What have you done to your KK lately

Bmxer524 · **Posted:** Wed May 22, 2013 2:45 pm

Atthehelm wrote:

Gageraid wrote:

Atthehelm wrote:

Just ordered some Bilstein 33-185552 rear shocks to finally replace my skyjackers which have sucked since day one.
If anyone is looking for rear shocks on a lifted kk these are a good deal for the next 7 hrs. Ebay item # 230968239527

Keep us posted how the install goes. Quite a few people here have the Bilsteins now and there have been some questions and answers about them for sure.

I know that I'll need some sleeves since Bilstein doesn't supply the ones I need. (From what I've read). Not worried about it though, I can reuse the ones from the smyjacker, buy some at the hardware store or worse case use washers as shims.

The shocks specs are 15.91" collapsed and 25.93" extended with 255/70 valving.
At static my shocks measure ~20"
Flexed they measure ~22.5" and ~17" so I think these will work well.

It is a great deal, free shipping too. Can't go wrong. I think I'll order these today for my lift. Maybe that'll be the kick in the butt I need to start ordering lol. Anyways, I believe Musclez used those for his lift so they should work. They're about the same size as the N132L.

Let me know how instal goes with the sleeving.

cgass · **Posted:** Wed May 22, 2013 7:03 pm

Atthehelm wrote:

Just ordered some Bilstein 33-185552 rear shocks to finally replace my skyjackers which have sucked since day one.
If anyone is looking for rear shocks on a lifted kk these are a good deal for the next 7 hrs. Ebay item # 230968239527

I brought mine into a shop here and they pressed new bushings in for me. The bushings cost me $3 for the pair I believe and they pressed them in for free. Worth a thought

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lfhoward · **Posted:** Wed May 22, 2013 7:52 pm

A good day's work today. I finished sanding/grinding off the rust, then primed and painted the first coat. In a couple days I'll do a second coat of Rustoleum Hammered Black. Here is the proof:

Sliders prepped and ready to go:

Rola roof basket with the rusty spots ground down:

AtTheHelm's front recovery system:

Sliders primed (gray Rustoleum primer) and painted (Rustoleum Hammered black)

The whole enchilada:

A naked Jeep awaiting the return of its armor:

Gageraid · **Posted:** Thu May 23, 2013 10:44 am

Used it to jump start a Mercedes Benz.

At The Helm · **Posted:** Fri May 24, 2013 10:40 pm

Installed new plugs.
First time doing it, turned out to be stupid simple.
New air cleaner
Installed new Bilstein 33-185552s. Those are a biotch to compress to fit into the mounts, didn't see that coming. I can say they are a way way way better ride than the skyjacker hydros that i had. They are garbage compared to the Bils.

Gageraid · **Posted:** Sat May 25, 2013 10:27 am

Switched back to copper core spark plugs. Running really smooth.

lfhoward · **Posted:** Sat May 25, 2013 8:30 pm

Extended all four breather lines (both Diffs, transfer case, transmission) using MtnLuvr's excellent directions: http://www.lostjeeps.com/forum/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=104&t=44164&p=479198

Gageraid · **Posted:** Sun May 26, 2013 12:42 pm

Finally took my rear mud flaps off.

musclezmarinara · **Posted:** Sun May 26, 2013 5:58 pm

Gageraid wrote:

Finally took my rear mud flaps off.

FINALLY BROTHER !

Gageraid · **Posted:** Mon May 27, 2013 9:39 am

musclezmarinara wrote:

Gageraid wrote:

Finally took my rear mud flaps off.

FINALLY BROTHER !

GoodPrepper · **Joined:** Wed Dec 07, 2011 4:29 am **Posts:** 64

This has been a big month for my KK. I started the month by noticing a coolant leak and when I took it to the mechanic he said I needed a whole new radiator! I called the dealer and said I knew I wasn't under warranty but a complete radiator failure after 3 years and 45,000 miles was poor even by Jeep standards. They agreed to cover the cost of fixing it but when they noticed my power steering hose was cracked and leaking every where they said I would have to cover that. So missing my Toyotas where all I did was changer the oil and that was it for over 100,000 miles (don't even need new spark plugs every 30,000 miles, lol!) I told them to fix it.

I got it back and decided to keep the maintenance rolling so I changed the pads on all 4 brakes because they were at about 10% and replaced the wipers.

Now I was feeling good and wanted to do something fun so I finally mounted my Hella 55W lights to my roof rack using some KC mounts.

Here they are mounted and flipped up:

Here they are stowed until I get them wired and make sure I can get in the parking garage I park in daily with them up! I also didn't like the white covers and while I might end up not using them I hit them up with some black camo spray paint I had, I wish the whole Jeep was this matte black:

Finally I had a few stickers piling up so I slapped them on the side window:

Now to get the wife to let me off yard duty so I can get them wired in!

lfhoward · **Posted:** Mon May 27, 2013 3:48 pm

GoodPrepper, lookin' good!!!! :JEEPIN:

The KCs on the roof rack are awesome. I hope you can get them wired up soon.

Also, it's a good day to fly the American Flag. :rockon:

Many thanks to all of our vets, past and present.

lfhoward · **Posted:** Mon May 27, 2013 4:06 pm

It has been a good Jeep weekend for me too. I reinstalled all of my newly painted steel accessories back on the Jeep today. The most challenging aspect was taking the front bumper off without breaking anything. Diggerfreek has posted some good directions for that.

Grille and bumper off to install AtTheHelm's front recovery system:

Installed! This thing is rock solid.

Now with the bumper back on. The recovery system doesn't stick out any farther than the oem bumper. Now I need a pair of D rings.

Rola roof basket, Rock Lizard Skink Super Sliders, and AtTheHelm's front recovery system are all back on the KK again.

Thanks to AtTheHelm and ArcticLibby for their parts in making this possible! :rockon:

_benjammin · **Posted:** Tue May 28, 2013 3:25 pm

Got my new RL Super Sliders!
I'll mount them up and get some pics, then off to be powder coated.

Ted15 · **Posted:** Tue May 28, 2013 3:45 pm

_benjammin wrote:

Got my new RL Super Sliders!
I'll mount them up and get some pics, then off to be powder coated.

You might want to rethink the powder coat, that stuff is near impossible to touch up after sliding across rocks. :2cents:

isomswim · **Posted:** Tue May 28, 2013 4:00 pm

Got oil changed today and found out that my Smoke plasti-dip rear tails wont pass inspection. Now to rub it off and try again.

jjohnson1892 · **Posted:** Tue May 28, 2013 8:15 pm

Not too much fun stuff lately, although on my commute home I began thinking about bedlining my roof rack and grille guard :juggle:

carlosburitica · **Joined:** Sat Jan 05, 2013 1:07 pm **Posts:** 309

smoked taillights and third light.
installed headlight covers. ( now it looks like a jeep)

Ted15 · **Posted:** Tue May 28, 2013 10:11 pm

carlosburitica wrote:

smoked taillights and third light.
installed headlight covers. ( now it looks like a jeep)

Those covers give it a whole new look. Nice Jeep
Did you use night shades on your tailights?

carlosburitica · **Joined:** Sat Jan 05, 2013 1:07 pm **Posts:** 309

Ted15 wrote:

carlosburitica wrote:

smoked taillights and third light.
installed headlight covers. ( now it looks like a jeep)

Those covers give it a whole new look. Nice Jeep
Did you use night shades on your tailights?

i used 20% window tint.

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