What have you done to your KK lately

jonheab · **Posted:** Sat Feb 07, 2015 8:33 pm

lfhoward wrote:

I saw a lifted charcoal gray KK in Newtown, PA today. It was running 32's, but I couldn't tell what kind of lift kit it had as it passed me.

I grinned at the driver and gave him the thumbs up, but I don't think he saw me. Does the gray KK belong to anyone on here?

This is the only guy running 32's on the site, not sure if its him or not.

NAMoulton1 · **Joined:** Tue Aug 12, 2014 7:01 pm **Posts:** 1054

Installed new brakes and rotors...Lauren I feel your pain about the rear rotors sticking...stupid parking brake shoes...

NAMoulton1 · **Joined:** Tue Aug 12, 2014 7:01 pm **Posts:** 1054

jonheab wrote:

This is the only guy running 32's on the site, not sure if its him or not.

Until Wednesday....... :twisted:

Bmxer524 · **Posted:** Sun Feb 08, 2015 3:30 am

Jeepin_it_real had 32s...then he totalled his KK... That's SilverKK's. Doubt Lauren saw his and didn't know it.

Gageraid · **Posted:** Sun Feb 08, 2015 11:45 am

Wouldn't "dark gray" be darker than SilverKK's?
Lauren, did you notice any stickers, rims, or other after market items?

JeepNCrowd · **Posted:** Mon Feb 09, 2015 1:19 am

jonheab wrote:

lfhoward wrote:

I saw a lifted charcoal gray KK in Newtown, PA today. It was running 32's, but I couldn't tell what kind of lift kit it had as it passed me.

I grinned at the driver and gave him the thumbs up, but I don't think he saw me. Does the gray KK belong to anyone on here?

This is the only guy running 32's on the site, not sure if its him

I'm running 32"s. :wink:

but I assure y'all it wasn't me. Lol

Today I trimmed my rear bump stops, and lowered the front a little bit.

Bmxer524 · **Posted:** Mon Feb 09, 2015 1:45 am

Why'd you lower the front?

JeepNCrowd · **Posted:** Mon Feb 09, 2015 8:13 am

Because at full compression I was still an inch or so from the bump stop. I'm hoping to get more up travel so the jeep will remain more level while wheeling. The down travel should remain unchanged. Plus it'll take a little day to day stress off the CVs and R&P.

PALiftedKK · **Posted:** Mon Feb 09, 2015 9:17 am

fabricated another cb bracket. the second one looks a lot cleaner then the prototype on the passenger side.

cut into the air box for a ip67 fan. the fan is very powerful and has good supply pressure. theres other holes cut into the box for venting or if the fan is inadequate for supplying air. its main use would be for summer when the jeep is idle and or low rpm.

heres a photo of the brackets. they are both finished now and are both camo tan and clear coated.

Wilson antenna should be in the mail today.

lfhoward · **Posted:** Mon Feb 09, 2015 10:14 am

Gageraid wrote:

Wouldn't "dark gray" be darker than SilverKK's?
Lauren, did you notice any stickers, rims, or other after market items?

Yup, darker gray than SilverKK's. I think it had a sticker of a skeletal shark on the rear window, along with some other decals. There were no wheel spacers or any other aftermarket stuff I remember seeing. His tires were just a size bigger than mine, on stock silver rims (not the two-tone '08 rims) but they weren't Duratracs. Maybe BFG's or something less knobby.

lfhoward · **Posted:** Mon Feb 09, 2015 10:20 am

NAMoulton1 wrote:

Installed new brakes and rotors...Lauren I feel your pain about the rear rotors sticking...stupid parking brake shoes...

Yup. Sorry about that.

Dead blow rubber mallet is your friend. What ended up working for me was jacking up the rear axle and turning the tire on the opposite side to rotate the brake rotor a bit, then going back over there and tapping it again with the mallet. You can only tap it outward from the 3:00 position after removing the calipers, so tap, turn, tap, turn, etc. until it finally comes off.

NAMoulton1 · **Joined:** Tue Aug 12, 2014 7:01 pm **Posts:** 1054

lfhoward wrote:

NAMoulton1 wrote:

Installed new brakes and rotors...Lauren I feel your pain about the rear rotors sticking...stupid parking brake shoes...

Yup. Sorry about that.

Dead blow rubber mallet is your friend. What ended up working for me was jacking up the rear axle and turning the tire on the opposite side to rotate the brake rotor a bit, then going back over there and tapping it again with the mallet. You can only tap it outward from the 3:00 position after removing the calipers, so tap, turn, tap, turn, etc. until it finally comes off.

Not at all what I did...

I used my sledge and tapped it "loose" before pulling it out. And then I used my wonderbar and pried the rotor off the parking shoe. Don't recommend this because I broke the retaining stuff for the brake dust shield on the driver's side. Also, did you have to tighten your parking brake after the new rotors? Because now mine is almost too loose to do anything but kiss the rotor.

WraithRT · **Joined:** Tue Feb 07, 2012 6:36 pm **Posts:** 8

Installed a set of power leather seats out of a 2012 in to my 2008 sport. Not as easy as I had hoped since it did not have a wire harness on the passenger side.

Also put some ultrasuede on the headliner, visors, and A pillars.

Gageraid · **Posted:** Mon Feb 09, 2015 12:15 pm

Today in Raritan, New Jersey I spotted a modded KK.
Black, with a black bull bar complimented by some off road lights installed on it.
Spotted near the Raritan QuickChek.
:JEEPIN:

NAMoulton1 · **Joined:** Tue Aug 12, 2014 7:01 pm **Posts:** 1054

Gageraid wrote:

Today in Raritan, New Jersey I spotted a modded KK.
Black, with a black bull bar complimented by some off road lights installed on it.
Spotted near the Raritan QuickChek.
:JEEPIN:

What, no dash cam?

lfhoward · **Posted:** Mon Feb 09, 2015 9:16 pm

NAMoulton1 wrote:

lfhoward wrote:

NAMoulton1 wrote:

Installed new brakes and rotors...Lauren I feel your pain about the rear rotors sticking...stupid parking brake shoes...

Yup. Sorry about that.

Dead blow rubber mallet is your friend. What ended up working for me was jacking up the rear axle and turning the tire on the opposite side to rotate the brake rotor a bit, then going back over there and tapping it again with the mallet. You can only tap it outward from the 3:00 position after removing the calipers, so tap, turn, tap, turn, etc. until it finally comes off.

Not at all what I did...

I used my sledge and tapped it "loose" before pulling it out. And then I used my wonderbar and pried the rotor off the parking shoe. Don't recommend this because I broke the retaining stuff for the brake dust shield on the driver's side. Also, did you have to tighten your parking brake after the new rotors? Because now mine is almost too loose to do anything but kiss the rotor.

Hey, whatever works! :mrgreen:

Yes, I did need to adjust the parking brake because I had to loosen it all the way to get the rusty rotors off when I first changed the brakes. In fact, the process of tightening involved disassembling it all over again and take the rotors back off to access the star wheels inside the rear hubs! It's nearly impossible to get leverage to tighten them through the poorly positioned access holes with the brake caliper brackets on. :roll:

That's the majority of what I was doing when I was up at Gage's a while back. That and a tire rotation, because I already had 2/5 of the wheels off!

NAMoulton1 · **Joined:** Tue Aug 12, 2014 7:01 pm **Posts:** 1054

Sooo, Tuesday abd Wednesday I won't be getting the gears because the shop's Yukon sales guy had to cross-reference everything for the KK because no one knows anything about it haha. So parts should be in Thursday...I should be getting my regeared and new tired KK by Friday with a discounted price for my troubles!

Bmxer524 · **Posted:** Mon Feb 09, 2015 10:15 pm

NAMoulton1 wrote:

Sooo, Tuesday abd Wednesday I won't be getting the gears because the shop's Yukon sales guy had to cross-reference everything for the KK because no one knows anything about it haha. So parts should be in Thursday...I should be getting my regeared and new tired KK by Friday with a discounted price for my troubles!

That's what John told me. He said getting the 4.56s specifically for the front were a major pain. I can't wait til they're installed and broken in :twisted:

Come give me a ride then so I can decide lol

NAMoulton1 · **Joined:** Tue Aug 12, 2014 7:01 pm **Posts:** 1054

Bmxer524 wrote:

NAMoulton1 wrote:

Sooo, Tuesday abd Wednesday I won't be getting the gears because the shop's Yukon sales guy had to cross-reference everything for the KK because no one knows anything about it haha. So parts should be in Thursday...I should be getting my regeared and new tired KK by Friday with a discounted price for my troubles!

That's what John told me. He said getting the 4.56s specifically for the front were a major pain. I can't wait til they're installed and broken in :twisted:

Come give me a ride then so I can decide lol

Pay for my gas to get up there and I will haha.

Bmxer524 · **Posted:** Mon Feb 09, 2015 11:20 pm

NAMoulton1 wrote:

Bmxer524 wrote:

NAMoulton1 wrote:

Sooo, Tuesday abd Wednesday I won't be getting the gears because the shop's Yukon sales guy had to cross-reference everything for the KK because no one knows anything about it haha. So parts should be in Thursday...I should be getting my regeared and new tired KK by Friday with a discounted price for my troubles!

That's what John told me. He said getting the 4.56s specifically for the front were a major pain. I can't wait til they're installed and broken in :twisted:

Come give me a ride then so I can decide lol

Pay for my gas to get up there and I will haha.

Maybe I'll come to you. You have legal trails lol

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