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  1. Dirty Dog

    should I get involved?

    Any part other than bolt-on sheet metal.
  2. Dirty Dog

    should I get involved?

    Unless you're absolutely sure the frame is intact, I'd walk away.
  3. Dirty Dog

    Best gear brand to use

    Get off the fence and onto the 4.56 gears. 4.10 is less than ideal for the highway. You don't have enough power and your mileage and performance will be less than they would be with the 4.56.
  4. Dirty Dog

    Hard top damage

    This. ANYTHING can be fixed, if you're determined enough and willing to spend the money. But it might be cheaper to replace. Check prices for used tops in your area, then drop by repair shops for estimates. Then check with your insurance.
  5. Dirty Dog

    Daytona Beach Jeep Week

    You're thinking of the gray Gladiator. Me too.
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    Mods to make my new Jeep feel like mine

    Won't help. Nothing has ever been shown to work on beer farts.
  7. Dirty Dog

    Rattle can tube door painting

    An excellent alternative to spray paint is spray on bed liner. It's super durable and the texture will mask small irregularities in your spray job.
  8. Dirty Dog

    Back Up Camera

    If you look in the How-To section of the forum, I did a fairly extensive write-up on the first install I did. It's pretty straight forward and there are no special skills or tools required. [Addendum]Here's a link to the How-To article...
  9. Dirty Dog

    Rattle can tube door painting

    You can rattle can pretty much anything, as long as your expectations for the finished product are reasonable.
  10. Dirty Dog

    Back Up Camera

    If you're talking about the Wolfbox smart mirror, add my vote. I've got one in each Wrangler, and I'm going to put one in the Vette.
  11. Dirty Dog

    Need help with this coolant leak issue

    I operate on the assumption that if people are coming here to ask how to do something, it's because they want to do that thing. And changing a heater core doesn't require anything other than simple basic hand tools.
  12. Dirty Dog

    Need help with this coolant leak issue

    So... change it yourself.
  13. Dirty Dog

    Need help with this coolant leak issue

    Expensive? You can get a heater core from Amazon starting at like $30.
  14. Dirty Dog

    Need help with this coolant leak issue

    Raise the nose of the Jeep. Even just pulling up onto one of those wheel stops in a parking lot or a curb will work. Take the cap off the radiator. Start the engine. Turn the heater on at it's highest setting so the coolant is going through the heater core. Let the engine get up to temperature...
  15. Dirty Dog

    Taking the doors off

    Never heard of such a thing. Which means either this is your million dollar idea, or you're the only person who thinks it's needed. It wouldn't be difficult to make one, and the fact that nobody does makes me lean towards the latter possibility as the more likely.
  16. Dirty Dog

    Need help with this coolant leak issue

    If the hoses were leaking, it would almost certainly be in the engine compartment, not passenger. When you replace the core, it makes absolutely no sense to not go ahead and replace the cheap rubber hoses.
  17. Dirty Dog

    JK Front Big Brake Upgrade

    And a 2005 Peterbilt 379 has a GVW of 52,000 pounds. An irrelevant comparison is an irrelevant comparison. If you're going to compare the Wrangler to a full sized pickup, the only reasonable comparison is to a 1/2 ton truck. A Wrangler build up easily increases the weight by 20% and can double...
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    JK Front Big Brake Upgrade

    A stock 4 door Rubicon weighs about 4,600 pounds. That is NOT a light vehicle. Built, you're EASILY looking at 500-1,000 pounds more. An F150 and the Ram 1500 both start at around 4,800. That's about a 4% difference, stock-to-stock. I do not think that 4% is significant by any stretch of the...
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    How do I remove the doors on a 2014 JK?

    No. Anti-seize is a silver goop that you put on to PREVENT things from sticking. WD40 is sprayed on later to RELEASE things that are already stuck.