What did you do to your Jeep today?
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firemed159
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went trail riding up on storm mountain here in colorado. Had a awsome view of the big fire outside of Ft. Collins. Its a shame so many trails are closed now due to the fire.
TrailRatedRN
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Stared at an empty radiator that has merged with the fan. 
Praying to every diety known to man that the frame isn't bent. Too scared to look.
Praying to every diety known to man that the frame isn't bent. Too scared to look.
TrailRatedRN
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That wheel looks pretty good. Have fun with that. Take a long time?
Dawgvet06
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TrailRatedRN said:
About an hour and a half per wheel. Dries pretty quick. Took about 1 spray can to do two wheels. 3-4 coats per wheel. Factory rims have a lot of salt corrosion from previous owner (northern Illinois). Trying to do something to cover that up and protect what's left. Looks pretty good from 3-4 feet away. Up close plenty of blemishes and irregularities.
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RudeDog
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I've been looking at an aersol paint/coating called "Plastic dip". It's a spray on aerosol paint/coating. I saw it on U-Tube, and heard about it thru friends. A lot of people are using it to coat (black out) emblems & wheels. Its a rubbery/flexible type coating, that's easily removed without chemicals, strippers or sand blasting etc. just peel it off. So, I decided to try it out on my factory alloy's to go from silver to matte black. I spent hours totally cleaning the wheels front & back. No sanding, no chemical, strippers, just elbow grease. I did some masking, but per the U-Tube folks, not necessary & painted the up. It's Kind of bizarre. It's a rubbery/flexible type coating. It's real easy to remove if If you don't like it. You just basically peel it off with no real effort and your back where you started with no surface damage. I finished after dark, long day. I'll try a.d throw some pics up tomorrow.
Utah_jeepster
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Re-doing my ARB air line to my front locker. I was such a idiot when I did my air lines with semi tractor/trailer air brake lines, I never concidered a change in situations. I lost my connection for semi parts and hoses when I moved to AZ. I dont have a large truck stop near me just a loves. All they have is a tire center, but I was in luck that Freightliner has a service shop a 1/2 mile down the street from loves. Going in there asking for 3/8 air brake line and only needing 12 feet, with them trying to quote the law saying I wasnt allow to run a temp patch but had to run a whole new line. Then I am saying huh? I am running a whole new line...
After explaining that I was using it on a jeep, even the hard core truckers waiting at the parts counter with me slid over a bit not wanting to be near the crazy guy.
After explaining that I was using it on a jeep, even the hard core truckers waiting at the parts counter with me slid over a bit not wanting to be near the crazy guy.
Louisianajeepn
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Nothing unfortunately. It's been getting a new ring and pinion and a locker put in for a couple weeks. Brought it to a friends shop and the wrong parts keep being sent out. Not his fault. Wrong parts in the right box lol. Hopefully he will have good news in the morning and everything went together but don't think so. I will more than likely be on the phone trying to get another locker Thursday. Oh well. When it's don it will be worth the wait.
wwch99tj
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Changed the oil, did a 5 tire rotation and cleaned all 5 wheels inside and out and put her away before the storm...
Even changed the oil in the wifes Blazer. Now I need to rotate the tires on that.
Am I going to be the only on to keep this thread alive?
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Even changed the oil in the wifes Blazer. Now I need to rotate the tires on that.
Am I going to be the only on to keep this thread alive?
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