89 MJ

I would advise against Raptor liner instead of paint. I love Raptor, but I don’t think it is suitable to do an entire vehicle with. Here’s a thread in tech about the pros and cons: I would recommend painting it yourself or vinyl wrapping it before bedliner.

Yes! Keep us updated please!

I like those a lot as well! I’m sure you wished you never saw a picture of the Renegade.

This, plus some 84-86 2.5s with 5 speeds came with 3.73s.

I'm glad to see that I'm not the only one that would want basically no amenities. Its crazy to me that a base model with 0 options is north of 30 grand, especially when Wranglers are not known for all of their creature comforts. The fresh faces would explain why the vehicles are underwhelming. I did not know that there were new people there.

Overall, those floors don't look too bad. Not great by any means, but not terrible.

i think black was available on all models, it does seem more common on Eliminators though. The bumper being a different color and the sport bar are what made me realize it wasn't yours.

I feel like the last few years of EJS concept vehicles have been lacking. For the most part, they seem like production vehicles with bolt ons. My favorite one is the Willys Dispatcher because it seems to be the one that is truest to what Jeeps were about 20+ years ago. 1st: Gladiator Rubicon High Top 2nd: Wrangler Low Down 3rd: Wagoneer Vacationeer. 4th: Willys Dispatcher I would really like to see a production version of something like the 2016 Short Cut concept. For a daily driver for me (and probably lots of people), there is not much reason for more than two seats. I'd love to see a Wrangler that's even shorter than the current two door and comes extremely basic. I'm talking like a radio, doors, a top, cruise control, air conditioning and a back seat are options. Just give me a small Jeep, a 4 cylinder, 6 speed stick, and a Dana 44 in the rear at a reasonable price (no reason something like this should be more than $20,000) and I'd be happy. What would other people like to see Jeep put into production?

Yeah, the lack of paint prep and the fact that the patches were welded over the spot welds of the floor braces tell me everything I would need to know, but we also know how things like that can spiral.

For a second, I thought this was @pizzaman09’s truck and the pictures were taken with an old camera or a filter

Those patches look like they’re placed right over the rust. I’d say cut it all out and start over. Your floor braces look salvageable if you’re careful cutting out the previous hacks… I mean previous patches.

Gotcha. I knew he had MJCARENA’s old truck, I just couldn’t remember which slider he had. In that case, I’m going to guess that the center pane is loose in its channel.

Is yours OEM (3 panes) or aftermarket CR Lawrence (4 panes)? I suspect that either your latch is rattling because something is bent or broken or that your felt window runs have worn out letting the glass rattle around.

Looks good! That raptor liner is a good product. My dad has been using it well over 10 years on the underside of his restorations, along with the inside of his YJ tub and the bed of my MJ. All of which have held up very well.

There were two styles of Renix full clusters. Blue and whatever the other one is called. The blue one was earlier and had similar style gauges to the Renix dummy light clusters. The other one had a similar look to the HO clusters. In regards to function or compatibility between 4.0 and 2.5, I believe that they are the same.

Cleaning up mud is the worst. I don’t even like driving my truck in the rain because the underside gets all dirty.

You don't need a D44 for the front with that diesel. My dad's old YJ (LS, stick, 35s, 4.10 gears) was romped on pretty hard in 4 wheel drive and the stock D30 lived with no problems. That's not helpful for the time being, but I figured I'd let you know.

Especially up there, I bet. At least in the states it’s easy for us to go south and find decent vehicles. The one downside to those trucks is how prone to rust they are. AZ still has a tiny bit of snow in the mountains.

Very cool! I like that idea a lot. On one of my Bolens 1556s, I used 4 small block Chevy valve springs to cushion the seat.

Wow! A 5 speed truck, that’s what dreams are made of

Be sure to post up pictures of the progress!

That is a huge difference in size!

The 97+ do have a considerable better field of view. I never was able to do it to my truck because I also prefer it. On the rare occasion that I tow a trailer with it, I wish I did the mirror swap.

Puerto Peñasco, Sonora, Mexico for spring break: There last ones are a couple miles west of Tucson. Just off of Gates Pass Road on the David Yetman trail for those familiar with the area.

Two of my favorite vehicles of all time in this picture here. MJs and 99-07 GM trucks.