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you need move away from the left coast.
anyway, im gald they didnt GET your jeep, just go the doors. I Wouldnt even wanna work somewhere that i couldn't keep a eye on TAZZ the whole day.
Be careful out there..
Keep Jeepin
ROLL TIDE
BAMA
The high center of gravity and short wheel base that make the Jeeps so capable offroad also make them very unstable ...>>
Thanks. "almost like a sports car" is a relative comparison (and I admit a couple of so-called sports cars from bygone days handled poorly). I was using common sense, of course, and at those speeds on that road wasn't in any real danger. But I was impressed compared to my old Jeep and some other cars and trucks from years gone by. A Defender 90, by comparison, may have more wheel travel, but corners "mushier" than this WrangleSport. I can't tell you how much I'm enjoying it.
Larry
Larry
Larry
I attend the SEMA Show in Las Vegas this week and saw a bunch of cool stuff for our Jeeps! They had every possible thing you could want for a Wrangler. I have a bunch of pictures from the show, about 7 or 8 of Wranglers, but again I dont know how to post so all can see. I hope this process isn't too complicated, would love to post em...
Steve, Host
-twylie
A guy was just flying down the long flat stretch at the entrance to Turkey Bay today, and he rolled his dune buggy.
There is a huge, level field to your right as you enter Turkey Bay OHV Area, and this is where people park and unload their Jeep, four wheelers, or whatever. This is where a lot of people hang out and wait for others to arrive. Most of this area is grass, but on the northern side, there is a long, wide gravel and dirt area.
This guy in the dune buggy was going really fast, and I guess he thought he didn't have room to stop before reaching the trees at the east end of the long gravel stretch. He locked up his brakes and turned the steering wheel hard left. This sent him into a roll, and he was apparently only wearing the lap belt portion of his harness.
As the dune buggy rolled, his upper body and arms were hanging out of the vechicle. He looked like a rag doll being tossed around. It was NOT something anyone would want to see.
I will skip the gorey details, but he was hurt so badly that they had to take him out in a helicopter.
PLEASE BE CAREFUL! USE COMMON SENSE!
Let's keep this guy and his family in our prayers.
Tom
tidester, host
I would like to be able to shoot and store in higher resolution but be able to resize my pics to something suitable for emailing or posting on web sites. I don't think I will want to do much of anything fancy as far as editing, just maybe red eye correction and maybe some cropping.
Thanks
Tom
Have you hugged your Jeep today?
-twylie
Sounds terrible about what happened, it's unfortunate he wasn't strapped in better. Sometimes people get carried away 'having fun' and don't think about the safety of themselves and others, what a shame. We'll wish him the best from out West.
I use Photoshop 7.0 for all my digital work, it's very powerful. But, it's not user friendly and takes considerable time to wade through all the functions/features to do what you want.
For quick and dirty photo editing, including resolution changes and cropping, Microsoft's PhotoDraw is great. That came part of their Office 2000 Premium suite, if you have access to that.
Of course there is a lot of shareware titles out there to choose from, some being better than others, check download.com. There are some small little freeware progs that will do batch resizing, which is really handy if you're about to post a bunch of pics.
Later,
Pete
Tom
Have you hugged your Jeep today?
Tom
Have you hugged your Jeep today?
I know what you mean about people getting into trouble through ignorance. I had a long conversation with some very nice people who tried to drive up one of the dirt roads around here. They had never been on the road before, and believed the mountain biker who said that someone else had gone up the road with a trailer. What the biker didn't say was that the previous driver was hauling a small trailer with quads on it - not a 30 foot travel trailer like what they had!
Now that hunting season is over (well, it will be in a few more hours), and they've reopened the Angeles National Forest, things should settle down around here. My poor dog is going stir crazy with only getting walks around the block instead of hitting the trails. And that is because there are always a couple of stupid hunters out there. Like those 'wheelers who do destructive things, they give their sport a bad name.
Hope someone else in here has something for ya. All I wanted to do was say hi and welcome. Stick around and join the "family."
Tom
Have you hugged your Jeep today?
We had some fierce storms here in BAMA. 12 deaths so far.
We dodged a bullet at the restaurant tornado missed us by 1 mile detroyed a westen sizzlin' & a dr's office.
Tom I know Kentucky got some storms.
Take Care
Keep Jeepin
BAMA
THANK YOU!
TomHave you hugged your Jeep today?
Glad you came out OK down there, but it sounds like many others were not so lucky.
Tom
Have you hugged your Jeep today?
I wish I would have felt like going to the Veterans Day Parade in Downtown St. Louis but was so miserable after using the leaf vac to get up all the leaves; I'm allergic to dust and mold; that I had a nasty migrane all day and into the night. I know that's not the smartest thing to do with allergies and all but I didn't want my parents to go out and try to do it themselves...they're both getting over the flu. I don't want them to suffer needlessly. Anyway, next time...I'm gonna use the mower...less dust flyin' around .
Welcome to the new and future Jeepsters in the family! I'm still hangin on to the future Jeep on down the road. Enjoy!
smedcougar
I hope you all fared well in the storms, tornados, etc
Larry
Thanks, you helped cheer me up this rainy Mond...Tuesday!
Good luck.
I once owned a 1952 Jeep pick up that had the same problem. There was nothing on the inside of the steel cab ! I lived in Eugene, Or.(rains alot) at the time and it was noisy and COLD.
I was able to get some carpet pad and glue it to the ceiling. I don't remember what I covered the pad with but it made a HUGE difference. Carpet pad isn't very pretty so you would want to cover it with something. (maybe carpet?) The nice thing about carpet pad is that it has good insulating value for it's relative thickness, and it is very pliable and easy to work with. (also cheap)!
Hope this helps,
dewars
Steve, Host
How about 1/2 inch foamboard with the foil coating which is used for vinyl siding on houses? Use some of that "Great Stuff" foam or caulking for adhesive, or floor tile adhesive?
But really, this is a Jeep!
Sounds like a fun project. Let us know how it turns out if you decide to tackle it.
-twylie
Tonight, I did the quickest mod ever on my Jeep. 5 min. tops! I "fixed" the fog lights so they stay on with the high beams. I know I know, fog lights are meant to be run with low beams (or no beams like DC allows!) but I digress. Let me jump back a bit...
I recently installed IPF H4 headlamp inserts to improve my nighttime visibility. Overall, a great upgrade for not too much $. The one "downside" I noticed is that because the high beams really are designed to throw light up and out, I lost a fair bit of illumination to the shoulders closer to the Jeep (but long range illumination is wonderful!). To compensate for this, I wanted to be able to leave the foglights on since they throw a decent amount of light to the shoulders at close distance. After some searching, I found the solution and boy is it easy. On 2001 and up TJ's with factory fogs, pop the power distribution center cover next to the airbox. Find the fog lamp relay (#35 in my 2001), pull it out and check the bottom of the relay. You'll find one of the pins is marked "1". You want to bend this pin on the relay out of the way, so it doesn't make contact in the PDC. I found the pin and bent it on the surface of my workbench. First step is to bend it 90 degrees flush to the bottom face of the realy. Once you've done that, bend the pin around the body of the relay, so it's wrapped up the side a short distance. Pop the relay back in and try it out. Works great and it looks like I got some of my shoulder illumination back when the high beams are on.
I can shoot some pics later this week if anyone is interested, but it takes longer to read how to do it than it does to make the change.
-twylie
Run that puppy as empty as you can.
Still a happy camper.
-twylie
Larry
P.S. I enjoyed Anonymous' comments ("But, really! This is a Jeep!") So now I picture Anonymous in a Jeep with the carpets removed, CD player, Cruise control, and doors long-gone to E-Bay, windshield flipped forward no matter what the weather, with a retro drivers seat with coil springs popping thru the vinyl. THAT'S a Jeep! LOL!
http://www.tellico4x4.com/air/v10012.htm
For $100, you can get almost the same functional specs as the ARB one for less than half the price. These units seem to have a pretty good reputation among Jeepers. For occasional use, it would be fine I think. If you're planning on spending any more, everyone I spoke with seems to suggest going full blown on board air via a York compressor and Kilby brackets. I have a York system "on the list" of possibilities, but for my light use, the hardmount is fine as long as you're not in a huge hurry.
My used ARB install:
http://ewylie.com/jeep/mods.htm#ARBcomp
-twylie
I had the back carpet out for a long time. Just cleaned it up and put in this weekend. A lot of sand and sticks in there!
CD? Cruise Control? ????
I wish I could get a front bench seat for my Wrangler. THAT would be awesome. The driver's seat IS peeling, however, and I'm sure the metal WILL be showing thru by the end of next summer. I hope to get a seat cover before then.
:-)
I also wanted to remind everyone to keep the front suspension and steering links greased up. There are 7 grease fitting on the front of a TJ and mine took anywhere from 3-5 pumps on the grease gun to get the boots back in shape from when I last did it 3k miles ago. I haven't been to a quick lube place in a long time, but this seems like something that might be easily overlooked or left off when someone else is doing it.
-twylie
needs some more work for inspection. I should be on the road next week, after shocks and exhaust system. I didn't know jeepers wave to each other. I also ride a bike so I know how it feels to share a wave with other riders. After reading a bunch of posts, I'm glad I got a 6 cyl with a 5 spd tranny. I can't wait to on the trails. Can anyone advise on a good set of shocks? See you on
the road!!
Read back, or use search to find the links on Jeep wave!
Thanks for the sympathy on the latest criminal act on my Jeep. I know, moving is the simplest option, but...there are a few other factors, besides a commute to work and money saved. As a 20-something (okay, now 30) year old single guy and native city boy, I really enjoy living in the midst of the city. I'm sort of right in the middle of LA proper - not far from Hollywood, Santa Monica, Beverly Hills, or Westwood. And I know it doesn't sound like it, but I live in a pretty decent area! (at least for LA) I've got a really cool apartment, and considering its size, quality, and location, I have a GREAT deal on it (a little more than 1/2 the going rate). Hopefully oneday soon my business will be doing well enough so I can move into a place with a garage - in the meantime I'm asking around my neighborhood to see if I can rent something covered. I got a flashing LED light installed for only $65 last weekend, and it seems to work great - on when the ignition's off, and vice-versa. Anyway, thanks again for all the well-wishes. :-)
yellowman
yellowman
No, I'm not right next to a campus, although UCLA is about a 15 minute drive away, and there are a number of USC and UCLA college students that live in this area. I doubt this was the work of college freshmen looking for a joy-ride, though. I think this was more of a "custom order" job. All three times, there was minimal damage to the Jeep other than what was necessary for them to get into the Jeep - not one shard of broken glass. That suggests to me that someone wanted a yellow Jeep specifically and these yayhoos were trying to obtain mine. I thank the Sentry Key system for saving it twice, and the "Unbrake-able Auto Lock" for preventing an outright theft attempt the third time, when they just took the doors. After that, it was just a question of sending a "don't bother" message to would-be thieves.
yellowman
Thanks, in advance, for your opinions!
Larry