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Disassemble Stock Components

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Franken-jeep build-From smashed up, stock jeep to Off road body armor & 4 x 4 mods

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What happens here

Begin the disassembly process by removing the stock side steps or running boards, as they are often bolted through the front fenders and need to be replaced. Next, carefully remove the rear taillights by unscrewing them and disconnecting any wiring. Proceed to remove the stock front fender flares using an impact driver for efficiency. The A-pillar guards (cowl covers) and windshield wiper arms also need to be unbolted and removed. Finally, remove the entire front fenders and rear fender flares along with their inner liners to make way for the new body armor.

Goal: Remove all necessary stock components to prepare for body armor installation.

Tools and materials

  • Impact Driver — Quickly removing bolts and screws from stock components
  • Screwdriver — Removing screws from taillights and other small panels
  • Socket Set — Loosening and tightening various bolts
  • Wrench Set — Loosening nuts and bolts

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So, we have to take the stock step off. Yep. The step's got to come off. We just got to take it off cuz it's bolted through the front fender. Does that go back on? It can. It can if we wanted to. Can if we wanted to. I'll be honest with you guys. I'm on the fence whether I want that step back on or not. You can't get your toe in this on the step. It's just like why do they [music] waste the money putting I mean there's hundreds of thousands of these things installed across America and they're all completely useless. All right, you guys comment down below if you want [music] my set of Jeep steps cuz I don't think I want them. Now, this Jeep got a new sus suspension upgrade along with body armor and other modifications. And I want to let you listen to it squeak just because when you guys get your upgrades done on your Jeep, it's actually pretty typical to get that squeaking until everything kind of gets broken in and fit together nicely. So, we're stripping her down even more, right? Absolutely. Antenna comes off. Antenna comes off. Fender flares come off. fenders themselves come off. It's going to be bare bones. Okay. So, the windshield wiper has to come off. The arms do. And then the top and the pillar guards got to come off. Yep. Oh, look at that. See how strong I am? So, to put the body armor on, the front fenders are going to come all the way off. All the way off. They'll be replaced with the body armor. And then you don't you just don't put them back on at all. They're just gone. Yep. So to add the extra do you do you end up taking that calling off then? Take Yeah, the uh inner fender and the uh the outer fender uh got to come off cuz we kind of thought that had to stay on for a moment. This has to come off, but this isn't removable. So that that piece is going to hang over the existing [music] rear quarter. So we won't actually see any of that rear quarter. Nope. So, if like for some reason you [music] have a existing smashed up Jeep that you bought smashed up, that's a good way of fixing it.

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