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These RedRock 4x4 Front Rollbar Paracord Grab Handles with D-Rings in Black and Red are

for those of you that have a 2007 and up JK and are looking for a grab handle to make

it easier for you and your passengers to get in and out of your stock or lifted JK, but

want something that gives you a little bit more of a rugged look than the more refined

grab handles that you can get from some of the other companies out there.

Now, your traditional grab handle is going to velcroed or buckled around that rollbar.

It's going to give you a padded, possibly neoprene, maybe rubber handle to grab onto,

and they are going to be fairly polished.

This is going to give you much more of that rugged, off-road look that just goes with

a well-built Jeep, it's going to give you more of that Safari styling, and it's also

going to be very, very useful, again, for helping you get in and out of your Jeep.

Now, paracord just goes with the Jeep-ing culture.

Paracord is a product that is very, very useful.

You can do a lot of different things with it.

You can make a lot of different items out of it.

And if you are in a pinch and you need some paracord, you could always take the D-rings

off of this, make a cut, unwind this, and use this as a very strong lashing or a very

strong rope if you needed to, which is one of the benefits to having this grab handle

over one of the other versions that are available on the market.

Now, as far as a grab handle goes, this is going to be priced right around the same range

as a lot of the other ones out there.

So if you like the look and the utility of this, this is going to be a very fairly-priced

option.

Paracord comes in a variety of different thicknesses and strengths.

This is going to be 550-pound test paracord, and with the way that this is woven and wrapped,

it is going to be very, very strong.

So you're certainly not going to have to worry about this bending or breaking as you're using

it as a handle to get in and out of the Jeep.

And like I said before, if you get in a pinch and you have to unwind this and use this in

an emergency situation, you're going to have a ton of strength and usability as far as

that goes as well.

This does come with a couple of small D-rings.

That's going to be how it's held together, how it's held around your sport cage.

But you can also use those D-rings, again, in a pinch if you needed to.

They're not gonna be load-bearing, and you're not gonna be doing any sort of recovery with

them.

But if you need to strap something down, you can go ahead and use those, again, if you

were to get yourself into a pinch.

These are going to be the Black and Red version of these.

We do have them in a couple different colors as well, so you can get whichever one goes

with your Jeep and with your interior.

As far as this install goes, it's going to be a very simple one-out-of-three-wrench installation.

These aren't going to take you any more than 15 minutes to get attached to your Jeep, and

you're not going to need any tools at all to get the job done.

All you'll need to do is disconnect the two D-rings that are on each of the handles, wrap

the small piece of woven paracord around your sport cage, then reattach the D-ring with

the handle that goes in-between those two other loops.

Very, very simple process.

As I mentioned before, some of the other grab handles on the market will come with Velcro.

That's also very easy, so no matter what you're installing, as long as you're not bolting

on one of the metal grab handles, this is going to be a very straightforward installation.

As far as the price goes, this is going to be right around $40 for a pair of these, and

that is really the going rate for a decent set of paracord grab handles.

Now, some of the other types of grab handles out there, for instance, the ones with the

neoprene on them that are heavily padded, they might come in at a little bit more money

because there is a little bit more material there.

But as far as your more simplistic or your paracord grab handles, this is the going rate.

I think these are a high-quality grab handle, and I do think they're worth the cost.

So if you're looking for a paracord grab handle for your JK, I would definitely recommend

taking a look at these ones from RedRock 4x4, and you can find them right here at extremeterrain.com.

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Jeep Wrangler Rugged Ridge Differential Skid Plate - Dana 44 (1987-2017 YJ, TJ, JK) Review & Install - Duration: 3:18.

This Rugged Ridge Differential Skid Plate for the Dana 44 axle is for those of you that

have a 1987 and up Wrangler, and are looking to protect your axle.

Now that center pumpkin section, if you do go off road, you hit the trails where there

are rocks or stumps, you can end up hanging up the pumpkin because it does hang down so

low.

And if you do, there's a chance that you can peel back the differential cover letting the

oil out, which can ruin your day.

So adding a skid plate like this will help to protect the differential, and also help

you to slide over obstacles a little bit easier and is going to ensure that you don't have

that issue where you peel back the cover, again ruining the day.

This is going to be for the Dana 44 axle, but Rugged Ridge does also offer these for

the Dana 30.

Now, the alternative to putting a skid plate like this on your differential is to change

out the differential cover completely, and there are some other benefits changing out

the cover completely.

You can get different dipsticks, different fill points, making it a little bit easier

to service the differential and of course getting that additional strength, maybe even

some additional cooling properties from a different differential cover.

However, this is going to be a little bit less expensive and also a little bit easier

to install.

So it just comes down to what you want on your Jeep.

This skid plate is gonna be made of 3/16 inch steel and covered in a black powder coated

finish.

It is going to install directly over top of that factory differential cover that you already

have on your Dana 44 axle.

Again, making for a very easy installation, you don't have to unseal the differential

cover, which of course requires changing out the fluids, getting involved with RTV.

You don't have to do anything with this differential cover because it just goes right on over the

top.

Again this is designed specifically for that Dana 44 axle.

So whether you have a Dana 44 in the front of your Jeep, whether you have a Rubicon or

it's in the rear of your Jeep this is going to fit just right.

Getting this installed is a very simple one out of three wrench installation that will

definitely take less than a half hour to complete.

All you'll need to do is get underneath the Jeep and remove the five lower differential

cover screws, you won't have to unseal the differential cover as I mentioned before,

just remove those bolts.

Go ahead and hold the differential skid plate up over the top of the cover and instead of

replacing with those factory bolts go ahead and use the new longer bolts that come in

the kit, get everything torqued down, and you're finished.

This skid plate will run you right around $60 and I do think that's a pretty fair price

for what you're getting.

This is going to offer some good protection but it's also a no-frills part, very simple,

it just works.

If you're looking for a stronger differential cover, of course those are available and they

can have some more bells and whistles but also be a little bit more expensive.

So as I said before it comes down to what your budget is and what you're looking for

on your Jeep.

But if you're looking for a differential skid plate I think this is a good buy at 60 bucks.

So if you're looking for an inexpensive differential skid plate, I would definitely recommend taking

a look at this one from the Rugged Ridge that you can find right here at extremeterrain.com.