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She is home. Stage 1 complete. Includes Accessories Mopar - Cat Back Exhaust System, Mopar 2" Lift Kit with Fox Shocks, 1.5" leveling kit (front only), Nitto Ridge Grappler 37x11.50R18LT D 127Q tires, Fuel® Off-Road D564189073 Beast Wheel In 18x9 +1 offset black with dark tint.

NOTE- Matching spare wheel and tire fit in stock spare tire location.

Remaining items will be installed Feb 13th.

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Less than 50 miles on my truck and the TPMS, auto start stop and backup camera no longer function. I am going to assume (yes make ass out of myself) that all these systems work together so most likely a simple fix. I will get some more miles on her and take her back in a couple weeks.

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Less than 50 miles on my truck and the TPMS, auto start stop and backup camera no longer function. I am going to assume (yes make ass out of myself) that all these systems work together so most likely a simple fix. I will get some more miles on her and take her back in a couple weeks.

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You could try dis connecting the battery for 5 min. and see if that reboots everything.
 
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You could try dis connecting the battery for 5 min. and see if that reboots everything.
Updated - Great idea, will give it a shot and see what happens.

disconnected negative battery cable and let it sit for just under 10 minutes. Hooked back up and no change.
 
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She is home. Stage 1 complete. Includes Accessories Mopar - Cat Back Exhaust System, Mopar 2" Lift Kit with Fox Shocks, 1.5" leveling kit (front only), Nitto Ridge Grappler 37x11.50R18LT D 127Q tires, Fuel® Off-Road D564189073 Beast Wheel In 18x9 +1 offset black with dark tint.

NOTE- Matching spare wheel and tire fit in stock spare tire location.

Remaining items will be installed Feb 13th.

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That looks awesome! Love the narrower tire. :rock:
 

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Less than 50 miles on my truck and the TPMS, auto start stop and backup camera no longer function. I am going to assume (yes make ass out of myself) that all these systems work together so most likely a simple fix. I will get some more miles on her and take her back in a couple weeks.

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I had that same stop start error code when I recalibrated my speedo with a RC programmer...then I went back to stock and it went away. RC didn't have the program right for my 6 speed manual so I returned it.

I hear you must follow a certain procedure to recalibrate a 6 speed manual the speedo with a Taser mini.
 
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I had that same stop start error code when I recalibrated my speedo with a RC programmer...then I went back to stock and it went away. RC didn't have the program right for my 6 speed manual so I returned it.

I hear you must follow a certain procedure to recalibrate a 6 speed manual the speedo with a Taser mini.
Interesting! I have not installed my Taser yet as that will get done the second week of Feb. The dealership told me they recalibrated my speedo when they put the lift in. Now that you mention it I have noticed that the numeric speed in the center of my display and the regular speedo on the right do not match. The right hand speedo is always 2-3 miles per hour higher than the numeric display in the center.

I will have to ask what they used to recalibrate.

My no TPMS and intermittent back up camera not working gremlins are still an issue so hoping all this can get fixed at the same time.

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I took the better half out for diner last night and decided it was time for her first ride in the new rig. Snipets from our ride to town and back included the following.

Wife - I will not get in this thing again until you put your steps on!
Yours truly - yes dear, they are on order and should be installed by mid February

Wife - I thought I was going to hate the ride but this is not bad at all.
Yours truly - I am glad you approve dear.

Wife - It sounds like a lawn mower
Yours truly - I agree honey. That is the reason I have been looking into super chargers or a Hemi swap. :clap:

Wife - You know you are having a mid life crisis and this is a silly vehicle?
Yours truly - No dear....you are my mid life crisis

Yours truly - Would you like to drive home?
Wife - Do you want a new clutch or transmission?

Probably need to get the 6 year old out and see how that conversation plays out.
 

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I took the better half out for diner last night and decided it was time for her first ride in the new rig. Snipets from our ride to town and back included the following.

Wife - I will not get in this thing again until you put your steps on!
Yours truly - yes dear, they are on order and should be installed by mid February

Wife - I thought I was going to hate the ride but this is not bad at all.
Yours truly - I am glad you approve dear.

Wife - It sounds like a lawn mower
Yours truly - I agree honey. That is the reason I have been looking into super chargers or a Hemi swap. :clap:

Wife - You know you are having a mid life crisis and this is a silly vehicle?
Yours truly - No dear....you are my mid life crisis

Yours truly - Would you like to drive home?
Wife - Do you want a new clutch or transmission?

Probably need to get the 6 year old out and see how that conversation plays out.
That's funny and I can totally relate....
 

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I pulled the factory all weather/rubber floor mats out of the front and went with WeatherTech 4413131 Front Floor Liner. Great fit and way better coverage.

Installed WARN 102648 Storage Bag Molle Seatback for the drivers side seat. Pretty handy for a pair of gloves as pumping gas in our neck of the woods is less than fun when it is sub zero.

For those of you with the Mopar hard 3 panel tonneau. Be advised when you flip all 3 sections open the metal on the tonneau rests on your back window. I purchased CloudBuyer Universal Car Truck Motor Door Rubber Seal Strip 51/100 Inch Wide X 1/5 Inch Thick,Weatherstrip and will run a piece all the way across where it comes in contact with the rear window.

I also purchased XBEEK Side Window in-Channel Deflectors Ventvisor Visor and Seven Sparta Door Sill Guards that will go on this weekend
 
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I was holding off on lowering my headlights until I put the bumpers and winch on mid month. After two trips out after dark I had to bite the bullet and crank them down. Every single car I stopped behind flipped the rear view mirror up and I was bright lighted/flashed by 9 out of 10 vehicles. I thought I could handle it for two weeks but was so wrong :)

For those of you needing to do it. Super simple!! You need a little longer screw driver for the drivers side but it took me less than 3 minutes to adjust them both. I will get them dialed in again after bumper/winch go on.
 
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Took the Rubicon, Gladiator and dealership stickers off my truck. Also removed the Mopar badge from the 3 piece hard tonneau.

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Took my truck in yesterday to have the auto start stop issue checked out. Interestingly the system started working last Thursday so when I showed up it was working fine. The only code they could find was a LOW Voltage code so they believe it may have had something to do with low voltage/battery power not being at the levels needed to operate the auto start stop system.

Other side note - all my other issues began to work when this issue resolved itself. The backup camera is now working perfectly every time. Not sure if the two are connected or not but find it to be an interesting coincidence.

On a good note - big week! Bumpers, winch and power steps are going on so hoping to share updated build pics this weekend.
 
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In the process of installing the ADD Stealth front and rear bumpers. Probably not an issue if you never leave the road but the front bumper exposes the sway bar disconnect and ADD does not offer a solution to protect at this point in time. I am going to cut down my stock/existing plate for now and hoping they come out with a better solution in the future.

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