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3-18-2012
The nightmare continues, I have the Jeep at the body shop and all the prep work is done and they have the U-Pol to do the inside of the tub. The only hold up was a newer tail gate since the one that came on the jeep was junk. So I ordered one from ebay, $149 shows up and is bent, no good. Argue with the seller and a week later get my refund, still have tail gate but it is garbage. In the mean time I had purchased another tail gate $108 from a different ebay seller. It shows up this weekend and is 1. for a YJ and 2. a complete piece of rotted out rusty #hit. This has sucked to deal with and I'm arguing with the second seller currently to get a refund or tail gate they had in the listing.
Some good has come of this though. I now have decided to paint the Jeep white (after looking at this thread http://www.jeepforum.com/forum/f59/w...s-like-462939/ ) and that I will be using the Swag drop down tail gateconversion and having the factory tail gate hinge holes filled in the tub and tail gate. Should find out tomm. what the 2nd seller is doing about getting me a refund or tail gate. But it can't get here soon enough.
3-29-2012
Shouldn't be long now, thank you.
So bought the white DuPont paint today and dropped the new tail gate off to the body shop. So they now have all the items needed to start the paint process and move towards completion of the jeep. After they knock the dust and pizza boxes off of it
this is what happens when you don't have the body panels in time, back of the line.
Here is a pile of why the jeep has taken forever to be painted. Black was what came on the jeep (fubar) white one showed up bent and the red one is rusted through the bottom. Will be making another run to the scrap yard i suppose.
The garage is busting at the seams, should have the jeep home first or second week of April.
3-31-2013
So still preparing for the jeep coming home from the body shop and reassembling it. Tonight I read a thread on JF of course about painting your roll bar covers to bring them back to new looking or in my case turn from spice to black.
After a quick first coat
after 3-4 coats
And then I figured why not try it on the seat covers I really didn't have a plan for anyway. More to come after I reload with more Dupli-color fabric/vinyl paint
4-6-2012
Progress is being made
They have to spot weld in the one hole yet on the tail gate, but everything else is looking really good.
Also ordered a few hundred dollars in replacement OEM parts (bolts, sail panels for the doors etc....) and a Bestop aluminum fuel filler door in black. They should be painting the Raptor U-Pol liner inside the tub Monday and once it cures and the new windshield is installed it's reassembly time.
4-7-2012
Slow day for the jeeps, but I did get in my Slate colored passenger side airbag cover. Last piece needed in converting the v8 jeep interior from spice to slate. Now I can remove the the one I had painted black and use it with the other entire spice now black dash that I may try in the white jeep.
4-26-2012
Thank You all for the kind words they are greatly appreciated as we deal with this.
On a Jeep note I was sent some pictures from the body shop as they finish up painting the Jeep white and Raptor lining the tub.
Also have some parts back and ready to put on the jeep tomm when I get it to the house.
No Holes
