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A small group of weekend warriors took advantage of some unusually warm dead of winter weather to take a trip to AOAA to explore some of their ever expanding trail system. Just four Jeeps, all 4 door..2 JKs and 2 JLs made up the group. All were lifted and tire sizes ranged from 34 to …
The factory tail lights on the jeepfan.com 2004 TJ Unlimited were in rather degraded shape. 195K miles puts a lot of road time on them and the plastic was fading and becoming brittle. It was time for a replacement and an upgrade. LED lighting has become more popular than ever. The lights are often brighter …
The coil spring equipped Wranglers all utilized a track bar on the front and rear axle to keep the axle located in relation to side to side. It’s simple really, one side of the bar is attached to the frame, the other side to the axle. The bar is connected at opposite sides. Since the …
When adding larger tires to your JL Wrangler you can often experience death wobble at certain speeds. Unfortunately the Jeep didn’t seem to solve the death wobbly with the JL. Interestingly it seems to happen to some and not others. A small 2″ lifted JL Sport or Sahara can easily run 35’s and a Rubicon …
Continuing from page one, we have the winch mounted in place which is often the quickest and easiest part of the whole install. Getting the winch wired is often the more time consuming and challenging part of the install. The winch solenoid on the Barricade winch is not integrated but does come with a mount …
We needed a winch for the jeepfan.com 2004 TJ Unlimited so we looked to Extreme Terrain for a reasonably priced winch that will fill the needs of the Jeep. They recommended the Barricade 9500lb winch which includes a 94 foot orange synthetic rope to keep the weight down and stand out. It’s standard mounting pattern made installing …
The stock differential covers on Jeeps are kinda thin. A thin gauge piece of stamped steel is all that protects your differential from trail obstacles. Slamming a rock up against the factory covers can dent them causing them to make contact with the ring gear within, an undesirable condition for sure. To make things worse …
We are getting somewhere. The final steps are wiring up the winch and installing the bumper skid plate. Wiring the winch can be a bit of a challenge since there is little room. We found removing the air box made accessing a nice path for the wires easier. The winch should be wired direct to …
With the bumper removed some modifications need to be made to the bumper to allow the winch to pass through the front. Remove the torx bolts to remove the top plate in the bumper. Once the bolts are removed use the supplied nuts to replace the bolts. At this point these bolts are for appearance …
As with all of the Jeeps that have passed through the jeepfan.com stable a winch is one of the earlier installations. We’ve grown to really like the Warn VR series winches. The compact design and affordability make it a perfect addition to your Jeep. The jeepfan.com 2018 JL Wrangler is equipped with the factory steel …
