I screwed up and bought my first jeep

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The garden stuff and cove molding both suck and fall off/sag....been there, done that. The best option I'd found when getting mine through inspection was conveyor belt material (pretty sure TSC carries it). Drilled/tapped underside of tube on tube fender and it bolts in place. Fabbed a quick metal bracket in the front to hold a side marker and add additional support to the front of the 'flare' and was good to go. Inspector was actually impressed.

**WARNING** This image is about 10 years old and the last time Ian's jeep moved without assistance from a trailer. That inspector is probably retired.

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**WARNING** This image is about 10 years old and the last time Ian's jeep moved without assistance from a trailer. That inspector is probably retired.

Four.

And for your information I moved it this weekend without a trailer....20ft back in the shop.

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Four.

And for your information I moved it this weekend without a trailer....20ft back in the shop.

Pushed it or started and drove?

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Pushed it or started and drove?

Started and drove.

We won't talk about it having a solid-mounted axle up front...

--Ian

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Started and drove.

We won't talk about it having a solid-mounted axle up front...

--Ian

Tires count as suspension right?

I hope you do something different with the rear lights.

That's just embarrassing.

Although on second thought it fits right in with the SkyJacker decal. Lol

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As for the sticker I can't remove it because it's structural.

There is no way would I drive around with that on my Jeep. I put stickers on my Jeep for vendors and manufacturers who I like, but I would not want a company forcing me to sport their brand on a product.

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There is no way would I drive around with that on my Jeep. I put stickers on my Jeep for vendors and manufacturers who I like, but I would not want a company forcing me to sport their brand on a product.

I think he was being facetious....

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I didn't know Sky Jacker was such a bad word on the Jeep world. I may have to remove it for fear you guys will throw rocks at me.

In seriousness I didn't put it on there as it was on there when I bought it. Is Sky Jacker that horible?

I think the only Sky Jacker components left on this Jeep are the front shocks and the extended brake lines although it did have a complete Sky Jakcer lift kit at one point in its life.

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So much hate being thrown around. No worries, whatever you have, show, rock, prefer, sport.. there will always be haters!

Sky Crapper...

It's at the low end of the Jeep world.

Don't worry about the SkyJacker stuff, it's really not that bad. Sure, it's not Currie or RockKrawler, but at least it's not Rough Country! Quadratec sells a TON of SkyJacker stuff with very few issues. The only issues I can remember in the last few years were from a bad batch of shock bushings, and around 7 years ago they switched to a better design of their flex-joints in the control arms. So... don't worry about it.

My objection to skyjacker is that they feel the need to push their religious beliefs on people. It's a business transaction and I don't care whether you love the Flying Spaghetti Monster or not.

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I didn't know Sky Jacker was such a bad word on the Jeep world. I may have to remove it for fear you guys will throw rocks at me.
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Very small rocks…

My old Skyjacker springs flexed great! The biggest complaint has always been they sag. My rear springs did and I beefed them up with another leaf. I also had to be conscious of my speed in a turn because of the body roll (I don't have a sway bar).

I wouldn't buy them again though.