Recent content by jacobrdoty

Totally understand. It isn't easy to convey or read tone, especially without knowing how each other speaks in real life. I am genuinely surprised you've never tried a night run yet. Crazy dark skies to look up at the stars here in the Sierras. Highly recommend it (but you may need more lights...

Love your tone and your attitude portrayed online with other like-minded individuals! It's probably been super successful throughout all areas of your life! Sigh.

It's crazy to think that in 40 years of offroading, you've never done a night run or gone to a camping spot after work to beat the weekenders. Without my DiodeDynamics lights on, it was like I had horse blinders on. As we went up in elevation and things got tight, the ditch lights were crucial...

Great to hear! I was actually just thinking of putting it on top since I have some extra laying around. I'll do that when it's not 108* out lol. Thanks for the video, too!

My pleasure and happy to help!

So, for the V2 rack, there was still some wind noise above 65. It's less, but it's still not quiet. I previous had the RV skirt on, but because it made contact with the roof, it rubbed through my paint in a few sections. I then added the black plastic surround to match the roof texture to...

That looks great! I found an even simpler and cheaper method that the previous.

What bracket is that for the traction boards? I have an idea for something like that for skis!

I asked about this and apparently it can't be retrofitted as it's a new design...so they say. I have the new design rack getting shipped out first part of February to test that theory. I will first see if I can make the new fairing fit. If it doesn't, then I'll assemble the rack and see what's...

Howdy everyone! I figured I'd give you guys an update on the rack. Functionality-wise, everything is working as it should and holding up pretty well. The added weather stripping to help mediate the wind noise HAS done some damage to the paint around the trim. This is somewhat my fault as I...

Very fair! I was unaware this seemed like a "2-piece" rack issue. The reason why I asked about the stock support brackets was because I noticed they're soooo thin and the leverage (shown in video) seems very excessive. I understand this was to make it easy to access to take off the rear cap, but...

I doubt it as the load is more dispersed than the stock mounting bracket. JCR has been around the block with Jeeps, so I assume they've tested this. The flexing and sounds that this was making before the install weren't good. It was clear that it was stressing that bracket and backing out the...

Just installed the JCR Roof Support! Had some AWFUL squeaks and rattles coming from the top after installing the rack, RTT, and off-roading. This was due to the weak stock roof bracket having so much deflection. I haven't seen much coverage of this, but I installed the JCR Offroad roof support...

Update: The code to save some $$ is now "DOTY5"! They had to update it in their system. Also, if you're on the fence about this roof rack/other accessories from them, the code "DOTY5" can be stacked WITH the Black Friday/Cyber Monday deals. https://www.hookeroad.com/collections/promo

Nice! I really like the storage box up there. That's something similar to what I was envisioning for in front of my RTT.