New 23 White JTRD owner

[69charged]

And the next pieces came in. The 2” mopar lift lower control arms. These will go on with my 1.75” level kit. I’m curious to see how it handles compared to my wife’s JLU when I install her 2” lift with drop brackets.

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[69charged]

So the parts keep rollin in. It’s too cold here to do it right now, but can’t wait to get these bad boys in!!

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[69charged]

Finally nice enough to do something!!
Got the terraflex level put in. Not terribly difficult or anything. The passenger side nut for the bump stop extension was fun! They give you a little wrench, but I also removed the bracket holding the ABS cables and it gave me lots of room.
Also installed my longer mopar lower control arms. Have yet to tighten everything up, but hoping for good results.

 

[69charged]

1/2” height difference between the front of the slider and the back. I also have a 3/4” spacer for the rear, but I want to drive it for a bit and see how things shake out before I add it.
Tomorrow I’ll attack my new headlights.

 

[Jobofly]

Looks awesome!

 

[69charged]

Well, didn’t get it done tonight. Kinda lost momentum and got a little frustrated with how tight everything is in the engine bay with the diesel. I ended up pulling the fender liners down to get to the turn signal wires. Had to quit while I was ahead!

 

[69charged]

Got the headlights done. The drivers side headlight was REALLY improperly aimed. It was stuck way high and I couldn’t get it to move with the adjustment screw. I remembered reading someone else having the same problem. They said they turned the adjustment screw all the way one way or the other till it caught the bulb housing inside. So I tried that and it worked. I was then able to adjust it. I still have some tweaking to do, but obviously a 1000% better than the halogens.
Another thing to note for anyone else doing it is the diesel is slightly different under hood in terms of where things are placed. The instructions didn’t mention that so I ended up taking certain things apart I didn’t have to. Nothing serious.

The fender liners were easier to take off than what the instructions said to do.

I used some old rubber hose to run the wiring over these fender liner brackets so they won’t rub through.

Finished and trying to aim. I need a flat spot and some distance to do it properly.

Inspector inspecting…..

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