JET LI'S NEW LoD JL Destroyer Shorty Front Bumper
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Dusty
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Eddie do you know where I can get a replacement front bumper plastic piece for the factory steel bumper that covers where the fairlead and all would be?
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You're dealership or a Mopar parts online retailer would be your best bet.
Dusty
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BillArnett
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The steel bumper can accept a winch but you have to buy an additional winch plate. If you really like the stock steel bumper that’s not a bad way to go. (I got the cheaper plastic bumper with the intention of replacing it with something from LoD or PoisonSpyder or ?)
OverlanderJL
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Just need a winch plate and you can run one.
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As mentioned, you just need to get a winch plate. Mopar was supposed to have one by now but you can get one from WARN and Rusty's.
Eazy
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You know, in hindsight, I actually like the look of the bumper better without the skid. We just got it for the complete look. The e-disco seems to sit at about the same point and from the look of things, it can probably get clocked the same way. I may try doing this and removing the skid.
Onlyone
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This, I can’t wait to see if it works. I kinda don’t want the skid. I’m still patiently waiting on FedEx for tomorrow’s delivery. Lol
Well, it looked great before I installed the skid so I know it'll look great without it
The only weird thing are the extensions that drop from the frame. Back on the JK, a lower cross member would have been attached to them and I just cut off the whole thing. Not sure if I should leave them or cut them off.
Okay, so I've had a few people ask me about the LED bulbs I used to replace the incandescent bulbs in our old JK fog light housings and so I thought I would post up an update regarding them. Of the myriad of bulbs you can get, the following is what I went with as they only cost $32 for the pair.
Alla Lighting 80W High Power Osram Xtremely Super Bright
2504 PSX24W LED Bulbs White for Fog Light Lamp
I'll try to take a shot at night but I think you can at least see that the color of them looks the same as the headlights.
Prior to installing these new LED bulbs, the fogs were distinctly yellow in color.
And finally, a close up shot.
Alla Lighting 80W High Power Osram Xtremely Super Bright
2504 PSX24W LED Bulbs White for Fog Light Lamp
I'll try to take a shot at night but I think you can at least see that the color of them looks the same as the headlights.
Prior to installing these new LED bulbs, the fogs were distinctly yellow in color.
And finally, a close up shot.
Onlyone
Member
I know. They are kinda weird but they don’t really hang down that much it seems.Well, it looked great before I installed the skid so I know it'll look great without it
The only weird thing are the extensions that drop from the frame. Back on the JK, a lower cross member would have been attached to them and I just cut off the whole thing. Not sure if I should leave them or cut them off.
OverlanderJL
Resident Smartass
I can't say that I was ever really happy with the way I had routed our winch leads to the battery but being that I was under the gun to get everything done before heading out to Moab, I did what I could to make it work. I don't have any pics of it but as you can see in our video, I just ran them along the fender and to the battery.
After spending a bit of time looking under the hood, I decided to reroute them a bit to give things a cleaner look. And, here's what it looks like now tucked under the intake support.
As you can see here, I routed the leads around the front of the battery. The nice thing about doing it this way is that the positive lead was just long enough to mount to the bigger of the 3 terminals and the red cover had a notch for it so it sits down nicely now. :yup:
After spending a bit of time looking under the hood, I decided to reroute them a bit to give things a cleaner look. And, here's what it looks like now tucked under the intake support.
As you can see here, I routed the leads around the front of the battery. The nice thing about doing it this way is that the positive lead was just long enough to mount to the bigger of the 3 terminals and the red cover had a notch for it so it sits down nicely now. :yup: