Just bought this 2018 jeep Wrangler unlimited sport. Has a bunch of mods on it. What is this red thing that has a shock on it? Noob question I know. Is this a aftermarket thing?
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What is the red thing?
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Is your Jeep automatic transmission? It’s likely that the radiator was replaced and many OEM replacements are missing that in the molded plastic. Really the other 3 bolts are enough to hold the trans cooler in place. I made a little bracket to secure that corner after replacing my radiator.
nice Jeep, looks like it has some nice add ons and well cared for. Sometimes buying a used modded Jeep can pay off.
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Yeah the dealer just used a wire tie to secure it. Looks like that will work. Yes it's a automatic. There's 2 coolers, a bigger one and then a smaller in front of it. It's used but the price I could have bought a couple small car's 😂
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Yeah the dealer just used a wire tie to secure it. Looks like that will work. Yes it's a automatic. There's 2 coolers, a bigger one and then a smaller in front of it. It's used but the price I could have bought a couple small car's 😂
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if those are winch cables going up grill, insure not getting chaffed and losing to a fire. Seen several lost that way.
I already beat you to it, ArmyVet!"What is the red thing?"
When I first read this I thought someone just got a dog...
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You know some of you were thinking it
(See my previous post in this thread, ha ha!)
Yeah sometimes I don't read an entire thread...great minds think alike...or are just as ornery
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Just measured mine according to the picture. It measured 20 3/16". So from stock that's about a 1.6875” lift? (I also measured from the spring side and it measured 11 3/16" ,so from this it's a 2" lift?) So is the weight from my steel bumper and winch lowering my lift?
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Could be a 2.5” lift that’s settled a bit with the winch and bumper weight.
Looks like you’ve got more than enough room for the 35”s regardless.
Looks like you’ve got more than enough room for the 35”s regardless.
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I put a wire tie around them to hold them to post. Thank you.👍
You’ve got all sorts of great armor on that one! When the zombie apocalypse happens, you won’t get a scratch!
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I figured this thread was for the detachment of the hardtop wiring harness. The red slider. Every spring I forget how to do it and end up jabbing screwdrivers and other devices in there to get it off.
(Slide the red lock to the right and squeeze at the bottom of the harness to remove)
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(Slide the red lock to the right and squeeze at the bottom of the harness to remove)
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Good to know. I haven't gotten to take anything off the jeep yet. Hasn't been warm enough here in Ohio yet😔
I would ideally like to take the top off my (not yet received) Jeep, at least on occasion, but as I have no garage, and nowhere to store or put the top when it would be off the Jeep, I don't see myself doing that for the foreseeable future.
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I just installed this ATV winch the other day. Haven't tried it yet to see if it works.I would ideally like to take the top off my (not yet received) Jeep, at least on occasion, but as I have no garage, and nowhere to store or put the top when it would be off the Jeep, I don't see myself doing that for the foreseeable future.
Yeah, Jason, that would be the ideal solution, both to pick it up off the Jeep, and also to get it up and out of the way.
I once helped a (sadly, now deceased) neighbor take the hard top off his 2006 Rubicon, and manhandling it was significantly more of a pain in the butt than I would have suspected.
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I take my tops off by myself. The JK top is easier than a YJ top to pickup and remove.
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The ATV winch was only $68. Plus it's a good way to store it while I ride😎
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That looks like the brackets that hold your aux coolers to your radiator without screws but from the picture I do not see the aux coolers.
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It is the bracket. They put a wire tie on it👍
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