be sure to follow the POR15 instructions exactly. this includes making sure that the metal's temperature is high enough. ambient air temp alone isn't good enough and if the metal is still cold, you can have adhesion issues.
I still don't understand. are those things damaged? rotted? they do understand that only a small portion of the firewall is different for the 97+ conversion, yes? the windshield is identical.
not that I think this would change you mind, but the backseat is for sure the place to put little kids if your car has airbags. the front seat is not outright deadly on its own. but I can understand wanting a bigger (aka heavier) rig.
don't look to me. I just refer to my trucks by color. (which worked fine right up until I painted the red truck tan, but didn't change its name to reflect that, and then got another red truck. )
yeah, my dad was in a similar pickle. you finally have a son to share your cool 2 seater with, and you have to get rid of it because you have a son. (his was a TR-6, but the sentiment is the same)
also:
plus your foot matters a lot. my first MJ was only 10 years old at the time I got it and I regularly got ~12 mpg for, um, reasons. but a long freeway drive would give me around 20 so I didn't much worry about it.