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Bigwalton's LJ - Formerly "The LJ gets some big tire love"

This is pure insanity, top down drive at lunch in just a tshirt in 80 degree weather on March 20th in Michigan.

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It's a magnet, I took it off not thinking that it would show the clean spot so clearly on an iPhone pic :eek: :banghead:
 
Bumper time...

I got my OR-Fab bumpers Wed but we had family in town and couldn't do the install.

I did go to open the boxes that night just to take a look at them, but found the craziest packing job I've ever seen. I got flashbacks to cutting the foam out of the Postal hard top :eek:

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By FAR, the longest single step involved in installing either of these was digging them out of this foam and it made a MESS.

The before pictures. I never liked the "unfinished" look on the front bumper and I really needed a receiver hitch in the back to hook up the Bantam trailer.

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And the new hotness...

I was pleased that they included D-ring shackles with both bumpers, but they didn't send new hardware for the lower rear bumper mounts (they did for the upper mounting locations, but those are studs in the stock bumper so they had to send those) or for any of the mounts in the front. They did add to the mounting bracket that goes to the rear crossmember and picked up two additional holes in the crossmember, so that was cool.

I had to go get new 1/2 hardware for the front mounts because my old stuff was corroding pretty well after so long on the Jeep.

The lower left hole in the front bumper is off by about 1/4" and will need hit with a die grinder and I need to add another hole for the second mounting bolt in the PSC steering box skidder.

I'm also debating about adding the stock foglights back on at the very ends of the bumper. Have to look at it more before I decide to drill more holes in it...

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Looks great Eric. I just put new bumpers on my LJ as well.

While doing that I was trying to decide to use the stock fog lights or replace them with something else. Basically what I discovered is the factory fogs aren't on a relay. So if you want to use the factory circuit or the factory switch on the column, stay with the low powered factory fogs. If you "need" more lumens, make sure to run a new circuit with the appropriate safety points to avoid a car-b-q.

I went with the factory fogs mainly because I just didn't have time to run a proper new circuit and switch. I did have time to extend the fog light wiring by 18". Decision made.

BTW, who ever did the design for the multiplug for those fog lights needs to be flogged. It took me longer to get those apart without breaking them than it took me to put both front and rear bumpers on.
 
What bumpers did you go with?

Yeah, I just ran those low watt fog lights. I agree on the design of the plugs, I think someone got paid by the hour on the design on those things.
 
I went with the Besttop High Rocks. The only reason I went with these is I got a great deal on some gently used ones. Actually, never used, just some shipping mars. I figure I'm going to bang them into something sometime and now I don't have to feel bad when I do. The back had a couple scuffs and the front had a pretty good chip out of the powder coating. A little spray paint took care of that though. I'm not sure how I would review them. They seem solid, but the hitch receiver is a tad crooked. The front holes for the license plate were just that...straight holes with really no way of attaching a plate without removing the entire thing. I threaded them and that solved the problem. They should have been threaded in manufacturing. I think my tap and die set is the most valuable tool I've ever bought excluding a BFH.
 
Hmmm... that looks a little different. Can't quite figure out what it is :confused:

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Just a little different! Looks awesome. Easy to install?
 
see this makes me want an LJ... (well more than before)
 
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