It's a long install with lots of little steps. Its coming along great though. Cant wait to see it finished. I see they pulled the headlights, smart move.
Be sure you are present or give approval when they set the gaps. The fender gap is critical as you know, but the other one is when looking straight down over the headlights, the bumper needs to be in front of the lights, not under it or they will get damaged when the bumper flexes.
Thanks. I'm doing the install so I'm the gap master. Slee sway bar relocation brackets did their job and moved the sway bar forward. TJM wanted that same space. Had to do a little fab (cutting) work to allow clearance. I cut some of the underside bumper mounting plate. This is only on the driver side.
Brake job this morning, front and rear. Toasted the OEM pads from Flagstaff to Sedona, AZ over spring break. Went with a step above OEM (Duralast Gold Max) from Autozone. Prepped the stock rotors with abrasive wheel on pneumatic grinder, prepped pads with same abrasive plus cleaned up the chamfering. Test drive to bed them in and this pig feels like a sports car on the brakes vs before.
Time will tell how pads really perform/last though. I've heard brake dust sucks vs OEM but whatever....
Btw, one of the easiest brake jobs ever!
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I use this automotive weatherstipping from Oreilly's It has its own peel back adhesive. Cleaned up the fender with some rubbing alcohol and cut it at an angle to match the fender. So far its held up great, multiple high pressure car washes, offroading, mud, rain storms with no tattering or loss of pliability. Its 8' long so there is plenty for reapplications down the road, although I havent had to replace it yet. You could probably double it up if you really wanted to close the gap. I didnt bother since it closed it up pretty well with just a single layer.
