Black Betty's slow.. slow build

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Added some JKS quick disconnects. Love the functionally of these little guys and really easy to install. I can literally remove the links in seconds.
 
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Thanks to Charlie Mike's writeup I was able to replace my LED lights on my power window switches and went with blue. I tried to remove that stupid circuit board for 2 hours but was able to cut into the plastic and get the led lights on top of the old ones without damaging anything.
 
Man, that’s a nice Jeep you have there, I am digging all the blue. What color is the body? It really flows well, a lot different than your avatar. Loving it man [emoji106]


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VeruGE*144 said:
Man, that’s a nice Jeep you have there, I am digging all the blue. What color is the body? It really flows well, a lot different than your avatar. Loving it man [emoji106]


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Thanks. It's px8, black. I really need to plan a good offroad adventure so I can get better pictures. So far I've only been able to play in mud which is my avatar.



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Tackled changing out my 3.5 Rough Country coils in the front with Evo 3inch plush coils. Thanks for the awesome write up on this forum and all the help provided by everyone. Going to put on the rear coils next month.
 

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Got some deals this week with the help of Exodus Jeeps and decided to install them today. Installed my rear plush 3inch coils from Evo. I had a tough time with these until I took off my trackbar but glad it's finally done. Should be getting my new Rancho 5000x shocks on Tuesday to finish up and hopefully have a much smoother ride. Slowly but surely upgrading out of this 3.5 RC lift.

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Also installed a set of Evo's rear sway bar links. Finally got my sway bar leveled out.

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Speedy_RCW sent me his Posion Spyder delete plug for the license plate and I repainted it to match my color scheme.

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Lastly, I bought a set of WAL decals to place behind the front fenders.

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Got around to installing my Rancho 5000x shocks today. These shocks are beefy compared to the RC ones.

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First time to install shocks and gotta say it was more than I bargained for haha. Front ones were really easy and I didn't even have to lift the jeep, thanks to Rancho for compressing the shocks. I had a little problem with the rear shock mounts on the bottom for whatever reason. First of all it wasn't wide enough but that was a relatively easy fix with a handy screwdriver. I couldn't push the eye in far enough on the bottom to insert the bolt though. I hammered and lubed it up but it seems due to the size of the eye it was hitting the slanted metal piece at the back of the mount. Maybe I didn't do something right but I ended up boring out the hole just a size or two and it fit after that. All in all it was a fun experience and I am loving the way the jeep handles now. Thanks to everyone here with their great suggestions. Going from a 3.5 RC lift to Evo Plush springs and Rancho 5000x is like night and day. I just float over bumps now and I don't notice as much body roll (if that's even the correct term, on some dips it feels like I'm at sea). Even budget builds have hope to get a decent riding jeep! Saving up for the next mods.

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I've always wondered if I had bumpstops installed since the dealership that sold me the jeep said they installed a RC 3.5 lift. Since bumpstops were included in that kit after looking it up I assumed I had the bumpstops installed. After looking at some builds here and doing some measuring I finally came to conclusion that the front actually did not have any bumpstops. A buddy of mine just upgraded his TF 2.5 to a AEV 2.5 and didn't bother replacing the front bumpstops so he gave me his AEV 3 inch bumpstops. Finally got a chance to install them

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Also decided to color match my rancho shocks and sway bar links.

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Completed my annual ritual of cleaning and sealing the exterior paint.

Washed
Chemical guys clay bar applied
Turtle rubbing compound and polishing
Chemical guys sealant
Washed.
Glad I only do this once a year!

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Added the Jeep logo back to the grill. I originally removed everything that was chrome because I just didn't like it. Had I known to just plastidip or bed line the grill I would have kept it. Found this on Amazon and although not original it's okay for now.
 
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