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Jeep Wrangler JK
JK Build Threads & Member's Rides
The Systematic Upgrade Continues
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<blockquote data-quote="Mr. Bi-Polar" data-source="post: 431062"><p>Once we had the jeep in hand, we drove to PA and back just to get a feel of the handling. Two things developed on that trip that made us realize we're going to have to start on this build and soon.</p><p></p><p>The jeep was bouncy as hell, all over the road and the crappy thin 31'' tires didn't help matters. So new shocks we're to be ordered. Along with this, we felt that we needed a suspension upgrade and not necessarily a lift. We selected a triple rate coil spring kit that was suppose to stiffen up the ride.</p><p></p><p>Once the shocks & lift kit arrived.. the wife liked the color of the shocks so well, that we had the triple rate coil spring powder coated the same color. Word of warning here. Some coil spring manufactures warn against re-powder coating their products. But our powder coater (which we've used for more than 10 years) knows what he's doing.</p><p></p><p>In order to have the coil powder coated we drove 5 hours to their shop in PA.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]117074[/ATTACH]</p><p>Once there, we selected the gold color that matched the gold color of the TJM shocks. One of the 4 bottles at the end of the top shelf. It was the middle of winter so we prob wouldn't see our coils powder coated anytime soon. But while in PA, we drove to another vendor location, where I had a surprise waiting in their show room for the wife. She always liked the Rubicon hard Rock wheels. So I ordered a set. However, I didn't examine all of the wheels before leaving for home. it was getting dark and rain was setting in.</p><p></p><p>Once home, I took time to examine the wheels and wouldn't you know it, the last wheel had damage. Seems someone dropped the wheel on the outer edge and just powder coated over it. Took me 2 weeks to have the exchange follow through. Oddly, those wheels sat in our basement for 1 year till we decided what tires we wanted.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mr. Bi-Polar, post: 431062"] Once we had the jeep in hand, we drove to PA and back just to get a feel of the handling. Two things developed on that trip that made us realize we're going to have to start on this build and soon. The jeep was bouncy as hell, all over the road and the crappy thin 31'' tires didn't help matters. So new shocks we're to be ordered. Along with this, we felt that we needed a suspension upgrade and not necessarily a lift. We selected a triple rate coil spring kit that was suppose to stiffen up the ride. Once the shocks & lift kit arrived.. the wife liked the color of the shocks so well, that we had the triple rate coil spring powder coated the same color. Word of warning here. Some coil spring manufactures warn against re-powder coating their products. But our powder coater (which we've used for more than 10 years) knows what he's doing. In order to have the coil powder coated we drove 5 hours to their shop in PA. [ATTACH type="full" alt="bottles.jpg"]117074[/ATTACH] Once there, we selected the gold color that matched the gold color of the TJM shocks. One of the 4 bottles at the end of the top shelf. It was the middle of winter so we prob wouldn't see our coils powder coated anytime soon. But while in PA, we drove to another vendor location, where I had a surprise waiting in their show room for the wife. She always liked the Rubicon hard Rock wheels. So I ordered a set. However, I didn't examine all of the wheels before leaving for home. it was getting dark and rain was setting in. Once home, I took time to examine the wheels and wouldn't you know it, the last wheel had damage. Seems someone dropped the wheel on the outer edge and just powder coated over it. Took me 2 weeks to have the exchange follow through. Oddly, those wheels sat in our basement for 1 year till we decided what tires we wanted. [/QUOTE]
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