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Wow, there’s another year and as expected the event was larger than ever. The festival organizers continue to improve the weekend and add more and more things to do. The worst part about it is having to wait a whole year to return. Off to Butler – Packed up and ready we started the long …
With the lockers and gears installed into the axles the next step was to start putting everything together. Since this project included a 3″ lift from Teraflex it all happened at once. The control arms were installed and the axles lined up and mounted to them. From there the springs, shocks and other components were …
The jeepfan.com 2004 TJ Unlimited has a factory Dana 44 rear axle and a Dana 30 front axle. For the kind of off road action this Jeep will see these axles will serve the Jeep perfectly. All TJ Unlimited models included a Dana 44 rear and most were equipped with a Trac-Lock posi traction differential. …
Many of us will add larger tires to our JL Wrangler and doing so will reveal that many tires larger then 33″ will not fit on the factory tire carrier. This will vary depending on the brand of tire and the type of bumper your Jeep has. In general the factory steel bumper will fit …
Continuing from page 1 we are installing a 2.5″ spacer lift from Rough Country on our 2018 Wrangler JL. At this point the front is completed and the rear is now in the focus. Rear installation is much easier since there are less components to deal with. Similar to the front the rear should be …
Continuing from page 1 we are installing a 2.5″ spacer lift from Rough Country on our 2018 Wrangler JL. At this point the front springs were removed and it’s time to get the new components installed. Place the spacer over the bumpstop tube along with the original isolator. Position the top of the spring into …
With a short 600 miles on the new jeepfan.com JL Rubicon we had enough of being stock and looking like the rest. At this point there isn’t a lot of options for the JL so we decided on an inexpensive but very effective means of making some room for larger tires and adding some ground …
This rear camera might be one of the best additions to the Wrangler line. It’s always been difficult to see behind the Jeep, add a larger tire and a lift it gets even worse. All JL Wranglers come standard with the rear camera which comes on automatically when in reverse. The camera can be turned …
The new Jeep Wrangler JL Rubicon features hi-line fenders as standard equipment. These fenders provide a larger opening that allows 35 inch tires to be installed with no lift and 37 inch tires with a 2″ lift. So that being said it seems that 37″ tires will become entry level tires on the new JL, …
The 3.6L Pentastar V6 in the new Wrangler JL utilizes the Electronic Start Stop System (ESS). The concept behind this is to save fuel by shutting the engine off automatically to prevent idling when the Jeep is sitting stopped. As usual when something changes many people will hate a change without fully understanding the benefits, …
