Superacerc's Garage

[superacerc]

I got around to putting on my 2meter antenna on the rear of the XK and installing my radio inside.





If you haven't guessed yet I'm also a Ham Radio Operator.

[superacerc]

Just ordered some 1.5" spacers yesterday. I ordered them from rough country. They are 5x5" and will obviously fit the commander but they only advertise on the website that it fits a JK. Funny how people don't even bother to advertise jeep products sometimes that fit something other than a wrangler. I wrote to them about it since it fits at least 4 different recent jeep models.

[superacerc]

Put the spacers on tonight. It looks much better now. I'll put up some pictures tomorrow in the daylight. Also put new front pads and new rear rotors. Now all brake components are new. The front pads werent worn all the way but i figured while i had the wheels off I would go ahead and freshen them up. The rear rotors were a tad warped and made a horrendous off and on squeal at 0-5mph when advancing slowly at stop signs and speed lights. Now I don't have to hear that any more.

[superacerc]

Here's some pics of the XK with the New Rough Country 1.5" spacers.
I have no rubbing issues at all while turning full lock.

[strokeZ]

Looking good!

[superacerc]

I found out it rubs just a little on the black fenderwell plastic. I'll take care of that though. It's not too close to the pinch weld so i'll just reshape/trim the plastic a bit.

[superacerc]

Got my new antenna from antennax. I like the shortened look and it keeps it from getting caught on tree limbs. Now I have to move my rear Ham antenna to a permenant mount on the hatch and add a CB antenna.

[LWM]

I found out it rubs just a little on the black fenderwell plastic. I'll take care of that though. It's not too close to the pinch weld so i'll just reshape/trim the plastic a bit.

This worked for me, I used a heat gun to heat the plastic and then reshaped it away from the tire.