GenRight Bumpers, Fenders, Rock Sliders and Tire Carrier
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- Опубликовано: 2 дек 2024
- In this episode of the San Diego Jeep Club project build, we get a team of our good friend together to get down to the work of installing all aluminum armor on the project Jeep Wrangler JK. We start with GenRights JK Low Profile Winch Guard w/ Grill Bar Front Bumper, then the Jeep JK Swing Out Rear Tire Carrier and Bumper Package, Jeep JK Front and Rear Fender Package and last their Rocker Guards with Rash Guards.
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So we had about 10 members from the San Diego Jeep Club in the garage to help with this project. We split off into teams and began tackling sections of the Jeep.
Charlie and John got right to work on removing the old fenders, which just requires popping out a few plastic pins and some elbow grease.
Taking the time to mask up the fender areas they were going to be drilling was very helpful in allowing them to have better visibility of the holes they were marking and to prevent to chipping the paint when drilling. It’s this kind of preparation that makes installs like this a little easier
and masking everything up for the holes that would need to be drilled to install the new fenders.
When it comes to drilling into the body of your Jeep, you really want to double and triple check your measurements and alignment, just one misaligned hole can cause you some challenges.
Initially they started off using a standard drill bit, but switching over to a step drill bit and parking the needed depth with a little tape it made things a little easier.
To install the fenders and side armor, the team was going to be installing many nut inserts. Having a solid nut insert tool will make your life much easier, and Charlie is going to explain how to do this here in a minute
I have to say, these Genright aluminum flat fenders look awesome and being less than half the weight of steel fenders is a big benefit and now they providing some extra clearance for bigger tires to come…. this is a worthy upgrade!
Up next is the Genright aluminum bumper with the grill guard. It’s made from 3/16 aluminum and while light, is very solidly built.
Joe and Chappy were on front bumper duty and they will tell you, removing the old bumper was a breeze, but installing the new one was not the quick bolt on they expected.
This bumper included a low profile winch mount which allows the winch to sit lower than most other bumpers and it’s allow for maximum airflow to the radiator.
The directions that came with the kit were very good and had lots of pictures.
The guys quickly realized that they were going to be a lot of cutting on this install, and thankfully we had a plasma cutter and were able to make quick work of this, but you could do this with a cutting wheel and grinder if needed.
A quick step that is often overlooked, be sure to paint over any exposed metal from all the cutting to prevent rust down the road.
Because the winch plate sits pretty low, relocating the vacuum pump is necessary and while Genright does supply the relocation bracket, it’s not as easy as it look. The guys were working with some really tight spaces to get it mounted and was giving them a bit of a hard time.
The Rear bumper is also made out of 3/16” aluminum alloy and mounts really tight to the frame and is going to really improve the departure angle of this Jeep.
I think the rear bumper team thought they had the easiest job, but installing this bumper with it’s tight tolerances, wasn’t so simple.
There is a lot, and I mean a lot grinding of the rear frame required to get the bumper to fit up nice and snug. I think we lost count of how many time we test fitted, grinded, test fitted and grinded some more before getting the bumper mounted.
The kit did include some recovery hardware that just requires a little drilling and some patients to get mounted.
Can be used with or without the trailer hitch, and because they don’t plan on doing any towing this this Jeep, they opted to remove it.
The tire carrier is made from 6061-T6 aluminum and is 4-point polyurethane mounting, meaning this is going to be rattle free.
Excellent video! Thanks for actually showing how much work it took to install everything and not making excuses or hiding anything. Great channel!
Thank you!
I really enjoy these videos where the community is there to help with the installs. It's fantastic to have so much knowledge and skills readily available.
We are very thankful to have suck amazing folks apart of our Jeep club.... couldn't ask for better folks to hit the trail or turn wrenches in the garage with!
Totally subjective of course, but from an aesthetics point of view, I can't say that I care for those Gen Right bumpers.
Me either. I can see how people would like it, but it's not for me. However I can see the practical function and i'm sure they'll make great.
Genright makes some awesome products. Jeep looks great! Can't wait to see what else is in store for this build.
We'll have the Jeep back in the shop in 2 weeks... next upgrade is going to be awesome!
If you have to grind frame rails to make that bumper fit it's made wrong there's no way I'd do that
I concur. It should be made to fit the Make or Model of vehicle.
The problem with mounting aluminum directly to steel is electrolysis, which invites corrosion. A gasket needs to be used to separate the 2 metals.
Jaxon Depp just read that in another comment. What type of barrier would you recommend?
There several options available on line. I would suggest a simple butyl rubber that flexes, and then fastened with adhesives and metal fasteners. If steel fasteners are used, you still need to separate the 2 metals, using plastic washers. A book on metallurgy will help explain why you need to separate the different metals.
What about a good line-x ultra job?
I'm not too big a fan of the aluminum, but I can appreciate it. I think it'll look a whole lot better once the bigger tires are on because it looks a bit silly now
Aluminum is a slight compromise for strength over steel, but still a huge improvement over the stock plastic. I agree... this Jeep now really needs tires and a lift!
All that work! Good thing you had a good team to help out
Doing all this by yourself would have taken a few weekends... great to have all these guy in the garage lending a hand. Always a good time!
If you like the aluminum look, have it clear anodized. That will protect the material from oxidation and that oxidation from rubbing off on your hands and clothes, without changing the "raw" look. It will be a bit shinier. I personally prefer a "natural" anodize, which gives it a bit of a bronzed look.
That aluminium look really pops nicely.
Michael Morris yep it sure does. I was originally going to powder coat it, but like you said it really pops against the Forrest green. I may still later, we'll see.
Not crazy about the contrast with the aluminum but I'm glad he likes it. Glad you guys had a whole team to help
Jeremy McLerran yeah, efforts like this, it is awesome to have a great bunch of guys like this to help!
Genright has amazing stuff. I'm saving up for their XJ extended range fuel cell
Oh, I didn't know they made an extended range tank for the XJ... I'm going to have to look into that! Thanks!
TrailRecon
Yup. 30.5 gallon tank with skid plate that fits in the stock location, its not cheap but you do get what you pay for......and would make for a good install video, wink wink wink...although I should mention I've looked into it and the skid plate for the tank might have interference with the brackets for the XRC rear bumper you got for the xj (if I remember correctly from your previous video)
I can't understand why someone would design a rear bumper that requires grinding of the frame.
That's an instant no go for me, makes no sense.
you must be new to the jeep world
No
I understand cutting non strengthening or welding on.
But why would it be designed to have That much ground down?
I will say, those rrails are sic!
Agreed. Some cutting of fenders and body comes with owning a Jeep but that's poor design. Change the tolerances on your design if your design is to modify the frame.
Grinding the frame must weaken it.
Looks so much better then my amazon bumper
The only problem with aluminum is because you are putting two dissimilar metals together you will get accelerated corrosion. You need a barrier between the aluminum and steel to prevent this. When auto manufacturers first started using aluminum bumper reinforcements the bumpers would eventually fall off due to the accelerated corrosion. In the long term my concern would be the bumpers. Particularly the rear one.
swampfox1953 that is great information. I did not know that. What type of barrier would you recommend between the mm?
RockTrooper It doesn't take much. A thin sheet of just about any insulator material such as plastic would work. If this was my project I would probably go to my local hardware store and find the heaviest mill black plastic I could and maybe double it up. It only needs to be about as thick as the insulation on an electrical wire. I would also probably use nylon washers on all the bolts including the fenders and rock sliders. In a dry climate like Arizona it would probably take a while before it would be a problem, but in the rust belt here in Illinois it wouldn't take long. If you would like more information Google galvanic corrosion.
Great video! True Jeep spirit.
Another Great Video. I appreciate you sharing.✌🏼
Awesome job on the video Brad
Thank you, we had a great time in the garage that day!
Great looking products love the bumper
I'm a fan of color matching, never cared for the natural alum unpainted but that's just me I guess, still a nice build
Great video as always!
Thank you!
Great video!! Great looking Jeep so far too. Can't wait to see the rig lifted with new tires and wheels. Personally I like the steel but I do understand trying to be effective and light weight with aluminum but whew the cost of it sure hurts the piggy bank.
The new lift is coming soon... this Jeep is in desperate need of bigger tires and a lift after the fender upgrade!
TrailRecon Once a Jeep has on high clearance flares with stock tires then a lift is needed asap so it stays away from being goofy. My only concern with the flares being aluminum is if the Jeep gets into a situation and slides into a rock or Boulder that they will be easily dented or even slightly crushed.
Beware of this carrier with a heavy tire. One of the brackets on mine cracked after about 5k miles with a 40" tire. Now I have to buy another bracket, they didn't offer to warrantee it, and try to get the powder coat matched.
Why can't they just make the bumpers bolt in
Did the stock inner fender wells go back in at a later date?
Thats a lot of $$$ right there
thanks for the video
You are welcome and thanks for checking it out!
The alum. Is nice, but just wondering. Does anybody have any stories of failues of Al, where steel might have survived.
Front bumper looks hideous but aside from that good job.
How do u like that tier carrier vs the poison spider?
Aluminum Bumpers for real off-road is a no-go-showboat for me. All the comments were "good looking"
I have had steel bumpers on my rig since way back and I have never hit anything with my front or rear bumper. Now I did have tow hooks on either side and the hitch receiver in the center of my rear bumper and I know that thing saved my several times.
Brad is that a Jeep top hoist behind you? Is it the Smittybuilt version?
Michael Schultz the hoist is a harbor freight model, works great, never had a problem with it.
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Are the steel rub sections going to require paint, or are they stainless?
The rub sections do require powder coating after getting them fitted up, something he did the following week. Sorry, should have mentioned that.
Hey, what did you guys do,call each other up to see what the other guys was going to wear so you could match:)
Just waiting for xj stuff
Is that Jeep for John or for the SDJC. What happened to his storm trooper Jeep?
He sold Storm Trooper... that was a great rig, I was sad to see it go.
the only thing thats missing is a good powdercoat job. it would look 2x times better in satin black
I was thinking a clear powdercoat, so it is protected and won't tarnish, but wasn't black. Those aluminum parts would look great on a red, grey or blue wrangler, in my opinion. I am not big on the "Raiders" color scheme.
lol my 500$ smittybuilt XRC bumpers took less work then that to get on. For the cost of that shit it should of been a cake walk.
Great teamwork 👍😊💪 The winch is going back on?
No, I think he is going to be upgrading that old, tired winch.
Y'all did nice job. But not for me
I don't really like that but cool rig
tire carrier quy was wearing a spyder hat
Why buying something that dont fit lol
man that thing looks hideous
Its an opinion difference, but the aluminum look makes the Jeep look horrible! A little bit of matching paint would make the difference!
But eah... who am I to say
I mean its your jeep do what you want and I know opinions are like buttholes everyone has one, but leaving that bare aluminum just looks lazy and half assed in my opinion. I like the shape the products gave just not the bare aluminum look.
So you paid 1k each + per bumper and it doesn't even fit right? And they couldn't even afford colored pictures. SMH
I know the golden rule master chief However,,,, all that is left too do after adding them.. rock guards so to speak,,,,, slam that baby and add curb feelers & & &. white walls + TRUES. stay out of the dirt please
woo first.
Don’t like that product at all it looks like it’s from auto zone 👎🏻