Just grabbed a great secondhand genuine Jeep shorty sun top, plastic rear window and ute like torneau - this is my new look for this summer LoL
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Just grabbed a great secondhand genuine Jeep shorty sun top, plastic rear window and ute like torneau - this is my new look for this summer LoL
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NIce look Hunty.....
Looking good Hunty! Question are your tube doors street legal?
Cheers
Andy
ps. still jelous I couldn't make it to the Top End! (but the video is great and only rubs it in more!)>:(
Maaaaaaaaate
re the legality of the doors - here's what I have been led to believe ;
Its a convertible ergo its legal to have the roof off.
and just like a mini moke has no doors and thats how it was complied so was the Jeep
ask the motor bike cop where his doors are LoL
I think Pura Vida got copped for no doors & he beat it in court - there is a sticker on the soft top that clearly states that the roof & doors are only for protection from the elements and provide no Safety.
There are Jeep ads on TV with the doors removed ergo doors must be optional.
There are also Jeep ads on TV showing them jump jeeps into the air - do that to a JK with its plasterscene dana30 front end - take it to the dealer and ask for warranty & show em your bent front axel and tell them you were just copying the AD and see what the say LoL
cheers Hunty
Hunty,
Like the door advice! Not so the warranty test!! LOL
Cheers
andy
I have loved the wetsuit material seatcovers but sadly I trashed them :( they are so stained and marked now - so I decided to replace them.Calf skin leather would be nice! soft & easy to clean!Whilst at Parklea markets yesterday I found a vendor that does custom seatcovers, my beautiful wife surprised me (birthday prezzie) by buying me a set for the front! :)So I went over to wetheril park this morning, took out my seats and 2hrs latter I had these.......... sweeet! so hopefully I can just clean any messes off these! - (there vinyl)http://i685.photobucket.com/albums/v...y/1bb15635.jpghttp://i685.photobucket.com/albums/v...y/86449e4c.jpghttp://i685.photobucket.com/albums/v...y/340de9cd.jpghttp://i685.photobucket.com/albums/v...y/cadb131a.jpghttp://i685.photobucket.com/albums/v...y/2767c0cb.jpg
Vinyl ouch burnt sweaty legs stuck to them in summer oh the child hood memory of the long summer road trip in the back of the old man's XD falcon company car
Seriously though they look great nice profiled fit compared to the bag over the top of the seat approach of one size fits all stuff you normally find at the markets and fit great with your red/black theme
the doors debate has been going on since day 1............as far as i know, jeeps were never ADR'd without doors, thus doors must stay on... however, if you get a cop who wants to ping you then he will.....no matter what, doors are the least of my worries when it comes to cops pulling me over......
Hi Guyz
I was reprogramming my aeroforce gauge earlier today and noticed that I had a bolt almost completely out - it had worked loose somehow.
As I stated in my Cape trip report that nothing had worked loose and my Jeep had survived the nearly 8,000km trip so it must have worked loose since then LoL .
I am not sure what the bolt does and didnt really look into it - my guess is that it has something to do with lowering the front windscreen - that or its structural / roll cage related D'oh.
Either way I believe all Jkers should check for this condition ASAP as an important matter of safety.
My advice to all JKers is take a look and see if yours is OK.
its easy to get to .......
Thanx to Paul JK (AJOR) - Jeep Legend........you can access it via the hole in the plastic A pillar.
Cheers Hunty
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Hi Guyz
I have just recently dumped the Roof Top Tent in favour of a light weight camper trailer, I really loved the roof top tent for the following reasons;
1. Jeep is shorter LoL.
2. Easier to reverse.
3. Great breeze up in the tent.
4. Doesnt take much toll on my Jeeps 4x4 ability.
5. Cost under $1k - Ebay.
Why did I ditch it for an old second hand camper trailer?...;
1. I like to setup camp and then go wheelin!
2. I hate zipping up the dust proof / water proof bag. Hate is probably not a strong enough term. It just pissed me off and $h!t3d me to tears!
3. I almost fell down the ladder a couple of times trying to stagger out for a leak in the middle of the night. LoL
4. I like the extra space (and my old 42inch plasma fits nicely on the mattress).
5. It only weighs 210kg's and doesn't require checking to register.
6. loads of storage space.
7. Doesnt take much off my GVM (21kg).
8. I get better fuel economy towing it than than I got with the Roof Top Tent.
Just went camping with my 4 kids + 1 extra boy friend & 1 sons best friend, I piled on top of the camper trailer;
2x Tents.
3 swags.
1 BBQ & gas bottle.
1 waeco fridge.
tarps.
folding chairs.
Plasma TV inside on the queen size bed.
6 fishing rods & tackle.
camp furniture inc table, cooking surface and sink.
microwave, toaster & Cappuccino maker.
Sleeping bags pillows and bags of personal fx / clothing
I had a great weekend with my kids and love my new camper.
cheers Hunty
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do notice pulling the trailer like do you have to use the gears more climbing hills etc,
Maaaaaaaaate - I did notice it on the weekend but I did have a heap of gear on top of the camper, I run 4.56's on 33's and despite me getting up it and the hilly terrain I was driving (Dharag National Park vis wisemans ferry) I still got better fuel economy than I do with the roof top tent - still got plenty of power - I went up the F3 to pick up my kids from morrisett and I used 6th and occasionally 5th and didnt drop below the posted limit! schweeeeet!...... so my answer is barely notice it! cheers Hunty
Apart from taking a 40" plasma camping just being plain wrong ;) be aware that if you transport them flat the weight of the glass in them can causing it to crack as they are not built to be transported flat only upright :(
The camper is cool, I love taking my camper over the RTT but the camper is not always feasible and the RTT is still pretty convenient, 21 days straight in it says something for it :) I had no worries zipping up the cover etc each morning. My favourite setup is the RTT on the top of the camper, easy to setup and leave and sleeps 7 with the lower room.
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Cheers
Steve
Hey Steve
Your setup looks sweeeeeeet!
how many watts is the solar panel?
I really wanted an offroad teardrop but I couldnt find 1 under $12k and.... on road teardrop for under $8k - so i went with the camp trailer - OK you watched me zip up Miraz's & my RTT every day on the Cape trip and you didnt share any of your smart@ss pils with us LoL - - so whats your secret to getting your RTT zip bag back on painlessly?????cheers hunty
I didn't see you guys pack up the RTT's that often ;) No real trick to it though, I just made sure the flaps over the windows were attached to their toggles and this helped it fold up quite tidely. Once it was folded up a quick run around each side to tuck any bits in that hung out and then putting the top on was easy, if the zipper is hard to reach in places put a longer cord on it.
Ooops mised some questions, that solar panel you see there is just the little 30W portable one, the camper has a 170W panel on the roof, it can be removed to get full sun if needed but I've never had to and keeps my 100AH battery charged all the time. So 200W if I need it through a MPPT regulator which will take the 48V of the 170W panel and turn it into a charging voltage for the battery, I've seen it putting out 6A just sitting on the roof not aimed at the sun or anything
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Cheers
Steve
WoW Steve
Thats good electrickery mate - I love your green teardrop, still wish I had one! - r u saying that you can run your fridge virtually endlessly? - brilliant!
170w @ 48v = over 600w @ 12v or do you mean that after regulator you have 170w @ 12v?
sweet
Cheers Hunty
Yep, fridge will run endlessly as long as there are a 3 or 4 hours of sun in the day. If I miss a day then I can catch up on the next day :) or put the firdge in the Jeep for a day or so to reduce the load on the camper battery and let it charge up. So yep, totally self sufficient with the camper and Jeep :)
Actually checking the specs max voltage of the panel is 36V, it's a 24V house panel with a max power voltage of 36V, after the regulator it tops out at around 15A going into the battery :) If it's getting 15A that is close to the typical load of my fridge for a 24 hour period (I have it down low at night) :) Add in the little extra from the 30W panel and I really only need 1 1/2 good hours a day to be self sufficient.
Cheers
Steve
Campsite looks great Hunty,close to the water.Do you mind sharing where it is?Cheers Brent
Like the camper Hunty, as to the TV - well that's the one thing you didn't have at the Cape! Wonder how it will go on corrugations?
Hi Brent
Happy to share...... Its on the Hawkesbury river - the caravan park is the "Riverland" its on the road from wisemans ferry to peats ridge about 5 - 10 min from the ferry - very peaceful we were the only ones there - beautiful powered sites with private shade / cooking table & seating boat ramp shower / toilet - even your own private street light / fluro
cheers Hunty
thanks for that,Brent
Hey JKers
I need (want - LoL) and Engel fridge 40L - don't have the cash to buy one D'oh but I do have a hard top that I used for a couple of months (see pic of when it was last on my heep - pre dates Light bar, snorkel, winch and just about everything else).
Anyway I guess its gotta be worth at least $ 1500 as is the new Gold Engel aniversary fridge...... so if anyone is interested in a swap pm me.
cheers Hunty
ps if i'm dreamin pls also post up advice - i won't be offended! :)
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Hey hunty do you have the tinted windows? I know your trying to get rid of your hard top but would you be interested in swapping?? My hard top is brand new only been on for a about 6 months
Hard Top = Sold, sorry Aussie JK (sold it on AJOR )
No worries
So who's gonna join me on the naughty list?
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Hi Guyz
I have to admit to doing a very bad thing to my JK, I was driving along a dirt road - very wide maybe 12 - 20meters, 40 - 60kph looking for something on the back seat and not watching where I was going when I drove through a washout maybe 30cm - 50cm deep and 1-2 meters across. What a disaster! , I watched all my shoot equipment, cameras lights etc jump up into the air and hit the roof.
I hit the roof (soft top) via the sound bar and still have a sore neck (yes I was wearing my seat belt).
Thankfully I did NOT end up staring at my air bag!
I don't know how I got away with it but I I've done 500km since and I haven't Identified any damage to the JK other than my busted drivers seat.
I have after market upper and lower control arms that are designed with huge bends in them, they may have absorbed some of the impact.
I have welded up my axel C's - this may have helped to save the JK's pathetic D30.
My tyres were 29psi so i guess they sucked up some also.
I'm a 6'4 fatass and after the accident I could barely see over the dash LoL. my seat had collapsed totally.
Upon investigation I discovered that I had cracked a cast piece of metal that connects the height adjusting pump handle mechanism to the top half of the seat frame.
How to Fix?
I could easily buy a second hand seat as there a plenty of guys replacing their factory seats- but I wanted it fixed immediately as It is my daily drive!
I decided to pull it apart and hopefully drill a hole and put a bolt in or something, Nup couldn't easily do that.
after some smart@ss pills I decided it would be very easy to manually put the seat at the desired height and weld it up - so i did.
1. There are 2 bolts each side that hold the back rest to the seat remove them.
2. Disconnect the cable operated folding seat mechanism, remove the philips head screw that holds the white plastic cable guide.
3. Manually set the seat height and weld up the 2 rolling hinges (dunno what to call them LoL) see pic where it says weld here!
4. Reassemble and voilla good cheap fix!
Cheers Hunty
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cheers Hunty
I am still planing to buy some decent seats one day but this will do till then.
Wow...glad your ok... That sounds like it could have been a lot worse than just a broken seats and sore neck. Thanks for reminding us about the dangers of driving and the importance of being focused on the road. Take care and hope you back/neck feels better.
Cheers jose
Hi Guyz
I decided after returning from the Cape that I needed to review my suspension.
I desired to go up another half to one inch, I want my JK to sit at wheeling height with all my crap in it and it not look like a lowrider LoL.
I removed my old 2 inch lift RE HD springs, Accos adjustable spring perches and rancho shocks. (Thought I might have broken / worn out the rear Ranchos).
I trialled some really nice Poly performance 4.5 inch lift springs - they rode and felt perfect for my heap however with all my crap inside were not high enough.
I removed the Poly's and installed some really huge Rock Krawler springs and because I think I might have killed my Rancho's I switched them for some s/hand but near new OME's. (I also have some S/Hand Full traction shocks that I may try next.).
I have also decided to invent my own Height Measuring System - something easy that everyone can do and something that took into consideration spring lift and wheel / tyre size increases - and that is to measure height from the ground to the door, too easy YaY.
This morning before I started switching springs and shocks my Jeep JK's doors were 680mm from the ground and now they are 705mm ( I expect the springs will settle a little in a few days). and when I get all my work equipment back in etc my Jeep will then be back to the height it was engineered @.
Switching springs on the rear of a JK is very straight forward. I always do it in my driveway.
1. undo the sway bay bolts at the lower diff connection.
2. remove the lower shock bolts.
3. unclip the ABS wires from the chassis so they don't get pulled / strained.
4. unbolt the brake lines from the chassis mounts so they don't get stretched / damaged.
5. unbolt the 2 little nuts that secure the handbrake cable (above the diff).
6. jack up your jeep - I jacked mine up higher than a wheelie bin LoL see pics - you don't even need to use spring compressors if you jack the crap outa it LoL.
7. play safe peeps - use jack stands b4 you get under it - I always do, you can't see em in the pics but rest assured they r there.
I am very happy with how it drives now and I have 6 days off over Christmas so I will load it up with the Engel, microwave and cappuccino machine......, then I will hook up my camper trailer and see how it goes!
Cheers Hunty
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Merry Christmas Jeepers
Thanx heaps guyz for all the kind comments and awesome wisdom that you all have shared with me this year! - I have had a blast modding and playing with my Jeep, and wheeling with yooz!
As most of you know I am a 2012 SJC Jambo committee member and I have had a great time preparing and working with the committee for what looks like being an Awesome Jeep event.
I just put some stickers on my Jeep and had to share! LMAO!
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I was waiting for an un-p.c. "stick family" sticker to appear.
Good one Hunty!
Maaaaate DK
I saw these on Ebay and they made me happy! so I had to sticker on my Jeep - real-estate is getting scarce now on my 2dr JK - I have a heap more stickers coming that I bought on Ebay - hope I can fit em in somewhere, endways I just kicking back in my new Camper (ok old - 1985) with the Mrs :)
This is my new camp setup - Airconditioned camper with 42' plasma! by the water! - yes there will be posts about this LMAO - for I am a self confessed forum whore LoL
Cheers Hunty
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Hunty. Where did u get that sticker. Very funny
hunty were did you buy the rear spring perches from??
Hey SteveC - Ebay :)
Hey AussieJK
Dunno - got em for free, second hand of Mal - Tassie JK :)
Hi Guyz
I have just made a little much needed upgrade to my camper trailer by changing the tow hitch to a TREG.
It became obvious over the Christmas New year break whilst wheeling hard with the camper on the back the std tow ball was under huge stress and I was asking it to articulate more than it was designed for.
I had to moderate my wheeling for fear that I was going to destroy the std coupling and end up towing the camper home with chains
On steep hill climbs the angles demanded by the trail exceeded the capability of the std coupling and I noticed that I was bending the cr@p out things.
So I was lucky enough to have a mate who ownes a trailer spares repairs business (who owed me a favour) and he freebied me a very nice Treg coupling and welded it on.
I almost immediately went to test it on a steep incline that had previously been impossible for the std coupling and it was no problem at all in fact it still had probably 10 - 30 degrees? left to spare.
my 2c - the Treg style couplings are defiantly a good thing - highly recommended
cheers Hunty
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Hi Guyz
there is a genetic weakness in the link that controls the JK transfer case, if you put too much pressure on the 2H,4H & 4L lever in the cab it can easily come adrift.
Heres what I always do;
1. I ensure that b4 I change the transfer case lever that I am parked on a slight down hill, enough of a slope that if from stopped/parked I release the brake the Jeep will start to roll slowly forward by its self.
2. Put it in neutral & clutch in.
3. I then gently apply a quick action on the lever and if it feels like its going to shift easy I push it home.
4. If I feel resistance then I release the brake gradually and as the jeep starts to roll forward I try again and again and again (gently) slowing the Jeep with the brake and then letting it roll again - eventually the gears will all match up and it will engage easily.
I hope this works for you too
cheers Hunty
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