Doing The Dew, AKA Staphy's dumb question thread

[Staphylococcus0]

Here's the seemingly obligatory build thread. Starting with a photo dump and I'll update this with more info as I get time.

2021 Rubicon Ecodiesel.
Gecko green
Hutchinson rock monsters (BL-107 rubber inner rings)
37x12.50r17 Cooper Discoverer STT Pros
2.5" mopar lift
Warn evo 10 winch
Passenger seat wench delete
Bak x4s tonneau cover

so my camera lense is kinda busted... but I retorqued the bolts after about 300 miles (Took a trip down to Cave In Rock IL for Full Terror Assualt) got a supprising amount of movement from them. Put the caps on them now. Thinking I need black lugnuts to complete the look.

9/17/22 just put on the rokblokz.
They will clear the exhaust on the diesel. The fronts will need more trimming to not rub on the rock rail.

37's make it a tight squeeze.

They also make the stock falken at3w look like sedan tires.

I assembled these myself.
They were inspektored by purrfessionals of dubious merit.
Used 14.5 Oz of magnum+ balance beads. It'll start to shimmy at 70.
How do I know which tire to add more to? Do I add more or take out an ounce?

Fun story, this was mid April, and it started sleeting when I was strapping it down. Also when we were putting it on the rack we balanced it too far forwards, and it slid right off the front.
The employees were horrified and apologizing and I'm giggling cause it's a scene from a slapstick comedy. I told them it's going to be a Missouri river boat. I'll rub it on so many rock bars that it won't matter.

10/10 lift kit 100% worth it for the cool box.

Also not bottoming out so much.

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[Staphylococcus0]

Ok so I barely have room between my jeep's roof and my garage door. Is there a light bar that mounts flush or reasonably close to flush to the roof line of the jeep? I'm talking I have an inch and a half to two inches of room. I could always tape a shoe horn to the top of the garage to help it fit in easier.

 

[USMC_1Wire6337]

It is a bit pricey, but I am leaning towards the inside light bar by Quadratec.

https://www.quadratec.com/p/quadratec/stealth-led-interior-mount-50-inch-light-bar-jeep-wrangler-jl

 

[Staphylococcus0]

It is a bit pricey, but I am leaning towards the inside light bar by Quadratec.

https://www.quadratec.com/p/quadratec/stealth-led-interior-mount-50-inch-light-bar-jeep-wrangler-jl

I've also considered this, however being 6'5" I already have to duck to see traffic lights, I worry that this won't help. Also considering an external mounted bar to run limb risers.

 

[USMC_1Wire6337]

I've also considered this, however being 6'5" I already have to duck to see traffic lights, I worry that this won't help. Also considering an external mounted bar to run limb risers.

Guess that is one plus to the tall gene skipping from my dad to my sons...

 

[Staphylococcus0]

Guess that is one plus to the tall gene skipping from my dad to my sons...

Yea. I was actually mildly annoyed. I can see fine out of my friends JKU, But then Jeep decided to tilt the windshield for aerodynamics and now I have to duck.

 

[Staphylococcus0]

Damn I love this jeep.

Finally broke the 10000 mile mark after over a year of owning it. Had a good time with a local jeep club today

 

[Staphylococcus0]

Is this why they are called rock rails?

Put the ARB compressor in today, with the Epic Afventure outfitters Kracken kit. Went smoothly in under 2 hours.

 

[TroutFishingInAmerica]

Dewbicon. Lookin sweet! Yaba daba dew!

 

[Staphylococcus0]

Was sitting at a traffic light this morning.

Heard a funny noise and then saw this.

Wasn't using defrogger, it was raining.

Seems to be happening quite often from what I see on the gladiator Facebook group

So much for gorilla glass. Glad I got the warranty. We'll see how long this is to repair. And how much of a headache windshield repair will make of the radar unit.

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