TJ: Skwakes 97 Wrangler (rescue) and build up

[Cornelius]

Mate

Those headlights of yours looks interesting , I still ahve the standard crap in mine. Any idea what yours is ? Any idea if they light up better than the stock candle lights ? Even with upgraded bulbs my stock ones are pretty weak ......

[skwake]

Yeah the headlight have the HID conversion. Was on there when i bought it. It takes up a bit of room in the engine bay with external ballasts etc but they are friggen bright. Not exactly legal im guessing also. I feel bad at night cos even the low beams are so bright.

[Cornelius]

Cheers

Maybe I should stay away from the e-bay seller who sells HID upgrade lights ......but at just over $200 it is tempting ......

[skwake]

if I were you I'd go for the 55W 4inch HID spotties. There are thousands on there. I just bought another paid for the mate thats helping me with my Gears and lockers and they were $159 with free postage, got to my door in a week! And they are stupidly bright!

[skwake]

So I just spent the day working on the jeep. Installed the drivers side rock slider, had to take a small nick out of it to allow the snorkel bolt to go through but all in all they are pretty sweet. Also took it for a spin after fitting the new power steering box and pump. It has a dead spot in the steering, wandering on the road and wont return to center. So some tweaking might be necessary.

[skwake]

Well the steering box is getting swapped for a different one, hopefully it fixes it! Spent the rest of the day putting together my front diff gears and locker, was pretty fun and basically learning as I go. Good times.

It helps having access to a well equipped workshop

oh and that pinion assembly isnt exactly lined up correctly haha, I was just trying to sort out my workspace a bit, Had old bearings and crap kicking around

[Bumper]

Ok, Dumb question! Why do you have windshield lights? Why would you want to light your windshield?

[skwake]

Cos they are bolted onto my windshield brackets lol