BaddestCross
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Yes. The poly stops barely compress effectively making up the difference of the pucks I removed.
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The Adventures of Fiona - '08 JK Rubicon 2-Door
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BaddestCross
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Realized the other night when I took a quick run in the desert that I never adjusted my light bar and headlights to compensate for the extra lift I put in the rear. Done. 
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BaddestCross
Active Member
Okay, realized I didn't really document the aux lighting I did and since I had to redo the rear, I figured I'd post it up in this thread in one post...
Apollointech switch pod installed and had some custom covers made for the rockers...
Rock lights and scene lighting
Front amber dust/fog lights
Rear chase lights with adjustable flash pattern (2nd photo shows button to change pattern)
Rear work/backup lighting
Yes, I already have a winch and lockers.
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Apollointech switch pod installed and had some custom covers made for the rockers...
Rock lights and scene lighting
Front amber dust/fog lights
Rear chase lights with adjustable flash pattern (2nd photo shows button to change pattern)
Rear work/backup lighting
Yes, I already have a winch and lockers.
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catahoula
Caught the Bug
I have seen the light panel before. Very nice! Love the tire cover too!Okay, realized I didn't really document the aux lighting I did and since I had to redo the rear, I figured I'd post it up in this thread in one post...
Apollointech switch pod installed and had some custom covers made for the rockers...
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Rock lights and scene lighting
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Front amber dust/fog lights
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Rear chase lights with adjustable flash pattern (2nd photo shows button to change pattern)
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Rear work/backup lighting
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Yes, I already have a winch and lockers.
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BaddestCross
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Thanks... It's an Xprite G2 series. It seems to be built very well. The one I had before was their base model and after one day blasting through the desert the vibration killed most of the LEDs. Hopefully this one will do better.
The tire cover (a gift from my son) is probably my favorite mod.
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BaddestCross
Active Member
Thanks. Every time I look at my switches I smile which is basically the whole philosophy of my build.
OTRATTW.com had all the switch designs you see there and they'll customize the writing per your request.
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BaddestCross
Active Member
Last month, Fiona hit the 100k milestone so I've been going through and doing some routine maintenance.
She's been idling a little rough, so I knew it was time to replace plugs and wires. I came across this kit from Performance Distributers and figured I'd give it a shot. Who doesn't want some more performance (lol) out of their 3.8L?
New Livewire plug wires compared to stock...
After reading up on spark plugs, I decided to stay with the Champions recommended by the factory. The only difference, with the upgraded coil pack you need to gap the plugs to 0.065 instead of the factory 0.050.
I began pulling the plugs and they were definitely in need of replacement... No oil or excessive carbon buildup, so that's a good sign. I did do a deep soak and gas treatment with Seafoam a couple weeks ago before the last oil change, so maybe that cleaned them up some.
You want to know how to make a $200 job a $700 job?
Yup. The last plug snapped off in the cylinder. Fuck. Had her towed over to the shop. Thankfully, my guy was able to extract the rest of the plug out of the cylinder without dropping anything into the block!
It turns out, whoever did the last plug swap (or the factory... The plugs looked original) cross threaded the plug. My mechanic was able to get a head specialist over to rethread the block.
Everything got back together...
So far, she's running like a champ. I'm gonna try and put some miles on her tomorrow to see if there's any noticable difference with the upgraded coil pack and wires. It does seem that the idle is smooth, so that's a plus so far.
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She's been idling a little rough, so I knew it was time to replace plugs and wires. I came across this kit from Performance Distributers and figured I'd give it a shot. Who doesn't want some more performance (lol) out of their 3.8L?
New Livewire plug wires compared to stock...
After reading up on spark plugs, I decided to stay with the Champions recommended by the factory. The only difference, with the upgraded coil pack you need to gap the plugs to 0.065 instead of the factory 0.050.
I began pulling the plugs and they were definitely in need of replacement... No oil or excessive carbon buildup, so that's a good sign. I did do a deep soak and gas treatment with Seafoam a couple weeks ago before the last oil change, so maybe that cleaned them up some.
You want to know how to make a $200 job a $700 job?
Yup. The last plug snapped off in the cylinder. Fuck. Had her towed over to the shop. Thankfully, my guy was able to extract the rest of the plug out of the cylinder without dropping anything into the block!
It turns out, whoever did the last plug swap (or the factory... The plugs looked original) cross threaded the plug. My mechanic was able to get a head specialist over to rethread the block.
Everything got back together...
So far, she's running like a champ. I'm gonna try and put some miles on her tomorrow to see if there's any noticable difference with the upgraded coil pack and wires. It does seem that the idle is smooth, so that's a plus so far.
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BaddestCross
Active Member
Yeah... It could've been a lot worse. I'm thankful that nothing dropped down into the cylinder and that my guy was able to fix it without pulling the head.
At least now I know when the plugs were done and that the motor seems to be running well with no internal leaks. She doesn't burn much oil between changes to speak of (knock on wood). After a year and a half of ownership, I've just about gone through everything and fixed a lot of dumb shit from the prior owner. The plugs were about the only maintenance item I hadn't checked off yet.
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TrailHunter
Hooked
Dam... How many times did you say “F&@k” when that happened? ... Glad it worked out.
BaddestCross
Active Member
I use "fuck" for a comma, so I really couldn't tell you.
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Nick Henninger
New member
And I thought I was the only person shit like this happens to. I got where I hate to do simple stuff because it winds up costing me more than if I would had let someone else do it to start with.
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BaddestCross
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Welcome to WAL. You should post up an introduction in the Wave forum.
Yeah, it seems like every little job I've done lately has turned into a shit-show. I'm hesitant to do the simplest things lately. When this happened, I actually started laughing because I was totally expecting something to go wrong.
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enfielded0405
New member
Sucks about that plug. I had an F150 with those dumb 2 piece plugs on a 5.4. You just assumed about half would break. This is what this reminded me of.
If you don’t mind post up a long term review on that coil. I will probably be doing this within the year.
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If you don’t mind post up a long term review on that coil. I will probably be doing this within the year.
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OverlanderJK
Resident Smartass
That was a stupid design. Luckily I never had to replace mine in my f150 but I was worried about it.
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BaddestCross
Active Member
Funny you guys would mention Ford... The only other time I've had a plug snap on me was years ago changing them out on my old '59 Fairlane. That time it broke above the nut and, thankfully, I was able to remove it without any damage.
Yeah, I'll post my thoughts after I put some miles on the coil pack and see if there's any noticable difference. It would've been a more fair review/comparison if the plugs weren't in such bad shape, though.
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BaddestCross
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You got that right. I do enough of my own dumb shit... I don't need to put up with other people's dumb shit.
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JKbrick
Active Member
You got that right. I do enough of my own dumb shit... I don't need to put up with other people's dumb shit.
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Did you put anti seize on the new plugs? We had 2 Fords that shot the spark plugs out of the heads when they were putting like 3 threads in the head to screw into. I’ll not buy another Ford product
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