I’ve had my Jeep for a few years now, and this year the warranty expires – so I think that a lift is in my Jeeps future ;^) Ever since getting it, I’ve always felt that the suspension sounded noisy – and thought that might have just been ‘a Jeep thing’ – but suspect now that an aftermarket lift will resolve that.
I’ve also been gradually wearing the front bumper away – well, trimming/cutting it back as trail damage gradually does its thing. I really like the aluminum bumpers that Genright now has out for the JK – although I wish they had provisions for the factory fog lights.
Still need to get around to upgrade the main headlights – the headlights are not great from the factory – sometimes they seem downright dim. On the JK Forums, there’s an upgrade path that seems very popular among many of the forum members by Daniel Stern – and IPF also has an upgrade kit available. A couple people around here have gone the LED route, although that seems a little too pricey for me at this time – we’ll see
. For the time being, I’ve simply replaced the factory H13 bulbs with Silverstars. Wish I could find Silverstar Ultra’s in an H13 bulb.
My list ;^)
- new wheels
- 35″ tires
- bedline plastic grill
- genright bumper
- genright tube fenders
- on board air
- wire in CB and VHF
- 3.5″ to 4.5″ lift – not sure what brand yet
- A head on view of the Rugged Ridge XHD bumper with RRC tubes
- No factory fogs :(
- Custom Rubicon rails – Steps!
- Nice!
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February 22, 2010 at 7:28 pm
I dig the RRC tube bumpers as well. By the way this was back in 2008 did you end up getting them? and if so how do you like it?
March 20, 2010 at 7:42 pm
No, been gradually wearing away the factory bumper
Hopefully this spring I’ll have a new bumper – picked up a welding machine last fall, and hope to build my own – and hopefully enlist some assistance from someone in the Jeep club to help me out with some tube work.