newb and my $400 mj

[r.j.c.omanche]

well, the holidays are over and i have made a little progress on my 'manche. it is still running strong but i really wish it had some 4.10 gears. i have painted my bumpers and 3 out of 5 wheels :hmm: .

 

front bumper before:

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i used rustoelum hammered finish in black. tho it is more charcoal gray i really like it.

 

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especially with the center caps painted gloss black :brows:

 

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i also re-painted the blue interior :puke: but i did not have enough time to fix the floor boards, so i didn't even pull the floor mat up. i had bought some random J/Y bucket seats, but i'm kinda starting to like the bench. i supose that might have something to do with how much work would be envolved trying to fit escort seats in there .

 

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i also got my stereo and alarm installed

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and removed the gi-norm-ous tool box to mount the spare tire

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[jeepaholic]

what are the door panels off of..those are clean..and look sweet i need a set of those.

[r.j.c.omanche]

what are the door panels off of..those are clean..and look sweet i need a set of those.

 

 

they are the factory panels, or at least the ones that came with the truck. i cut the panels and mounted the speaker grills that came with my new speakers onto the panels, because the truck did not origally have a stereo.

 

before pics:

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if you look close, there are no factory speaker grills on the doors

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after having the interior that far apart, i can say that someone was there before i was. i found a short length of speaker wire in the lower driver's A-piller and a handful of missing and / or mis-matched screws in the dash. but the factory stereo wire harness was intact. i wonder if some of this had to do with the snow plow that used to be on the truck??

[Sir Sam]

I say wait a little longer and find a nice 97+ to swap the drivetrain and interior from

[87Chief]

Hey, great build. I was wondering if you could tell how your pcv system is set up? I have the ccv system and I want to go to pcv, if possible. Looks like you did a great job, and where did you get your valve cover? is it plastic?

 

Thanks