1. Took off the doors for the first time for a ride.
2. Decided to ride to Home Depot to pick up a powered screwdriver for future door-related adjustments.
3. Set up portable “garage” in driveway. Super inconspicuous for neighbors.
4. Installed Mopar grab handles.
5. Install of N-Fab nerf...
There is a first for everything.
It says something about the strength of our marriage that the first lesson on a 6-speed manual was actually fun for both of us.
Anybody have any experience teaching a spouse to drive stick? Did your Jeep survive? Any tips?
Yessir. With 20" wheels, I'd much prefer something a little more meaty -- like some 35s or 37s -- but something about the proportion of the lift to the wheel to the tire really works well. Perhaps it's the width. I don't know.
I'll go take a photo from the window in my conference room. You'll...
With the 6-speed manual and the aftermarket 33 x 12.5s a-rumblin' (I love that sound), I generally get about 16.3-16.6 around town.
On the highway, I was getting close to 19. Coming down the mountain off the Blue Ridge Parkway a week ago, when my dumb ass forgot to gas up before going up the...
That door storage option looks great -- and it doesn't use too much lumber given the current cost thereof. I've been thinking about that as well, and definitely need to make it a priority.
In the meantime, the Freedom Panel storage box is the next build for me. It would have padding or...
Two weeks ago, I traded in a beloved 2016 Ford F-150 for a lightly-used 2020 Gladiator Rubicon. She is beautiful, and the break-in period—she’s breaking me in and not the other way around—has been a joy. I missed driving a manual, and getting my sea legs back on a weekend trip to the mountains...