hitch and light covers

rangerd77 · **Joined:** Sat May 03, 2008 10:48 am **Posts:** 512

so this is what i had to do to my rear bumper to get my darn hitch on.

also i got my head and tail light covers painted to match. also use the heads during the day but i only use the tails when im in the woods

riptricket · **Posted:** Mon Jun 30, 2008 1:13 am

interesting!!! but i kinda dig it!

Inc · **Posted:** Mon Jun 30, 2008 1:39 am

I think if you cleaned up the rough edges of the rear bumper it will look good. This may be a dumb question but are those covers over you lights or did you paint the lights? If they are covers, where did you get them and if not how does it look with the lights on? Also if they are covers, do they offer any real protection or just looks. Thanks.

rangerd77 · **Joined:** Sat May 03, 2008 10:48 am **Posts:** 512

yeah im just procastinatin on smoothing it out
but the head and tail light cover i got from www.summitracing.com. they were something like $30 a pair. and yes they do over some portection but not much. not like if i backed into a tree, they would break, but if there is alot of mud a rocks then when im finished, all i have to do is take them off and i have clean lights.

03kjsport · **Posted:** Mon Jun 30, 2008 1:13 pm

thats pretty cool. i never saw those. is your hitch from uhaul? i have a simular one and didnt have to trim it out.

rangerd77 · **Joined:** Sat May 03, 2008 10:48 am **Posts:** 512

no its not from uhaul, its from ebay. the guy has a jeep shop out in CO. but i cant remeber off hand what the name of the shop is.

dog_party · **Posted:** Mon Jun 30, 2008 1:57 pm

I like the painted covers! Very cool! From the looks of the pictures, it looks like a really nice job on the paint match. Did you do the painting, or did you take them to someone?

The rear receiver is just the wrong size. I don't know if it's, maybe, for the wrong year...do the 05s and forward have different clearances between the mounting holes and the lower rear bumper skin? The Uhaul hitch does not require cutting on the 05s, neither does the Mopar one. It'll be fine once you clean up the cuts, but it's a shame you had to do it.

On the other hand, your hitch is higher than ours, offering slightly better departure angle. Silver lining, eh?

Let us know if you can find out who the manufacturer is. Enquiring minds want to know.

03kjsport · **Posted:** Mon Jun 30, 2008 2:06 pm

do they have black door lining? i know walmart sells silver. maybe get the silver and just throw a couple coats of black on it.

tommudd · **Posted:** Mon Jun 30, 2008 4:09 pm

Dont want to be behind you out on the trail and not being able to see you stop, well except for the roof brake light, but looks cool sitting in the drive way though I guess, always pop them on while at the mall :wink:

Jeepjeepster · **Posted:** Mon Jun 30, 2008 4:29 pm

tommudd wrote:

Dont want to be behind you out on the trail and not being able to see you stop, well except for the roof brake light, but looks cool sitting in the drive way though I guess, always pop them on while at the mall :wink:

Yea, thats what I was thinking! More so since he has a sticker on his 3rd brake light, makes it harder to see too. He said he only puts the tail light covers on offroad and I guess he is a cop so he knows whats going on.

tommudd · **Posted:** Mon Jun 30, 2008 4:51 pm

I wish my hitch sat up like that though, find out for sure what year or where you bought it at, I would tear mine off in a minute to put that one on :wink:

JNJ-Z · **Posted:** Mon Jun 30, 2008 9:40 pm

i like the headlight covers,very nice!!!!

Inc · **Posted:** Mon Jun 30, 2008 9:46 pm

Can we get some day and night shots with them on and the brakes being applied? That way we could tell if they would block all or some of the light and stop people from seeing you brake on the trail.

jsc7002 · **Posted:** Mon Jun 30, 2008 9:51 pm

looks pretty cool, I like the light covers, Im thinking about getting them when if I decided to go all black on my KJ, if I still had my old hitch Id be extremely jealous bc it hung down real low but not no more :twisted:

kelticknight · **Posted:** Mon Jun 30, 2008 10:03 pm

cool looking

03kjsport · **Posted:** Mon Jun 30, 2008 10:21 pm

nice rubicon sticker! :wink:

why did you remove it? thats a good spot.

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