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I finally washed it and put a ceramic coating on it. I also did a coating on the wheels and shock bodies. This is the first time I've done one myself so I'm interested in seeing how long it holds up compared to the professional CQUARTS Finest version.

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800 miles on the lift already. I made sure everything was tightened up and took it in for another alignment now that the lift has settled. I'm planning round 2 of mods. I just have to decide how I want to carry my spare. That JCR rear bumper w/ swing out tire carrier might be the direction I go.

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Looks killer buddy. What’s the JCR bumper, i didn’t find it on their site?
I’ve been looking at the Expedition One bumper.
 
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Looks killer buddy. What’s the JCR bumper, i didn’t find it on their site?
I’ve been looking at the Expedition One bumper.
They have a dual swing out coming out in a few months. They posted concept pics a few weeks ago on here and pics of a fab up without the swingouts on Facebook a few days ago. It features a hidden hitch, side protection with step, integrated lights, back up sensors, and optional swingouts. They are designing it to keep the camera (may be relocated)

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They have a dual swing out coming out in a few months. They posted concept pics a few weeks ago on here and pics of a fab up without the swingouts on Facebook a few days ago. It features a hidden hitch, side protection with step, integrated lights, back up sensors, and optional swingouts. They are designing it to keep the camera (may be relocated)

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That dual swing JCR bumper is the schizzle.
 
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Finished up the Artec trusses and doing the ball joints in the AM.
I also ended up taking advantage of the 20% off sale last month from Artec and ordered a Nighthawk front bumper with stinger at 11:30pm on 5/31. :rock:

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Great looking rig...I am doing some similar things....wish I had known about the yellow/red dot thing BEFORE I mounted my Patagonia 38s on my beadlocks...in my garage...in the heat...just going to need to put more weight on them I guess. I even scrubbed off the dots because I am OCD...DOH! That's what I get for being out of the Jeep world for 8 years!

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Truck looks great! Did you officially keep installed the coil correction pads i installed on mine and they made my spring bow crazy. I had to remove and redo the caster to make it perfect.
 

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Truck looks great! Did you officially keep installed the coil correction pads i installed on mine and they made my spring bow crazy. I had to remove and redo the caster to make it perfect.
Mine have the slightest bow inwards. When I mean slight, I really mean slight. You have to really look to see it and it's unnoticeable to most.
 
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Let's see the new bumper!
I don't know if I mentioned it earlier but my bumper came in damaged (thanks UPS). It was just cosmetic knicks and drag marks on some edges. This thing is so beefy UPS had drop and drag it around to do this type of damage. The box had 3 holes in it, mounting hardware missing, and absolutely no packing material except plastic wrap around an exposed corner which I think they did. After talking to Artec I agreed to keep it for an additional discount and just do some prep work before sending it to be powdered. I'm lucky that my business is really benefiting from the pandemic and I've been insanely busy this whole time. I finally got to it today and will be dropping it off this afternoon to get powdercoated. I'm just trying to decide on what lights I'm pairing with this.

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What did you pay to have your truss added to your front axle?
 
 



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