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Since the weather and sun wouldn't cooperate, I used a substitute sun to heat the material of the soft upper doors. If I knew how much trouble these would be, I would have paid the extra for the complete uppers.

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I picked up a HP30 this morning. I have an OX locker on the shelf that I got for the XJ and never installed. So, the plan is to truss it and put the OX in with 4.88s. Not sure when that will happen though...
 

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I finally had a day with nothing else planned, so I got a little bit done. We dropped the doors off at Solar Solutions in Lexington to get tinted while we went to breakfast and Lowes. They actually knocked $20 bucks off for just leaving the doors, not the whole Jeep.

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Then, came back and tore down the HP30. I wanted to get it cleaned up and painted today but got too distracted with football...

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I insulated the fuel rail with heat tape. Hopefully this will fix my vapor lock issue...

Also spent some time with the CB Guru. Put a new antenna on it and got it tuned pretty good.

Then some more goodies showed up, OME springs :)

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I insulated the fuel rail with heat tape. Hopefully this will fix my vapor lock issue...

Also spent some time with the CB Guru. Put a new antenna on it and got it tuned pretty good.

Then some more goodies showed up, OME springs :)

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Nice springs thats the brand I'm saveing up for. How much lift and did you get the extra heavy ones?
 

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They are the heavy weight. I think they call them 2" rear and 1.5" front, so I'll probably need either OME 10MM spacer or a 3/4" spacer on the front. I got them used.
 
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What kinda issues were u having with fuel system?? You check the sock on your pump? I highly doubt that your fuel rail was getting that hot....I have my fuel line wrapped on my frame but that because my exhaust is running down driver side

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My MetalCloak order came in this week. You may have seen this picture...
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I've replaced the rear sway bar links:
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And have everything ready to do the front next weekend:
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Just waiting on the brake lines to come in, and the front axle.

Any volunteers? I'll buy beer!
 

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I started around noon on Friday pulling the stock 30.

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By quitting time Friday night, I had the HP30 loosely bolted in with the new Metalcloak arms and Old Man Emu springs.

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Saturday I finished up the axle install and checked for clearance.

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Today I pulled it back apart and put a set of .75" spacers on the front to level it back out.
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And installed the compressor, ran the front air line, and started wiring.
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Yeah, they're the Duroflex joints. They don't have quite the range of motion of a Johnny, but they're completely rubber isolated and aren't supposed to make the noises and transfer the shock into the arms like Johnny's do. Should be good for the DD/mild trail rig, but we'll see.
 
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