What have you done to your KK lately

Tittiez · **Posted:** Sat Oct 30, 2010 2:16 am

Took the Libby hunting! The short version: Lots of rain and snow made for an excellent Jeeping experience

BrendonR · **Posted:** Sat Oct 30, 2010 1:41 pm

Ordered the first semi-real mod...

New Wheels and (winter) tires!

Should be here by Nov 9-10, will get photos up shortly after.

DetroitKK · **Posted:** Sat Oct 30, 2010 1:50 pm

Tinted the turn signals. I think I may have sprayed them a little too dark tho so they might be hard to see in the daylight :shock:

I'll wait until they dry and see how they look. Hopefully they are at least visable enough so a cop won't pull me over for turning without signaling :lol:

The stuff didn't look too dark when I first sprayed it on, but within a few minutes it pretty much blocked out the whole housing. I think it looks awesome, I just don't wanna ruin the functionality of the turn signals.. I'll have to just wait and see!

Jeepin_it_real · **Posted:** Mon Nov 01, 2010 8:58 pm

detroit you broke the first rule on the can that has to do with spraying... do light coats... that way you always get the desired effect and you have zero running etc.... and let each coat dry

DetroitKK · **Posted:** Mon Nov 01, 2010 9:16 pm

Yeah I did what I thought was a light first coat, it just ended up coming out a little stronger than I expected. I didn't even go back and hit it again, after it dried up I tested it out and they look a bit dark in the bright Florida sun, but after 5PM they still shine through. Overall I'm pretty happy with the result. I just know I'm gonna hit the tail lights from much farther away and try to keep the tinting to a minimum. Aside from the warping/melting issue, I don't want them to be completely black, just more of a smoked look.

Diggerfreek · **Posted:** Mon Nov 01, 2010 10:08 pm

Took it out to work today... just didn't feel like riding the bike in the blowing rain this morning :juggle:

DirtyKK · **Posted:** Tue Nov 02, 2010 9:09 pm

sold her stock rims and tires today.

tools113 · **Posted:** Wed Nov 03, 2010 4:45 pm

Had tires rotated today got 40,000 miles on them and still have almost 3/4 of tread left. They said I had 60% of my brake pads left - which is great considering they have 68,000 miles on them. Of coarse 90% of my driving is\ Highway.

justhangin · **Posted:** Thu Nov 04, 2010 10:38 am

First time in a long time I wasn't working 80 hours this week. So I had a jeep night. A bit of a 30K mile service.

Changed Oil
Changed the Front and Rear Diff's - Front was fairly dark, Rear was brown but everything inside still looks brand new.
Rotated Tires
Checked and regreased Al's A-Arms
Cleaned the K&N intake filter

Felt good to do something productive again instead of sit in front a computer all day long!

DirtyKK · **Posted:** Thu Nov 04, 2010 11:03 am

so i ordered Napa adaptive pads and premium rotors all around for my jeep a few weeks ago. got all but the front rotors because theyre backorder everywhere and they dont know when theyre ever gonna come in. i ended up finally getting a refund. question is what do i get for good rotors now? has anybody have any experience with EBC, Stop Tech or Power Slots? these "performace" brands make rotors for the nitro but i havent found any reviews on them.

tools113 · **Posted:** Thu Nov 04, 2010 1:33 pm

EBC & Stoptech no problems - I dont know about the other - I put a set of EBC on my Mini Cooper - they worked just fine

clacker · **Posted:** Thu Nov 04, 2010 7:39 pm

So i tapped into my bumper funds a lil bit today... brought home a 91' 2door XJ from Atlanta this morning :BANANA:

500$ cash id say was a steal and a half for 190K miles, perfect body(no dents), great motor and componants, great axles, and i was actually able to drive it about 50 miles at 65mph on the hwy back home! Its more than likely gonna be my garage decor until i get to a good stopping point on the KK (roof rails/basket fix, steel bumpers, and skid plates). Plus, first things first, i gotta clean the XJ up inside and out, fix a couple of leaks and some other small mantenance stuff before i start building it up.

Ill try to post a few pics of it later. Im sure most of you could care less about an old 2door cherokee, but im right proud of her considering what i got and how much it cost me

DirtyKK · **Posted:** Thu Nov 04, 2010 8:47 pm

ya there is a 2 door xj down here that is uber cheap and needs something minor i contemplated getting but i cant have more then one project at a time or i would go broke. :lol:

gfox33 · **Posted:** Sun Nov 07, 2010 12:44 am

It was nice out today so I decided to mess around with the renegade. I realized that the dealership plate frames make it look so stupid, so I took those off.
And then I remembered how much Ive been wanting to take off the air dam. It looks soo much better and it was totally free! :BANANA:

And then I vacuumed it out. Im okay with a dirty exterior, but I like to keep the inside kind clean.

Future mods:
hella lights mounted on the bumper. (500 black magics?) I need to find one of those wrangler hood mounts.
L.O.S.T 3rd brake light. (anyone know how I can get one?)
Metal brake light covers.
Maybe some proformance mods. $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ :grim:

gfox33 · **Posted:** Sun Nov 07, 2010 12:48 am

Oh yea, and I went to the dealership for an oil change, water pump check, and to replace my e-brake cover.
They told me I have to come back again during the week for the e-brake because there was some controversy over some warranty crap... IVE ONLY HAD IT FOR 4 MONTHS!!!! 3000 MILES!!! Give me a break. I even bought it with it broken and theyre being a pain.

DoubleK · **Posted:** Sun Nov 07, 2010 2:59 am

Put my lift in from 8pm on friday night to 4am sat morning :]
The tools

The before

had to take the battery tray an battery out to get to the bolts for the strut tower

compressing the spring to take out the old strut

new strut in

Now the back of the lift from 5-8pm saturday night

Keep in mind during the front of the lift we ran into several complications and it slowed us down a lot, hense all the time it took us....

The back all naked

All done... final product :] ->

I love how i was sooo close to hitting that roof

Next mod, 31" General Grabber AT2's :]

DirtyKK · **Posted:** Sun Nov 07, 2010 12:30 pm

good job

Diggerfreek · **Posted:** Sun Nov 07, 2010 12:58 pm

I drove mine all last week :mrgreen:

DirtyKK · **Posted:** Sun Nov 07, 2010 1:31 pm

needed to inspect inner axle/cv joint so i removed the front diff to save on labor for next weekends gear installment since it was already halfway torn apart :twisted:

broke a wheel speed sensor in the pass side hub, might have already been broke and was why my esp bas light was intermittently coming on, lets hope. luckily had a spare hub and sensor because i had initially thought it was going bad but ended up being the pass cv and inner axle joint.

changed rear brakes, still waiting on refund for the front rotors so i can order some new ones

changed t case fluid :?:

drove it without the front swaybar connected. not advised :shock:

helped buddy do front brakes on accord

helped other buddy t case drop and straighten the steering wheel on his freshly lifted tj

might not have all been in that order but did all this and probably more in about 5 hrs 45 min

MtnLuvr · **Posted:** Sun Nov 07, 2010 3:03 pm

DoubleK wrote:

Put my lift in from 8pm on friday night to 4am sat morning :]

Congrats DoubleK!

Diggerfreek wrote:

I drove mine all last week :mrgreen:

Probably more of that coming given the time of year? Glad to see you're still KK'in.

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