What have you done to your KK lately

Bmxer524 · **Posted:** Thu Jan 31, 2013 4:39 pm

Started school Monday, so it's racking up the mileage again. Let's hope gas stays "cheap" lol. :JEEPIN:

On the brighter side of things I'm about ready to pull the trigger on a lift. I'm just trying to decide which 1. Tommudd has been great help, but I'm still not sure if I want to put together an OME/Bilstein lift or go with his Econo lift. I want about 3-3.5" of lift... :juggle:

Scar0 · **Posted:** Thu Jan 31, 2013 11:30 pm

TurboGoKart wrote:

Hmmm. I'll have to test a piece of this with some POR-15 my buddy has, wrong color but it doesnt matter. The piping is 1" EMT. Yeah after the first tack weld I set a fan up. :oops:

That's not like mild steel fumes! Lol.

Same stuff I used. The paint sticks well to the welds, just not to the Galvi.
Keep us posted on how the POR-15 does...
Welding Galvi causes “metal fume fever” not a good thing. There are lots of articles on “metal fume fever" on the net if you are interested.
I also read that muriatic acid (diluted hydrogen chloride & water [swimming pool conditioner ]) will remove the Galvi coating. But the resulting fumes are a real bad health hazard & will leave a coating on everything it touches. It also will cause almost instant rust on exposed metal.
So I think I will avoid the muriatic acid option. Vinegar wash, or sand blasting sound like a much better health option.

At The Helm · **Posted:** Thu Jan 31, 2013 11:55 pm

TurboGoKart wrote:

Started making my roof rack/basket.

Cross bars are tacked up, just need to finish welding those, and make the top ring, then mount it. Oh and paint. I'm going to paint it with black POR-15. That stuff is ROWDY!! It dries ridiculously hard.

Looks good!

Gageraid · **Posted:** Sat Feb 02, 2013 1:19 pm

Blacked out the Jeep logo a while ago. Just for the record, I moved her after noticing my park job.

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

just installed piaa fogs on wrangler hood bar....

lfhoward · **Posted:** Sat Feb 02, 2013 4:55 pm

The lights look great, Carlos!

Gageraid · **Posted:** Sun Feb 03, 2013 2:31 am

Carlos, those lights look great. How do you like them? I was thinking those wires are a little too exposed for my comfort. :2cents:

Maybe some wire loom?

TurboGoKart · **Posted:** Sun Feb 03, 2013 4:02 am

How hard is that Wrangler hood bar to install? Did you have to cut the front bumper or grill at all?

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

pic taken before i finished the wiring... actually need to work on it, and install the switch and relay

what i did was cut two lines on the bumper to slide the light bar in, have to post pics for you guys and screw them directly to the bumper support. i did not cut le (L) shape that some people do on the light bar, it sticks out a little more but i think look great.

just got a great deal on mtr's km2s got 5 245/70/17 taken of a unlimited wrangler, they have probably 2k miles on it, spare tire was a mtr km for $200 now this is forcing me to buy 17" wheels but i guess for the price i got the tires why not...

here are the tires

and this are the wheels i am planing to buy...

i think will look sweet with a jeep logo in the center cap and can get them at really great price

my little swamper is taking shape now.... can't wait

silverkk · **Joined:** Mon Feb 04, 2013 12:27 pm **Posts:** 637

i am running a daystar lift with 32s

TurboGoKart · **Posted:** Wed Feb 06, 2013 3:32 am

carlosburitica wrote:

just installed piaa fogs on wrangler hood bar....

Do you have a link to that hood bar? I can't find it anywhere. Nor do I know which Wrangler it's from.

khalilw · **Joined:** Fri Sep 30, 2011 10:37 am **Posts:** 81

TurboGoKart wrote:

carlosburitica wrote:

just installed piaa fogs on wrangler hood bar....

Do you have a link to that hood bar? I can't find it anywhere. Nor do I know which Wrangler it's from.

The Guide:
viewtopic.php?f=88&t=40021&hilit=light+bar

The Bar:
http://www.amazon.com/KC-Hilites-7409-P ... c+hood+bar

Good Luck!

Marlon_JBT · **Posted:** Wed Feb 06, 2013 7:27 pm

I tried to start the Jeep up today and uh, it wouldn't.

So, instead of jumping it I just bought this...

My old battery was factory, and I think it has been dying for a while now. I had just been procrastinating with buying a replacement. It only sat for about 4 days so I knew it was time. Temp was in the 20s. Yeah, time for it to go.

Jeeper4life · **Posted:** Thu Feb 07, 2013 2:17 am

I have been looking at the die hard platinum's in order to run all my stuff, winch and what not for the TJ. I had really good luck with my optima yellow top but optima's have been getting such a bad rep these days it seems..

Marlon_JBT · **Posted:** Thu Feb 07, 2013 1:10 pm

Jeeper4life wrote:

I have been looking at the die hard platinum's in order to run all my stuff, winch and what not for the TJ. I had really good luck with my optima yellow top but optima's have been getting such a bad rep these days it seems..

I wouldn't run an Optima again if someone paid me.

Jeeper4life · **Posted:** Thu Feb 07, 2013 2:51 pm

Marlon_JBT wrote:

Jeeper4life wrote:

I have been looking at the die hard platinum's in order to run all my stuff, winch and what not for the TJ. I had really good luck with my optima yellow top but optima's have been getting such a bad rep these days it seems..

I wouldn't run an Optima again if someone paid me.

A lot of people say that now days..

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

problem with the optima batteries is the you may get a good batch or a bad one. i use to run yellow tops in my car when i was in the autosound business and blue tops in my boat, from maybe 5 optimas i had in the past, have two that went bad the first time that they lost all the charge,,,, and heard from a lot of people the same thing, seems to me that they are very susceptible to fail once charge gets down to zero... now talking about cranking amps... i don't think you can beat them.

later i realized that for what i was paying for optimas i could just buy two other name batteries and replace them more often.

Marlon_JBT · **Posted:** Thu Feb 07, 2013 5:10 pm

Jeeper4life wrote:

Marlon_JBT wrote:

Jeeper4life wrote:

I have been looking at the die hard platinum's in order to run all my stuff, winch and what not for the TJ. I had really good luck with my optima yellow top but optima's have been getting such a bad rep these days it seems..

I wouldn't run an Optima again if someone paid me.

A lot of people say that now days..

When you have an Optima battery die after just about 2 hours of radio listening in the driveway while cleaning your Jeep, with 8806 miles, you'll feel the exact same way.

Martinnfb · **Posted:** Fri Feb 08, 2013 6:06 pm

My first mode, blacked out the headlights

TurboGoKart · **Posted:** Sat Feb 09, 2013 4:07 am

Should I paint my roof rack with linex/bedliner? Or regular paint (POR-15 if paint and not bedliner)? I'm thinking looks and durability, will the linex look bad on the rack? Thoughts? :mrgreen:

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