Trail Raider Photo Diary/Build Thread

Mike_JK_Houston_711 said:
You can take the city out of me, but you can't take the city out of Yasmin lol. This would be a good common meeting ground and an easy peasy drive to you guys and Boulder.


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Same for me and Marijke. We should just split the difference, city house and mountain house. Lol.


I'm hoping that she is on board with doing some more exploring this weekend, the weather is supposed to be awesome. I know I need to keep you guys flooded with pics :D
 
Kyle7R said:
Same for me and Marijke. We should just split the difference, city house and mountain house. Lol.


I'm hoping that she is on board with doing some more exploring this weekend, the weather is supposed to be awesome. I know I need to keep you guys flooded with pics :D
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(Sorry Dave for the complete thread jack lol)

Yes send pics and keep them coming. Every bit is helping, BUT at this point CO is our #1 application spot come next year. But we want to see the pics anyways lol


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Mybadjk said:
Did you re straighten yours cause your wheel sat crooked?


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Yeah, it was driving me crazy...

Kyle7R said:
I'm hoping that she is on board with doing some more exploring this weekend, the weather is supposed to be awesome. I know I need to keep you guys flooded with pics :D
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Why, yes. Yes you do! Haha

Mike_JK_Houston_711 said:
(Sorry Dave for the complete thread jack lol)

Yes send pics and keep them coming. Every bit is helping, BUT at this point CO is our #1 application spot come next year. But we want to see the pics anyways lol


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No worries man!

Glad to see its "come next year" and not sooner. The houston crew already lost 1 wheeler (kyle) we don't need to lose anyone else! But it is sounding like we all want to join the Colorado crew these days... myself included...

Edit: we usually stay at the beach until 1 or 2 am, then make the haul back to houston. Most of the cabins around crystal beach don't allow dogs, and the ones that do (or atleast that I have seen)are overpriced and usually pretty run down. So we just hop in the jeep, crank up the tunes and make the trek back home.
 
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31,000 miles - DynaTrac Upgrade

On Friday, Granite_Head and I pulled apart the front of my jeep for something new.

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First thing first was to get the old OUT. ;)

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Then Press on new main bearings, because... why not :blush:

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Here is the only side by side shot I got of my stock 44 housing next to the ProRock. The build quality is simply a thing of beauty

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set up the pinion and installed the locker

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after several attempts, this is the best gear pattern we could get. I'm not sure if its because the gears were "used" being that they were the same 5.13 ring and pinion I've been running since the original regear. but here is a shot showing the pattern we ended up with. I'm pretty happy with it, but realize that it is not perfect.

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I was able to capture the glorious moment of closing up the diff for the first time on my brand new PR44 :thumb:

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then we turned our attention to the next topic for the day, STOPPING power. and what can I say. These things are HUGE and certainly stop my jeep on 37s with very little peddle force. :thumb:

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Here she is, all buttoned back up!

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DWiggles said:
On Friday, Granite_Head and I pulled apart the front of my jeep for something new.

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First thing first was to get the old OUT. ;)

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Then Press on new main bearings, because... why not :blush:

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Here is the only side by side shot I got of my stock 44 housing next to the ProRock. The build quality is simply a thing of beauty

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set up the pinion and installed the locker

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after several attempts, this is the best gear pattern we could get. I'm not sure if its because the gears were "used" being that they were the same 5.13 ring and pinion I've been running since the original regear. but here is a shot showing the pattern we ended up with. I'm pretty happy with it, but realize that it is not perfect.

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I was able to capture the glorious moment of closing up the diff for the first time on my brand new PR44 :thumb:

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then we turned our attention to the next topic for the day, STOPPING power. and what can I say. These things are HUGE and certainly stop my jeep on 37s with very little peddle force. :thumb:

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Here she is, all buttoned back up!

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Nice Dave!! Great stuff!


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GraniteCrystal said:
So sweet! Great job on that. Moving the gears over is more than I'd be up for. We'll done👍
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Napalm said:
Nice Dave!! Great stuff!


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Thanks guys! It's been awesome! The extra caster is great and the brakes are nuts. I threw all of the shopping bags off the back seat yesterday at a red light by mistake. My wife looked at me like I was crazy... I guess I'm still getting used to them. Haha
 
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Congrats! Looks great. The gear pattern looks a little high but if it's not noisy, you're good. The axle is gorgeous and I highly recommend a coat of two of a glossy clear coat to protect it. Here's some posts from my build, the clear coat keeps it easy to clean.

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10abadilla/jk said:
Awesome. Glad that solved the issue. Looks good.

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Mike_JK_Houston_711 said:
That's a clean suspension. You've empowered me to get under my front and polish up my prorock and steering! I'll do that this afternoon or tomorrow.


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WJCO said:
Me too. Thanks.





A little trick that Matt taught me. Spray a coat of clear coat on anything that you want to last. Especially shocks and painted parts. Then you can hose it off when it gets dirty. This is a pic from a couple weeks ago:

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WJCO said:
Congrats! Looks great. The gear pattern looks a little high but if it's not noisy, you're good. The axle is gorgeous and I highly recommend a coat of two of a glossy clear coat to protect it. Here's some posts from my build, the clear coat keeps it easy to clean.

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Wish I would have known that when the jeep was new! Haha! What kind of clear did you use? Does the cheap autozone stuff do the trick or do I need something special?
 
DWiggles said:
Wish I would have known that when the jeep was new! Haha! What kind of clear did you use? Does the cheap autozone stuff do the trick or do I need something special?
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Just cheap shit. I got mine from Ace hardware. Matt recommend that or fluid film and it really works. I sprayed it on everything but the brake rotors. Once it gets dirty, just regular water pressure cleans up the grime.
 
WJCO said:
Just cheap shit. I got mine from Ace hardware. Matt recommend that or fluid film and it really works. I sprayed it on everything but the brake rotors. Once it gets dirty, just regular water pressure cleans up the grime.
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Nice, I'll look into it! thanks for the Tip! :thumb:
 
So after what, 6 months or so, how are the springs sitting - still at 4" or have they sagged at all?
 
Ddays said:
So after what, 6 months or so, how are the springs sitting - still at 4" or have they sagged at all?
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I haven't put a tape to it, but so far seems to be fairly similar. I also slapped a rockhard4x4 cage in it, and a few other goodies... I need to update this thread I guess...

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DWiggles said:
I haven't put a tape to it, but so far seems to be fairly similar. I also slapped a rockhard4x4 cage in it, and a few other goodies... I need to update this thread I guess...

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Yeah, I'm struggling with getting my bumps/shocks straightened out like you did after the Rock Star install I ordered new King shocks but the damn shock bodies are longer than the old Fox shocks so I was back in the same friggin boat. Put a set of
1.5" spacers in and that looked perfect but now those f'ers seem to have squished flatter and now I'm back at square one :crazyeyes: I just ordered a set or Currie 4" +1 springs to try out since the Plush Rides may be too soft for my setup and future trailer towing escapades.
 
Well, here's how the jeep sits to date.

Rock hard sport cage - done
New fenders - done
New cb coax - done
New cb & rugged antenna mounts - done

Left to do before the exodus
1) Install RM-50 radio
2) tune cb antennas

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I know, my garage is a disaster... but that fender line is so clean! :cheesy:

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