You can be a little jelly

"505Turbeaux" (505turbeaux)
06/15/2015 at 08:51 • Filed to: None

Finally got to put some time in on the new WJ yesterday. For not seeing a good cleaning or wax in a loooong time I think she came out great. Also tacked in a repair on a small hole in the exhaust, changed the oil out with a high capacity Mann filter and Castrol, started cleaning underneath for undercoating, took a trip and am just approaching 51K miles on it. Rained this morning and saw the fruits of my labor in the beading. I am going to see how truly robust these 4.0l WJ’s are from here on out since we won on this rig. I do however need some pointers on how to refinish these wheels. They just were never cleaned and the clearcoat is all screwed up on them. Tires are next on the list anyhow. Anyone have a decent easy method for refinishing, or should I just pay someone to do it?

12K miles in 2011

sooooon

And then my best friend made us a hell of a burger spread. Winning

DISCUSSION (32)

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > 505Turbeaux
06/15/2015 at 08:57

Kinja'd!!!

This is some pretty epic paisley going on here, not gonna lie.

georgechristensen > 505Turbeaux
06/15/2015 at 08:58

It’s a WJ. I’m not jelly at all.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > 505Turbeaux
06/15/2015 at 08:58

They just were never cleaned and the clearcoat is all screwed up on them

Clearcoat on wheels is insanity, full stop. Kill all remaining clearcoat, sand, and recoat with decent-ish wheel paint, IMO.

505Turbeaux > georgechristensen
06/15/2015 at 08:58

still better than the WK by a country mile that I still have to get sold

CalzoneGolem > 505Turbeaux
06/15/2015 at 09:02

Save some Jeeps for the rest of us!

mcseanerson > 505Turbeaux
06/15/2015 at 09:11

I can be jelly, my WJ is pretty rough.

SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie > 505Turbeaux
06/15/2015 at 09:13

4.0 FTW! That makes it a Real Jeep™

505Turbeaux > mcseanerson
06/15/2015 at 09:20

they do get that way quick

Alex B > 505Turbeaux
06/15/2015 at 09:22

This looks like one of the cleanest WJs in existence!

mcseanerson > 505Turbeaux
06/15/2015 at 09:23

A little paint work, some new wheels and headlights, a new exhaust, new shocks brakes and bearings and mine will be great.

505Turbeaux > Alex B
06/15/2015 at 09:23

going to try and keep her like that!

505Turbeaux > mcseanerson
06/15/2015 at 09:26

I think totally worth it, yours have the 4.0 as well?

mcseanerson > 505Turbeaux
06/15/2015 at 09:31

Yeah I have a 4.0. We test drove the V8 and I really liked it but on the test drive it sprayed coolant all over the windshield. That was a pass on that one.

505Turbeaux > mcseanerson
06/15/2015 at 09:33

lol big pass

mcseanerson > 505Turbeaux
06/15/2015 at 09:36

What year is yours?

Vicente Esteve > 505Turbeaux
06/15/2015 at 09:36

You got me wondering, could you swap that 4.0L in a Compass/Patriot?

505Turbeaux > mcseanerson
06/15/2015 at 09:42

04, very last WJ year. Also trail rated wahoo!

505Turbeaux > Vicente Esteve
06/15/2015 at 09:43

I think it is too long to swap out into one of those

mcseanerson > 505Turbeaux
06/15/2015 at 09:56

Ok, cool. Mines a ‘99 and has the early brakes that were recalled and cause the death wobble.

505Turbeaux > mcseanerson
06/15/2015 at 10:00

do you have the wobble? I have never heard the brakes causing it, only everything else up front

mcseanerson > 505Turbeaux
06/15/2015 at 10:04

I’ve had it and fixed it and got it again and only recently found out the early brakes will cause it because they warp the rotors really bad.

505Turbeaux > mcseanerson
06/15/2015 at 10:07

huh, I think you misunderstand what the death wobble is, unless they warp the rotors so bad they are contacting the pads in the unclamped state, and that starts the suspension undulation - or it just shakes the front end loose quicker

mcseanerson > 505Turbeaux
06/15/2015 at 10:17

It’s the second one. By itself it won’t cause it but it unsettles the suspension and increases the likelihood of it happening.

Textured Soy Protein > Vicente Esteve
06/15/2015 at 12:02

The 4.0 is always mounted longitudinally. The Compass/Patriot have transverse engines. You’d have to do a hell of a lot of of jiggery pokery to get some kind of transverse transaxle to mate up to the 4.0 and more jiggery pokery to get engine and trans mounts to work.

MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
06/15/2015 at 16:03

I’ve been dragged into working on Vera Bradley in our advertising (away from Audi, Ford and Lincoln).

So sick of paisley anything.

MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner > 505Turbeaux
06/15/2015 at 16:04

That’s because XK is best _K

505Turbeaux > MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner
06/15/2015 at 16:05

you freaking love it

MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner > 505Turbeaux
06/15/2015 at 16:18

lol. I mainly do it just to bug you.

It’s nothing special for the must part. And there should’ve been a camera crew watching me load a giant pantry cabinet into it at home depot a couple weeks ago. I had to tie the tailgate down because it wouldn’t fit.

It’s just been perfectly fine for us. Personally I wish it had the V8 and a better 4x4 system under it. But it all works. Which is really positive for one of these platforms.

505Turbeaux > MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner
06/15/2015 at 16:22

which do you have, selec-trac?

MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner > 505Turbeaux
06/15/2015 at 16:30

Quadra Trac I

100% non selectable AWD basically.

505Turbeaux > MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner
06/15/2015 at 16:31

ugh the same one in the WK. Hate Q tracs, though Q trac on my 73 Waggy was okay!

MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner > 505Turbeaux
06/15/2015 at 16:44

next two options were Q trac II and Q drive II.

Q trac II at least has “low” and neutral which allows for RWD for towing. QD2 actually has electronic limited slip difs and added skid plates. I’ve thought about raiding the scrap yard for a set of QD2 skid plates for ours. But I’ll still have to drill/tap out the snapped plastic underbody sheild (I refuse to call it a skid plate, that flimsy crap) bolt that snapped off.