Big Ben's Big Mojave

Not much new to report, did hit a dear on Monday night going through the mountains at about 60mph. Dove down the bank and didn’t stand a chance. Sounded real bad but lucky very minimal damage. Good spot where the bumper hit its head , which wiped off, and then I think I ended up going completely over it with both front and rear of jeep. Jeep drives perfectly fine some good fur and blood smattered under the passenger side all the way to the rear axle and only some dents in the door which I found the next day. Pretty lucky all in all, fortunate for evo bumper and 37s.
 

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benatc1 said:
Not much new to report, did hit a dear on Monday night going through the mountains at about 60mph. Dove down the bank and didn’t stand a chance. Sounded real bad but lucky very minimal damage. Good spot where the bumper hit its head , which wiped off, and then I think I ended up going completely over it with both front and rear of jeep. Jeep drives perfectly fine some good fur and blood smattered under the passenger side all the way to the rear axle and only some dents in the door which I found the next day. Pretty lucky all in all, fortunate for evo bumper and 37s.
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Damn, glad you and your Jeep came through that okay.
 
benatc1 said:
Not much new to report, did hit a dear on Monday night going through the mountains at about 60mph. Dove down the bank and didn’t stand a chance. Sounded real bad but lucky very minimal damage. Good spot where the bumper hit its head , which wiped off, and then I think I ended up going completely over it with both front and rear of jeep. Jeep drives perfectly fine some good fur and blood smattered under the passenger side all the way to the rear axle and only some dents in the door which I found the next day. Pretty lucky all in all, fortunate for evo bumper and 37s.
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Glad you’re alright… effing dear are stupid this time of year


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Yea I smoked it, was pretty sure a fender was ripped off based on how it sounded. Think a shop can pop those dents out fairly easy too
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Looks like sheet metal will be stretched, no way to just bump that back into shape. Gonna need some bodywork, a little filler, and paint
 
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Glad you’re alright… effing dear are stupid this time of year



Looks like sheet metal will be stretched, no way to just bump that back into shape. Gonna need some bodywork, a little filler, and paint
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Ugh that sucks, I’ll have to go get a quote. Definitely could have been worse but I can live with it too if it’s outrageous
 
Finally got my EVO 2.5 inch lift installed, used shock extensions and a Synergy front track bar. Didn’t take any pics throughout as I was trying to keep my 19m/o from eating the bolts and washers. But here is a before and after. Overall pretty happy with it, want to figure out a sway bar disconnect solution, and I hope it settles a bit, I’m sitting around 3-3.5 inches of lift which is making me feel like I need to get controls arms up front at least, but we’ll see. Ride is great, slightly stiffer than the stock Mojave springs but I think it feels good.
 

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benatc1 said:
Finally got my EVO 2.5 inch lift installed, used shock extensions and a Synergy front track bar. Didn’t take any pics throughout as I was trying to keep my 19m/o from eating the bolts and washers. But here is a before and after. Overall pretty happy with it, want to figure out a sway bar disconnect solution, and I hope it settles a bit, I’m sitting around 3-3.5 inches of lift which is making me feel like I need to get controls arms up front at least, but we’ll see. Ride is great, slightly stiffer than the stock Mojave springs but I think it feels good.
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Looks good. I'll be getting mine installed on the 27th of January
 
benatc1 said:
Not much new to report, did hit a dear on Monday night going through the mountains at about 60mph. Dove down the bank and didn’t stand a chance. Sounded real bad but lucky very minimal damage. Good spot where the bumper hit its head , which wiped off, and then I think I ended up going completely over it with both front and rear of jeep. Jeep drives perfectly fine some good fur and blood smattered under the passenger side all the way to the rear axle and only some dents in the door which I found the next day. Pretty lucky all in all, fortunate for evo bumper and 37s.
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Holy crap…I’m glad you’re ok brah…
 
benatc1 said:
Finally got my EVO 2.5 inch lift installed, used shock extensions and a Synergy front track bar. Didn’t take any pics throughout as I was trying to keep my 19m/o from eating the bolts and washers. But here is a before and after. Overall pretty happy with it, want to figure out a sway bar disconnect solution, and I hope it settles a bit, I’m sitting around 3-3.5 inches of lift which is making me feel like I need to get controls arms up front at least, but we’ll see. Ride is great, slightly stiffer than the stock Mojave springs but I think it feels good.
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benatc1 said:
Finally got my EVO 2.5 inch lift installed, used shock extensions and a Synergy front track bar. Didn’t take any pics throughout as I was trying to keep my 19m/o from eating the bolts and washers. But here is a before and after. Overall pretty happy with it, want to figure out a sway bar disconnect solution, and I hope it settles a bit, I’m sitting around 3-3.5 inches of lift which is making me feel like I need to get controls arms up front at least, but we’ll see. Ride is great, slightly stiffer than the stock Mojave springs but I think it feels good.
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Looks great!
 
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