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Im about to order some JD traction bars and I was wondering if they will work with my AAL and 1'' block.
 
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Im about to order some JD traction bars and I was wondering if they will work with my AAL and 1'' block.
sure i don't see why they wont, i love mine.
 
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yeah, they mount ontop of the u-bolt spring plate, which is on top of everything
 
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Just bought them! Woot
 
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Originally Posted by yellow rhino
Im about to order some JD traction bars and I was wondering if they will work with my AAL and 1'' block.

They should fit and there definitely a nice add on for the Ranger.







 
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Did you choose blue? I kinda wanted yellow but I didn't know if they could do it.
 
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Did you choose blue? I kinda wanted yellow but I didn't know if they could do it.

They came with a light coat of what looked like black lac paint. They will definitely need another coat or two of a good quality paint before installing.
 
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They came with a light coat of what looked like black lac paint. They will definitely need another coat or two of a good quality paint before installing.
yeah mine came with a thin coat of black paint and i didn't paint em.
now they are all rusty.
 
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i wana paint mine also like a gloss black but mine are all pitted now
 
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its good to know they need a better paint job since i still have not installed mine from whenever the group buy was a few months back
 
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its good to know they need a better paint job since i still have not installed mine from whenever the group buy was a few months back
gawdd... lazyy...
 
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Mine need to rust quicker. They look wierd with everything else under the truck rusted and dirty and those as nice clean black. Haha....
 
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after adding one leaf, there was barely enough threads left on the u-bolt to hold the brackets. Worse case you get a longer u-bolt.
 
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gawdd... lazyy...
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