What have you done to your JK this week? 2.5M Views

[drewinmanx]

Originally Posted by Snort

these were sitting on my doorstep when i got home

SNAP!! Haha had the same things delivered a month ago too!!

Catches look great are pretty easy to install once you loosen off the grill and pull it back a couple of inches.

[snowing]

Originally Posted by Snort

these were sitting on my doorstep when i got home

I wonder when I will need to say hi to them too.. It looks like time is coming.

[Snort]

Thanks for the heads up drew on moving the grille. Snowing I just ordered the ball joints because I know I had to replace them sooner or later. Mine has only done 8k, but slight movement has been found in one joint.

[LeighP]

Those hood catches are easy to install/adjust....and they work great. Very happy with mine.

[mick666]

Should be no slop between the ball and the socket inside the ball joint. Original jk units had plastic linings and short life spans,
Go synergy, they are US made. Alloys?taiwan maybe?

[drewinmanx]

Originally Posted by Snort

Thanks for the heads up drew on moving the grille. Snowing I just ordered the ball joints because I know I had to replace them sooner or later. Mine has only done 8k, but slight movement has been found in one joint.

No worries just remove the 7 or 8 plastic push in screw lock things from the top of the grille under the bonnet and then the rest of the grille is held in by clips just pull on it directly forward. Think theres clips by each indicator and 3 or 5 along the bottom just below the grille slots.

I also pulled apart all the cross pins, 3 per latch and loctited them, mine were barely tight and don't want them vibrating loose.

It's a bit hit and miss on the balljoints, I've done a 113,000ks and still on the original balljoints but know they've gotta be on their last legs so got new ones just in case.

[Snort]

Originally Posted by mick666

Should be no slop between the ball and the socket inside the ball joint. Original jk units had plastic linings and short life spans,
Go synergy, they are US made. Alloys?taiwan maybe?

Yes the alloy's are made in Taiwan, but come with a 5 year warranty so should be all good