First: to swap some leds in place of all the stock bulbs

The license plate lights were stuck and I had the worst time trying to get them out.

 

Took the patriot out today and hit up some hiking trails. Im waitimg on some stuff to get in, and also be shipped...waiting is the hardest part lol.

 

I'm not sure why but when I edited my post it deleted pic.

 

Here is a night shot of my leds, pictures never do them any justice, but man they are bright...I wish I had privacy glass lol.

 

...but man they are bright...I wish I had privacy glass lol.

You'll have to get some tint on those windows then

 

I added some vent visors...well some old cheapy ones from ebay. They work, however they are not cut straight nor are the the exact length, but for $30 free shipping I can live with them.

I also lifted my driver seat up with washers and put longer bolts in there to accommodate the lift.

Lastly I finished off my led swap with some cree back up lights. I can't wait until it gets dark so I can see how bright they are!

 

I added 3/4 of an inch to my driver seat using washers and longer bolts, I thought I would add this to my build instead of doing a write up mainly cause you never know if something like is completely safe, I got the idea from reading other members posts but there were never any pictures, and god forbid I do a write up and someone get hurt...so If you read this and attempt to do it yourself know that to my knowledge it has not been tested in a crash so you will be doing it at your own risk...I also encourage you not do it unless you take full responsibility if something were to fail in a crash...do not try this at home! Lol now that the disclaimer is out of they way...

I had ordered a 4 way seat with height adjuster from a junkyard 300 miles away from me. The total cost was going to be $272 to my door, after about a week of them not shipping it and me thinking about how much I spent on it, I couldn't justify spending that much to raise my seat maybe an inch and a half. So after reading other posts I decided to use washers and longer bolts to raise my seat up 3/4 an inch...total cost $16.00

Here is what I used.



I wrapped the washers in gorilla tape.



Took out my factory bolts and put the washers under the legs of the seat and replaced the bolts with the longer ones.



Before


After

 

Good job including pictures! I like the idea, however if you can, try to switch out those zinc bolts for a Grade 8 bolt. Great 8 has an extremely high shear weight and they're not that much more expensive. The trophy trucks in off road racing use grade 8 to bolt their seats down, if it's good enough for their application, it'll by all means be safe to use in the patriot!

 

Thank you, I will most certainly do that. We have a fastenal about 5 miles from my house that would definitely have the proper bolts. I will do that asap!

 

Great little idea to lift the seats I'm going to copy that

 

Thanks man, although I cannot take credit cause I also copied it from another member. I just added some pics lol.

 

Added a curt hitch this morning. It took around an hour to install but it was very simple. Now I just need to wire it up and get the oil cooler so I can tow 2,000 pounds.

 

I added oem fogs today. I will have to wait until sometine this week to get them turned on. I also did a write up for it in the electrical section. Heres the link. http://www.jeeppatriot.com/forum/showthread.php?t=291922

 

And the fogs at night

 

This morning I had a little extra time on my hands so I removed the ugly pinstripes on my rig.

 

I scored a mopar oem roof rack on ebay for $87. Got it today!

 

Changed my plugs to ngk iridium as suggested from other threads. I had a sluggish cold start around 0-30 mph uphills. It seems to be a little better but the jumping is mostly gone. The difference between the new plugs and my old ones were night and day...it was definitely time to change them.

 

I got a p0456 code today, doesn't seem to be anything other than an very small emissions leak. I tightened up my gas cap and it went away...but I have a feeling it will be back.

 

Swapped out my plain jane shift knob for a 2007 compass knob.

 

I also got a new owners manual. The last 4 vehicles I've bought have been missing the owners manual...what people do with them is beyond me, but it's definitely a pet peeve of mine.

 

It's a trophy. epper:

 

Last week I took my riot in cause there was a noise coming from the front end. The mechanic changed my front passenger strut...why he didn't do both sides is beyond me. So today I had him do the driver side. Passenger side was covered under warranty at 100% the driver side was not...none the less it cost $175 so I will just say that was for both sides and not a bad price. If I had paid $175 per side...that would be a different story, and I would done it myself.

 

Plastidipped my badges and antenna this morning.




Ive seen a few members with their rear bumper painted where it says patriot. Anyone with that could you tell me how you did it? I tried to plastidip it...however plastidip is hard to work with when in these situations.

 

I believe there's stickers available that fit inside the lettering, but I think a few have carefully used the 'dip on it too. My current bumper doesn't have the lettering. Slight disappointment when I first got it, but it's a pretty clean-cut look and helps folks automotive IQ if they've got a mind to learn, lol. Been mistaken for a Liberty once or twice, haha.

 

Lol I've been mistaken for a Commander

 

Took the first trip to sams in the patriot this morning. Looking at the cargo space without anything back there just seems like its really small. But, you can really cram it full!

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Also from sam's I hooked up on a rear cargo mat for $20.

Made a template and trimmed it up.

Not to shabby!!

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Cargo mat looks the goods mate!

 

Thanks man! I couldn't pass it up for $20 clams.

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Got my lettering in the other day but couldn't slap em on till this morning. Looks way better!

Thanks again rossoracer for the ebay tip!

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Looks good!

 

Thanks man! Now I just need to do something about that faded bumper trim.

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