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1-24-2012
Jeep is just about ready for paint. Still a few small odds and ends like needing a tail gate and grille
but for the most part it's coming together. I have a pile of parts at the house now that are being reworked,cleaned, painted or replaced as I prepare for the rebuild.
Got the holes cut for the LED taillights and the sound bar off to clean up and replace speakers. Still waiting on my T50 tamperproof socket to get here so I can remove the last part of rollbar padding and start to dye them black. You can see how the rear cross frame was used as a tie down and was of course bent. Plan is to straighten to the best of my ability and reinforce with a welded in plate then cover with a Rokmen flush rear bumper.
1-29-2012
Well went to bleed the brakes after fixing the leaking line and now still won't hold a pedal. No leaks so must be the master cylinder leaking internally, I'll cannibalize the one from the other jeep for now and hopefully have brakes. On a better note I'm done with cleaning up the frame before paint and have the roll cage ready to come out, so finally will be sent to the body shop this week. Also made some progress at home with cleaning up the sound bar and using some speakers I had laying around to clean it up and give some better sound.
Also working on alot of small parts, getting them sanded and repainted to have ready for the jeep. Here is the tail gate latch and bracket.
This Jeep is really going to look sharp with all the detail done to small parts. I'll be replacing the exhaust, top and putting carpet in after all the small parts go on. no way I'm selling this Jeep, really is time for the motorcycle to go, this jeep is mine until the v8 is done.
2-2-2012
Really have been at it to get this thing out to the body shop and painted up. took out the roll bar and went ahead and removed the front fenders and grill which are going to be scrap.
Think I'll tear into the 5.2L v8 and start the rebuild on it for the other jeep while this one gets the body work done.
2-11-2012
Really have been at it to get this thing out to the body shop and painted up. took out the roll bar and went ahead and removed the front fenders and grill which are going to be scrap.
Think I'll tear into the 5.2L v8 and start the rebuild on it for the other jeep while this one gets the body work done.
3-10-2012
The v8 build (first jeep) is on hold until I finish the second jeep. So engine is buttoned up but needs to be rebuilt yet and wiring is piled in a box. Will be awhile until that jeep sees the road again.
The second jeep on the other hand is progressing nicely. I have had it at the body shop for some time and they've been working on it here and there. They have all panels smooth and unnecessary holes welded up (like the license plate holes and Sahara rocker guard holes, will also fill all the tail gate holes except hinge bolt holes) and ready for paint. Just needed a tail gate and the first one I bought showed up bent. So purchased another one today and should be here next weekend and jeep painted the following week. have a U-Pol Raptor liner being sprayed inside the tub as well.
mean while at home I've been stock piling parts to go back on this jeep once back from the body shop like seals and new door handles etc. Also working on fixing up seats to either use or preferably sell and buy some 03-06 seats to use.
Cleaning up the mount brackets for the seats as well.
My growing supply of paint to refinish just about every surface of this jeep.
Jeep parts have taken over the garage which wasn't a problem until.............
Before
Ready to trade in
Yep traded in the truck, never used it anymore and the wife needed a "family" car so we bought a new 2012 Hyundai Sonata 2.0T Limited. That will be housed in the garage so time to clean up and repaint the garage floor and finish this freaking jeep. Truck was good for about 11mpg this car rides so much better and gets 27+mpg. Plus I took off the wheels and drop down running boards to sell for jeep parts now that I'm 100% keeping both jeeps.
Once the Jeep gets back from the body shop I'll have a lot more updates getting it put together and some mild mods now that I'm keeping it (SYE, adj track bar etc.) Then it will be back to the First Jeep and the V8, dana 60's and 4 link beast build.