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...at 6-7pm Pacific/9-10 pm Eastern. Hope to see you there!
http://www.edmunds.com/towchat/jeepchat.html
I belive crutchfiled will be the way to go.
if you buy speakers from them they will send you a
OEM speaker hook-up with your purchase"
Yeah, but my question is whether the Polk (not sure of model #) 6 1/2 will fit the sound bar, and I wouldn't want the hassle of sending them back if they don't.
Two friends of mine took the summer off (early midlife crisis?) and traveled across country in a Wrangler last year.
This is not a knock agianst the board here at Edmunds, but this forum is tailored toward prospective and (mostly) recent purchasers. JU is at the other end of the extreme and is a bunch of very hardcore Jeepers that modify the heck out of thier rides. They can be intollerant and will flame you 6 ways to Sunday if you ask something that has already been answered a million times (what size tires can I fit with no lift, what size speakers fit in the soundbar, etc.). Do your homework and search ahead of time.
Good luck to all.
-twylie
P.S. Where is tsjay, our referee and moderator?
No, I'm not thinking of getting a 2002: I just wondered what they had done on the pricing.
Thelma is still topless/doorless, and it shouldn't be too long before we get some really nice topless weather. In the meantime, she isn't being driven much at all, since I have that little S-10 to drive to work now.
It sure looks like that was a good move on my part to get that little truck. I can leave Thelma Jane topless and doorless and only drive her when the weather is suitable. I am no longer putting all those miles on her either.
I can't believe my good fortune to get such a nice truck for $2450 tax and all! That truck has not used a drop of oil in the 1800 miles that I have put on it, and the gas mileage is great. The last tank checked out at 25.6 MPG, but that included a longer trip than I usually drive. I have gotten anywhere from 23.2 to 24.1 MPG on my regular commuting. That little 2.8 V6 and the five speed tranny is a good combination.
Oh, well, this is a Jeep message board, so enough about my S-10.
Let's have some posting, people! OK, I know I haven't been posting much lately either, but let's all get going again!
tsjay
Have you hugged your Jeep today?
tsjay
Have you hugged your Jeep today?
tsjay
Have you hugged your Jeep today?
I had the shocks replaced but still hear the popping/grinding noise when taking off or turning. Question: with a locking differential doesn't it make sense that when turning (especially on paved surface) something has to give i.e. both wheels can't turn the same speed? Either the tires or something in the drive train has to allow for the difference. Isn't this what a limited-slip diff. allows for? I have the Dana 44 rear axle too.
I will say the ride improved dramatically with new shocks. I didn't realize how rough it had become. I have no idea when the shocks went bad either.
Thinking about exchanging the Goodyears for a set of BFGs like tsjay if I can get that kind of deal.
I just turned over 1000 miles, and the mileage is pretty abysmal: 12 mpg. It seems like my 97 took until about 3000 miles to break in before the mileage improved, so I'm looking forward to that.
Last week, I ran with the soft top. We can put a man on the moon, and this is the best convertible top DC can do? What a pain! Its much easier dealing with the hard top than the soft one. Just my humble opinion, of course.
Has anyone installed an in-line amplifier using the factory head unit?
we all know it was you that won the lottery..
It said on the news is was a ketucky man...
OK...were is our part?...
jackbninmble...hard top easier that soft top?
you cant be serious?...the hard top is a pain.
need 2 people to put it on (or off)..then screw in all the bolts... takes me about 3 min to put the soft top up..
I am planning to install an amp in the next few weeks.. gotta find the $$ first
Keep Jeepin
BamaTazz
Last night we finally got some heavy rain here and on the drive home (the highway portion at least) I had a significant shower of water coming in on the passenger side. I turned on the interior lights and saw streams of water coming down from the bottom of the dash - at about shin level beneath the glovebox. When I got home, I took out the glovebox and looked up to find water on what looks like the passenger side airbag assembly. It had gone from there down a ventilation duct and spilled out onto the floor mat.
In the three or four miles I was on the highway I managed to fill my floor mat with probably over a cup of water. Windows were shut, had the hard top on and the driver's side was dry.
Anyone have some thoughts? I'd love to get in there and plug up the leak if I can find it. But, if this has been a common thing in other TJ's maybe some of you know of solutions? Any help would be great. Thanks.
Crazyjpr
Scomo- My seats are crooked, I just got over it - it must be by design.
Leaky TJ - this is a known issue, but I dont know what the fix was.
i would like to get one also..how much clearance do you need..My garage ia about 7' high.
can you leave the hard top on the hoist at all times? My wife theated me about helping me with the hard top..she said NEVER again...
keep jeepin
BamaTazz
http://forums.jeepsunlimited.com/ubb/Forum29/HTML/000598.html
6.50X16 is the answer.
NOW my question is, what would that translate into in the current (metric?) system?
I am also wondering if 245/85R15 would fit a Wrangler TJ. Here are the specs, along with a few others and their web site (no, I don't work for them, in fact, I just bought BFG's...but might have, had I known about them and/or seen them at a dealer in the ares):
Size
P.R. Tread Width
O.D C.S Rim
Max. Infl. Max. Load Wt.
LT 245/85R-15 6 15/32
7.5 31.5 9.6
6.5x15 50
2205
43
LT 275/85R-15 6 15/32
8.5 33.3 10.8
7x15 50
2470
51
LT 315/85R-15 6 16/32
9.0 36.0 12.4
8x15 35
2300
58
http://www.denmantires.com/denman_coyote_a.htm
Has anyone had to replace the front sway bar links on their TJ? I just put a new set of tires on and had the front end aligned. The tech showed me where my links/bushings were worn pretty badly and said that replacing them would improve the handling. The parts are dealer order but I'd like to do the work myself. The tech said I'd need a "Zip Gun" for the tapered nut and I didn't ask for clarification on what the heck that is. Any thoughts?
you could put the same bit on a drill.
While you are at it, can you put on the quick detachable sway bar ends so you can remove it easier? If my ends were worn anyhow, this is what I might do. If not, I'd just use a wrench and cable ties to hold it out of the way....
The first few times I used it, I would raise it, move the Jeep out, then lower it to the floor. I started playing with it to see if it was sturdy and it seemed that it was, so now I just leave it hanging, pulling the Jeep right in to it. I've probably had a top hoisted in the air at least 75 times now, sometimes for 3 weeks at the time. Its been hanging over a week now. I figure that if it falls, between ripping the garage ceiling out and breaking the top, I can easily get a new one from insurance. Seriously, I probably should inspect the ceiling bolt and beef it up some though.
I just measured my garage ceiling, and it is 8ft. I checked and double-checked and I'm pretty sure that you've got about 2-3 inches to spare with a 7ft ceiling. The eye bolt, pulley, and fastener take up quite a bit of space, so the top is still over a foot from the ceiling even when raised all the way. Of course, if you cut a small hole in the ceiling and attached the eyebolt further up in the cross members, you'll have no problem (I should do that anyway).
I can take pictures if you want, but the hoist is the only way to go with a hard top.
Thelma's problem turned out to be a bad seal around the heater box where it goes through the fire wall. The way you describe your leak fits the scenario with Thelma. The leak was up on the firewall, allowing water to run down and collect under the carpet on the passengers side.
Tonkadave had the same problem with his Jeep, and his leak was as severe as or even worse than yours. They told him that the factory never put any kind of seal on his heaterbox! I guess the guy that does that must have had to go pee when Tonka's Jeep came to his work station.
I would take that Jeep to the dealer and have them fix it. I assume that you still have some warranty left on it?
tsjay
Have you hugged your Jeep today?
http://albums.photopoint.com/j/AlbumIndex?u=1771413&a=13686221&f=0
I too replaced all the '01 speaks with polk polys. Can't remember who suggested it (sorry), but dropped in some foam baffles on the front pair (7$ a pair for XTC's from crutchfield) and for the finishing touch velcroed a pair of polk tweats to the top of the dash in the corners by the a pillars. Just tap the lines into the front wiring. They come with inline capacitors and crossovers.
Can now push up the bass without drowning out all the highs and anchors the front end for imaging. Sounds really good, in my opinion. The tweats are about $75; I had a pair in a mix and match box of left overs from a car that was totaled about 5 years ago. They sound good as new.
Hope that helps. Gator
Did you fit 6 1/2 in the rear?
And regarding the tunes... Before I even had my TJ I had an amp, head unit and five new speakers waiting for it. I junked the OEM head unit and put in an Alpine. The front and soundbar speakers were ripped out and replaced with Cerwin-Vega units. I put 6.5" in the sound bar and 4"x6" plates in the dash. The front speakers had adjustable tweeters in them so I angled them up - very good sound. I ran a Rockford-Fosgate amp and bolted it in under the driver's seat. My local shop built a custom enclosure for a 12" JL Audio sub that sits in the "trunk". One piece of advice - if you put a sub back there, mount it facing the tailgate. If you have the rear seat in and the sub fires into the seat, it sounds like crap. And with no seat and the top down, a front-firing sub doesn't have as much oomph. But with the hard top on, it's like someone's hitting you in the chest with a sledgehammer.
Oh, one more thing about an amp with the factory head unit. I can't remember if the OEM unit had pre-amp outputs or not, but I'll assume it didn't. In that case, you can get an amp that has speaker level inputs and hook it up to wire taps on the positive leads to the front or rear speakers. If you're using the amp solely for a sub, make sure you have an adjustable low-pass filter in it - that kind of tuning makes a huge difference.
That's all for now... Gotta go do some work so I can pay for more mods to my TJ!
Again, try this link for info:
http://forums.jeepsunlimited.com/ubb/Forum29/HTML/000598.html
and look for TSBs on leaks (by year) on it at:
http://www.alldata.com/recalls/index.html
I had a leaky '97 TJ and it was fixed by DC even after the warranty.
I really would appreciate your pics if you could send them I would appreciate it..
send them to:
collectcrier@worldnet.att.net
thanx again
BamaTazz
Also, how is the lift kit since you've been living with it for quite some time. Do you have any driveline problems or vibrations, tire alignment problems? Did you get the slip=yoke eliminator kit?
Well, talk to you later.
-pizzadude
Keeping in mind that the odometer is also off by 10%, I figured my mileage out last night after I filled up and was astonished to see 19.82 mpg. I haven't been near that since I used to get 19-21mpg after the break-in period.
Of course, I had forgotten that my speedometer/odometer readings were off for the past few months, so my recent mileage hasn't been as bad as I thought. Still, this is much better, and I think being the guy in the slow lane has been the reason.
I am just more relaxed and smiling more driving a jeep.
:-)
Those lead footed Californians don't bother me as much as the California dummys that don't know how long their vehicles are. Last night 3 different people passed me and pulled in front of me without making sure they were in front of me. I was a mite nervous last night - the night before I spent an hour and a half stopped on the freeway, admiring the back of a couple of firemen who were working on a brush fire burning right next to the freeway, and watching the flames engulf the ridge next to me. So in spite of the lovely summer we have been having (cooler than normal) fire season has come to Southern California. Guess we couldn't avoid it forever, especially since so many other areas are having such a bad time of it.
If you are into that, I'd check it out...
According to the jeepunpaved.com web site, the Jeep Jamboree Fee covers most of your needs for 2 full days of activities (Along with goodies such as T-shirts and other fun items...)
That includes all meals, but not lodging. But the info pack you receive in the mail has lots of suggestions in the lodging department.
I registered my wife and her dad for the Appalachian October Jamboree in North Carolina (On what looks like Peak Leaf Color Weekend!) They should have a blast.
According to what I have read on other boards the Jeep Jamborees are a little more expensive than some independent ones, but I figure that they should see the "Official" Jamboree, make connections and then branch off from there.
I will get a report from her and let you know how it was!
Breakfast, Trail ride, Lunch, Trail ride, Dinner, Breakfast, Trail ride, Lunch, Trail ride, Dinner, and final breakfast. So two full days of stuff.
Plus they have trail guides and people to help out at all the tough spots. Maybe a bit high but you get to meet alot of cool people, and it's very well organized.
Now about the lift: heck yea it rocks! I love it... wishing I would have gone with the 4" longarm kit now but maybe sometime soon I'll switch out. I just got spare axle shafts, rear carrier, and 4.10 gears from a guy all for $250. The lift has VERY good road manners and now that I rotated my tires I have NO vibes what-so-ever. although I do have a T-Case drop which I want to get rid of. I may go with a 1" motor mount and 1" body lift before getting an SYE, but I'll see how the money goes... Oh an BTW, any of you who have a D44 rear axle and don't plan on going with any bigger tires...Wanna trade?
here's a pic of my jeep just this past weekend... that's my girlfriend driving
...at 6-7pm Pacific/9-10 pm Eastern. Hope to see you there!
http://www.edmunds.com/towchat/jeepchat.html
Spyro...glad to hear the lift is working out. I am really antsy to lift my TJ. Maybe next spring I will save up enough to do it. I'd like to do the SYE, 4" all in one shot...we'll see.
Talk to you later.
-pizzadude
PS. Spyro...Jeep is looking good on that rock face...awesome!!
More confused than ever.
I want a 2-2.5 inch lift.
Explorer Pro Comp, Old Man Emu, Rubicon Express, and Terraflex all seem to have good reputations for newer companies, while Rancho and Skyjacker seem to have good ones for older companies.
Anyone care to share experiences and prices (and where bought)?
I only have 31" tires, but want a little more room and might some day do 32" (with 3/4 spring spacer).
Thanks, and have a nice Labor Day weekend everyone!