What did you do to your WK Grand today?
 

I thought I'd start this as I missed it from the XJ forums...

Washed my beast to the high pitched sound of "are you washing your jeep again, you're obsessed!" from the missus.

Drove it down to the tweed heads to pick up a full sized spare rim, blokes can't find the rim, another Gumtree special. Lucky I love driving my Jeep... Got a Yatala pie on the way home to console myself.

I replaced the front, rigid plastic mud flaps with flexible rubber ones.

Cheers
Numb Thumbs ;)

Was that you I seen at Jax quick fit?

I was there for the same reason, at the same time! I got one of the rims, and apparently they had another two (when I was dealing with Nathan on Wednesday he mentioned this)

Kev.

Yeah that was me, I was told there was only one left by Nathan on Friday - so was already a little concerned when I rocked up to see you walking out with one! My Gumtree experience has been 1 win to about 10 fails so far. The manager reckons there was three more... I was there for an hour while they tore the storeroom apart upstairs looking for them. He's going to try and sort something out Monday...

Good Luck - hope they find them for you. They have been on eBay for ages at $250 so when I seen them on gumtree I emailed them and Nathan definitely said he had three.

Just FYI - I paid $170. Not sure what you were going to pay?

Kev.

Cheers Mate, yeah I overheard the price when I walked in - I was set to pay $190, but he only asked for $170. Of course I got that back when they couldn't find the rims. See what happens, but it's not a huge drama as I'll probably wear out the stock michelins before upgrading to bigger AT's, so I've got plenty of time to source another before I'd be ready to put rubber on it. I have also been sorely tempted by the mopar rims, so maybe it was a sign :lol:

You planning on upgrading your rubber or going to get a matching tyre for the full size? I've read it should fit in the spare wheel well with the cover flush if you put it in upside down - though you have to remove the bins I think.

Think I'm set on BFG A/T - 265/65/18r - probably get these in a few weeks/month as we're planning a trip to the Cape in June.

I think it should just fit under the cover without the bins!

Kev.

Well not today but last week had a bright polished ECB Bar fitted. Looks the goods IMO - and I have one! More for ACC, Evap etc protection than Roo protection for me.

After having some letters stolen from the 4x4 & Laredo badge on the tailgate , i got rid of it & replaced the chrome 4x4 badge with a black one. Thanks a lot D4L or L4D ya punce
Then spent some time removing the lantana pinstripping from the sides of the thing & detailing the underside.


Picked up my spare wheel from the powder coaters on friday , Just have to get the tyre & TPM mounted up . Then i can sell my 5 polished original rims that i had on it.

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Also picked up & fitted our freshly painted colour matched grill & lower door trims , Tried it without the trims but i liked the extra shape on the bottom of the doors looked a bit nude without them.

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The wife thinks it`s finished again , at least until The inner guard liner rolls up to replace the shredded one !!!:) & it has It's service this week

Finally had the chance to pull off the bullbar and figure out what's going on with my Park Assist sensors. Plugged in the trusty Snap-On diagnostic tool and found that 4 of the sensors were shorting. Swapped them around and isolated which ones were busted. So the idiots in Alice Springs who installed the bar broke 4 of the sensors and they now need replacing at $211 each. Suffice to say there is a strongly-worded email in the making. In the meantime my Jeep looks like this:

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Also, I sent my new 18" wheels up to Darwin to have Hankook RF10 LT275/65R18 tyres fitted. Finally going to have AT's.

What did you do to your Grand today?
 

Finally fitted a set of HID spotties to my 2012 WK2 CRD Laredo. Pretty happy with the look, just not sure about the quality at this stage. Will see how the go next weekend in the Vic High Country.

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still waiting 2B built

Swapped my 20" wheels over to 2014 18" wheels with Hankooks in 275/65R18

Before:


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After:

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What did you do to your Grand today?
 

Finally fitted our Chief Products Sump guard , after staring at it in the shed for the last 3 weeks .
Glad to see the back of the plastic guard , cracked it up again a couple of weeks ago .
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The only thing i did different was i drilled the holes in the front support panel out & fitted nutserts for 8mm stainless bolts instead of the 6mm bolts screwed straight into the panel .
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Easy to fit up the only problems were a red dog trying to snuggle up beside me & I clean The Jeep fairly well but still ended up with mud & sand in my face !!

Looks great Tim. Can you post a link to the site that you bought it from??

Cheers, Craig

It's just a matter of personal preference .... I think the 10 spoked 18's look the part ... better than the windmill like 20's IMHO.

Yeah, I think it looks much better. Actually looks like a 4WD now. They were a steal at $800 for the set too.


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Fitted my UHF and sprayed the centre caps for my new downsized 18"s and 275x65 Falken WildpeaksAttachment 68807Attachment 68808


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I like that they laredo wheels?

Hutch- Jeep GC blackhawk 2014.

Yeah - picked them up cheap (take-offs from a dealer) and powder coated black.


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Where r u located Rack I am looking to do the same, I have just brought a black Blackhawk comes with 20's.

Hutch- Jeep GC blackhawk 2014.

I'm in Melbourne. I'd just ring around the dealers near you and ask if they have any take-offs from people who upgraded. I picked up a set of brand new ones for $550.


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Hutch,
I picked up a set on Ebay from the link below and they were perfect and the price is good. he is out Moggil way.

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/JEEP-GRAN...item4d20dc9960
Regards
Mike Y

Thanks Mikey, I got a set for 300 just got to find a cheap powdercoater to make them black. Then I think I will go 265/65/18 all terrains to give me a bit extra height.

Hutch- Jeep GC blackhawk 2014.

Hello again Hutch, long time no see
Ross

What WK2 model do u have.

Hutch- Jeep GC blackhawk 2014.

Not that well off, an '09 WH Laredo CRD, nearly 200000ks

Just looked at it,(got it on thurs) where do you start? We've picked out the big bits (bars etc) but bits off the Patrol they wont fit, draw system? and then the missus yells at me for sitting there staring into space!

haha sounds like something I would do.

Hutch- Jeep GC blackhawk 2014.

What did you do to your Grand today?
 

The WH WK WK2 WDYDTYGT tread ;)

What did I do today, Well I took it to the Panel shop because a young chick in a hurry driving a RAV wanted my lane, did not even look, even had running lights on!, I hit the anchors with RH down but still ended up with a deformed LH guard, scuff marks on the fascia & rim and a sh*t load of broken plastic clips falling out. Boy are those bits expensive!

Yesterday my vehicle was parked in our local supermarkets carpark front end in, just got out of the vehicle and was walking to the shop when a fellow in a tray back decided to park next to mine and back in only walked a few metres and heard a crunch followed by another crunch the tray got my vehicles right hand side mirror, which is a write-off but managed to tape and silicon it up so I can use it....luckily he didn't put a nice scratch down the side...was not happy and he copped a mouthful.

Got a quote today from the local dealer to replace and fit...$774.60!! Got on the net best USA price for genuine is US$331.Oz dealer prices are a ripoff !! Aftermarket best price under US$100. Anyway good news I won't have to pay any excess from my policy he's up for it:D

Was only reading the manual tonight to figure out how to lower pressures and not have warnings, for an up and coming stockton trip.

Never worried about warnings as it only beeps once.

As SF778 stated, wouldnt worry about, just accept the alarm when it comes, only comes up the once when you start it. Will stay on the screen as a symbol indicating the pressures are low, but easy enough to ignore.

Thanks for the heads up guys :)

Got concerned about the scuff marks in the footwell panel

So I carpeted the kick plate in footwell ... just auto carpet and spray on tacky glue

Considering the lower door panel as well .... just got to find a nice finishing channel ... or over lock the carpet

Regards

Rob

What did that look like?

Hutch- Jeep GC blackhawk 2014.

Hey Clarky, let me know if you notice an improvement in braking.....

Cheers, Craig

Picture please of the fitted snorkle