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Another option would be white, but also paint the "sideburns" white to match. Ours is like the first photo, white cap with black hardtop. I chose white because it's cooler in the sun, and I have camped under the cap several times. (Barely fit on a diagonal!)

I put Timbren SES stops on the back to help fight the squat when towing. Fairly easy install, but more than just push in like the factory style. You have to thread in a bolt. No noticeable change in harshness when unloaded. They just about touch the axle pad but no pressure until we hit...

Cheap FRS radios are 0.5W on some channels, 2W on others. Limited to handheld stubby antennas. GMRS handhelds tend to be 5W, and many can't even do the 0.5W channels. Allow connection to external antennas. The Midland 275 is 15W, and the 575 can be 50W. In general, I'd think that a clear...

Five or so years on the road, repaired a chip once, fine so far. I'll agree with the thinner glass being an possible explanation. A similar issue is the thinner body panels. We had a hail storm with fist sized hail and all our newer vehicles with aluminum hoods have small dents, but the old...

One of the most annoying problems with the tech is the exposed panic button on the key fob. On our other Jeep it's even worse. And I wouldn't mind having the base model climate controls with knobs for mode and temp, instead of the dual zone colder/warmer and mode buttons. But so far most...

It's a nice speaker, but of course it costs. Probably more weather resistant than average. It'd be better if there were a handle on it, and an easy way to replace the batteries once they wear out.

Some nice things about the JT are the dedicated buttons for heated wheel, seats, climate mode, etc. On other cars you have to go to the touch screen and change menus to get to some of this stuff. One "tech" fail I had was bad fuel. An old carb or even an older fuel injector may have been fine...

There is a thread here or the JL forum which shows via oscilloscope that the aux battery is kept connected to the main battery essentially all the time, except for a fraction of a second when ESS restarts the engine. For that small amount of time, the starter is pulling lots of "inrush...

Purple thread lock is made for set screws and such, easy removal. Hard to find locally.

You can run the cable from the hood to behind the cowl by the corner of the windshield, then in behind the foam weather strip for the door where it meets the cowl, then down between the dash trim and the door. Search the forum for GMRS and you should be able to find some pictures in a thread...

Factory Alpine system here. I just swapped in better speakers of the stock size. Mild improvement in the sound bar, big improvement in the front dash. The 3.5" speakers alone seem to matter the most. The stock Alpine 4" mid/bass speakers aren't all that bad at stock Alpine amp power levels...

I installed a similar product, the "Timbren Active Offroad Bumpstops": https://timbren.com/products/absjftj-bumpstops-jeep JT Sport. Before, it would crash on the stops. Now, it thuds instead. Massive improvement. Highly recommend, whatever the brand, over the stock bump stops. Even for...

A few things: - The tray gets really close to the oil dip stick. I guess you may have to bend it a bit. - People with AUX switches often place wiring between the tray and the engine bay wall. May have to shift things with the new tray. Especially if you have a little terminal strip mounted...

If I had to upgrade today, I'd order from: combat-offroad.com Partly because future replacements will be standard off the shelf parts. And you can get a heated version of the lights too, although not yet from Combat Offroad as far as I can tell.

As an intermediate step, Genesis also has a system which relocates the AUX battery above the fuse box for future ease of replacement, although you have to shift it out of the way slightly to access the fuse box. https://www.genesisoffroad.com/products/2018-jeep-jl-stock-battery-relocation-kit

If the spacer went through one side of the box then the box would no longer interfere with the clamping force. Right now the clamp has to compress the box before if can start to clamp the bushing inside the box.

These and similar skids have the box wrapping around the bushing, and the clamping force has to bend the box before it can get to the bushing. The box is like a spring washer pushing outward against the nut and bolt. The design could be improved if one side of the box were opened up with a...

If you want a more controlled / firmer / planted ride then an intermediate option is the Bilstein 5100, but you will feel more of the little bumps compared to the stock shocks. One week of mild offroading wore out the stock shocks.

Well I was mistaken. I have the RH skid at the rear frame location, which has the bolt run through both sides. Worked well so far, but rusting because I didn't paint it before install. Some day I'll pull it off and take care of that problem. I did order and install new bolts, too. It's the...

Even if the skid touches, it might still be vulnerable to horizontal twisting forces if you slide it on something. I haven't installed a skid at this location for this reason. About the only solution that comes to mind would be a spacer and a longer bolt to hold onto the skid at both sides.