What a great day today in Colorado to change out the front bumper and side skirts. Can't wait to get the rear bumper next week to complete the body panels.
Well, after two months of waiting and having to file a claim Greyhound Express finally found my rear SRT bumper. (What a joke it has been working with them) I dropped it off at the body shop on Thursday for paint and should have it back next Wednesday. I'll also be installing the Curt trailer hitch, model 11103 so I can still use my bike rack. Very cool hitch. Should look like this except I'll be using 4" exhaust tips. So happy that I can finally continue with the exhaust manifold-mid pipe-catback conversion. Pics to follow after install.
Well, I spent the evening in the garage last night putting together the rear bumper and tow hitch. Let me just say that there is nothing like the feeling of standing back, after being on your knees for a few hours crawling around, and admiring how much better the rear end looks. IMO it's the only bumper they should have ever made for the WK.
I"m loving how inconspicuous the Curt tow hitch is. You have to bend over to even see it tucked back in there. Once the exhaust tips come through it will be almost invisible. Here are a few photos of the progress so far. The rear step pad is still at the paint shop getting color matched along with the SRT roof rails.
I've got to go out now and cut off the rear resonator and install a temporary turn-down tip so I'm not blasting the back of the bumper until I can get the SRT exhaust installed.
Thanks guys. I just got the rear step cover and roof rails back from paint. Here's the rear step. I'll be putting on the roof rails tonight and I'll post a photo.
Nate at Rebadge (vendor) is working on my custom chrome emblem so I'm excited to see how it turns out. For now I'm using the final draft of it as my signature below. When I do the painted side moldings I'll have him make a couple of smaller ones that I can flush mount into the moldings.
Last night a guy in a box truck tried to squeeze through me and the guy driving next to me at about 30 mph. Didn't quite work out. Let the reconstruction begin.
Yeah. Makes me sick to my stomach. Since it's an Overland I made sure to meet with the body shop today to go over what SRT parts need to be ordered. They were pretty impressed when I gave them a print out of all the SRT front bumper parts they'll need. It wouldn't start this morning so I had to have it towed on a flatbed. Something must have gotten jarred under the hood like the starter. I'll be curious to find out the extent of the damages tomorrow.
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