A Dirt Head's JK

DirtHeadDavis said:
Before…

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After!

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Loving the look and they definitely have a cleaner defined line and when I was adjusting their height I could really tell how much fuller the spread was.
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Looks great. I’m sick of my 10 yr old factory headlights. I feel like I’m holding a candle out in front of the jeep at night. Especially compared to the wife’s JL.

My headlights go in and out sometimes as well. I found that the generic auto parts store bulbs don’t fit into the plug very well. I ground down the plastic a bit to get the retainer clip to seat.

Might not be your issue, but it was for me.
 
Cousin Clyde said:
Looks great. I’m sick of my 10 yr old factory headlights. I feel like I’m holding a candle out in front of the jeep at night. Especially compared to the wife’s JL.

My headlights go in and out sometimes as well. I found that the generic auto parts store bulbs don’t fit into the plug very well. I ground down the plastic a bit to get the retainer clip to seat.

Might not be your issue, but it was for me.
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Yup that had to be the first upgrade if not one of the firsts I did in my Jeep… couldn’t see shit.
 
Cousin Clyde said:
Looks great. I’m sick of my 10 yr old factory headlights. I feel like I’m holding a candle out in front of the jeep at night. Especially compared to the wife’s JL.

My headlights go in and out sometimes as well. I found that the generic auto parts store bulbs don’t fit into the plug very well. I ground down the plastic a bit to get the retainer clip to seat.

Might not be your issue, but it was for me.
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All those dodads on your Jeep and you haven’t sprig for a $300 pair of headlights? Props to you for running the factory crap for so long Stevie wonder.
 
DirtHeadDavis said:
Yup that had to be the first upgrade if not one of the firsts I did in my Jeep… couldn’t see shit.
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OverlanderJK said:
All those dodads on your Jeep and you haven’t sprig for a $300 pair of headlights? Props to you for running the factory crap for so long Stevie wonder.
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lol, yea I think it’s finally time. Been Ray Charles-ing it for too long.

Like every time I go to throw another thousand dollars of aftermarket parts on, I stop to add another layer of epoxy on my leaking radiator.
 
After Moab, I was impressed with my little 2 door JK with 35s and open diffs. Can’t lie though wrestling it through some of those trails has me wanting more…

Got my tie rod frowning a bit on the trip so I went ahead and did an alignment today. Shoutout to Eddie’s DIY alignment thread on here - got the fronts at 65” and 7/8ths of an inch across (center tread to center tread) front and back! Will pick up a tie rod when I can but this should do for now.

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Also rotated the tires after doing so!

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DirtHeadDavis said:
After Moab, I was impressed with my little 2 door JK with 35s and open diffs. Can’t lie though wrestling it through some of those trails has me wanting more…

Got my tie rod frowning a bit on the trip so I went ahead and did an alignment today. Shoutout to Eddie’s DIY alignment thread on here - got the fronts at 65” and 7/8ths of an inch across (center tread to center tread) front and back! Will pick up a tie rod when I can but this should do for now.

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Also rotated the tires after doing so!

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Good on you for getting right to post trip maintenance! Also, that little Jeep did awesome out in Moab or at least, with you behind the wheel. I literally can't count how many times I've seen big built up rigs get hung up on stuff you walked right up and over.
 
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