the way to the emergency room!)
So anyway, 11 stitches later I was back home finishing my project!
Summary of my story:
4 cans of NAPA vinyl spray paint: $32
1 Replacement seat bracket bolt: $1
11 Finely placed stitches: $389
Cost of not having an all spice stock TJ interior: PRICELESS!
Thanks for reading if you made it this far, maybe ya'll can share your knuckle bustin' stories!!
PEAS OUT
round
p.s. Got a shiner out of the deal too!
