Jeep Tech: How to Replace Your Leaky Fuel Injectors
If you’re experiencing leaking fuel injectors, you might think new O-rings will correct your engine’s fuel delivery problems, but you’d probably be wrong. O-rings might do the job but usually they are only a temporary fix. If your fuel system is leaking all over the intake manifold through the injectors, you’ll need to replace the injectors.
Jacked Up: Adding Ground Clearance with a Skyjacker 3-Inch Lift Kit
Just as a winch is severely limited in its capability without its accessory kit (tree strap, clevis, snatch block, etc.), a Cherokee is severely limited in its off-road capability without more ground clearance and traction-enhanced tires. Having worked with Skyjacker suspension systems before on Jeeps and Chevy trucks (for example, see our Project Master Kee
Roll Call: Installing a Front Roll Cage on a Jeep Rubicon Unlimited
You might think your Jeep’s OEM front bars will protect you in event of an upset, but you’d be wrong. Those bars are strictly there to secure the windshield, not to protect the Jeep’s occupants. So if you’re an avid Jeeper, one who takes the class 4 trails rather than the four-lane highways, you really need the added
Lights, Bumpers…Action: Installing New Bumpers and Better Lights on a Jeep Rubicon
[portfolio_slideshow id=43805] Jaded is a strong word. Let’s just say we’re not always easily impressed. But when we opened the two huge packages from Rugged Ridge and the smaller package from Rigid Industries, we were pleasantly surprised. We’d seen Rugged Ridge bumpers online and liked their looks, but were still impressed when we saw them
Remote Control: Installing a VPA Remote Start System on Your Vehicle
If you live in an area with extreme weather—like Phoenix, AZ in the summer or Buffalo, NY in the winter—you’ll thoroughly enjoy equipping your vehicle with a VPA Remote Engine Starter from Summit Racing. Depending on your model and onboard computer capability, you can even lock and unlock doors, pop your truck, locate your vehicle, kill its ignition,
Fired Up: Enhancing Power and Throttle Response with an MSD Distributor/Plug Wire Upgrade
MSD makes a high-end, high-performance distributor for almost every modern engine still in use. Using a Chevy V8—arguably the most popular conversion engine in use today—as the example, we pulled the OEM distributor and installed an MSD unit with selectable vacuum advance to show you how it’s done. We swapped his particular engine into our Jeep
Top Steps: How to Install a Bestop Supertop
Bestop Supertops offer the highest quality in function, fit, and style. And oh yeah—they’re simple to install. Really simple. We really like quick, easy tasks so we were pleasantly surprised at how easy it is to install a Bestop Supertop. Although Bestop’s well-written and complete installation instructions say to plan on three hours, you can likely cut that
Trailer Upgrades: Raising Bumpers, Installing New Shocks and Electrical Components
[portfolio_slideshow id=34060] An off-road New Mexico vacation in a camping trailer designed for Jeep and Chevrolet S10 pickups provided the evidence: the trailer desperately needed more stability on the rough terrain and truck’s rear bumper needed raised. The trailer needed shocks and more height. The curved design of the original bumper would sometimes dig into
Pump it Up! Installing a Pair of VIAIR Compressors to Keep Your Tires Aired up Forever
An on-board air compressor system can be a very comforting accessory. It can pump up your tires, run air tools, and keep your friends’ tires up as well. However, it can sometimes be difficult to find a good location—or enough space at all—for your air compressors and an air tank. That’s why we opted for the
Comfort Zone: Rehabbing a CJ-7’s Tired Old Interior
[portfolio_slideshow id=31185] Just like suspension components and tires, a Jeep’s interior will begin to wear eventually–especially after years of off-roading on rugged trails. Take this 1982 Jeep CJ-7, for example. The Bestop seats had been in the Jeep for more than twenty years—a good long run—but the Southwestern trails had mashed the padding down and worn the




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