89 Pioneer. basically done

[JeepcoMJ]

waggy front end completely installed, just painted with some heat paint that was red *shrug* seemed like a good idea, at least now it's SOME sort of red....

 

 

and I looked through the 8 or 9 sets of tires that I have, and found a set that's almost new-looking on the tread, but someone had taken a pik and punctured the sidewalls. I fixed them with tire patch and we'll see if they leak or are a problem. the tires that came on it were shot. painted these ones black too :D

 

anyways, I'm liking it and will repaint it to match the truck when I repaint the bottom edge after rust removal...then I'll glue a newer jeep emblem on the front.

 

running board removal plans for tomorrow, and the chrome front bumper along with the brush guard and fog lights.

 

opinions?

[feerocknok]

With the Jeep emblem on, and those running boards off, it oughta look real nice! Do you have the wiring for the lights?

[JeepcoMJ]

With the Jeep emblem on, and those running boards off, it oughta look real nice! Do you have the wiring for the lights?

 

thanks.

 

yeah, i cut the harness behind the connecter when i pulled this at the jy (and saved the original factory fog light harness too) but someone else had accidently cut the wiring when they removed the radiator, so I took the hi-low wires and grounds and used connectors to adapt them to the normal headlight connector, so everything in this swap is totally reversible. even the turn signal connectors only required minimal work to fit in the turn signal lenses.

 

that's one thing of this project...wanted that part to be reversible if it ever gets fubar.

 

also, i have a chrome front bumper, and the brush guard to put on it.

[feerocknok]

Personal opinion, but I really like the black bumper with the black wheels. Of course, I haven't seen it with the chrome one yet.

[JeepcoMJ]

we shall see. the bumper is temporary anyways....gonna finish buildin the one for offroad, and the new rims will be black too. less chrome will be ther eonce the running boards are gone

[JeepcoMJ]

removed the sidesteps today...they're intact and for sale if anyone wants them.

 

here's the damage underneath from washes not getting to the spots...

kinda a bit rustier than I thought...which inspired me to remove the seats, lower trim, and carpet cause i didn't wanna waste my time.

 

what i found left me in AWE. (besides the one dry mouse)

even the shifter link mount bolts are still GOLD!

e-brake cable is still shiny new

carpet's really clean too...

 

and i removed the rubber side guards...they're also intact if anyone wants to purchase them.

and a shot of the bedliner

 

next is to bedline the floor for safety measure, reinstall carpet and trim, decide on buckets or bench (thinking buckets and a fold-down 3rd seat in the middle)

then remove the pioneer stripe but leave it saying pioneer. after that, I'm cleaning up rust, undercoating, replacing the rockers (thinking of stock, with Pete's rocker-guards), and installing 4 TJ flares and the heavy duty front and rear bumpers. I'm getting some HEAVY HEAVY tube bumpers from a cherokee for $50 so that's what's going on it...front has a baja hoop on it. should look good.

 

after all that, it's save $$$ time and then SOA and TNT longarms with 6.5" coils, adjustable track bar, new shocks, new brake lines, re-adjust e-brake, xj prop valve, and 15x9 black rims with 33x12.50's on it.

[feerocknok]

It sure is nice to see a clean floor like that on this site.

 

If you find a bucket seat combo with a good middle seat deal, lemme know about it. I need to start looking. No doors and a bench seat is uncomfortable at times.

[JeepcoMJ]

It sure is nice to see a clean floor like that on this site.

 

If you find a bucket seat combo with a good middle seat deal, lemme know about it. I need to start looking. No doors and a bench seat is uncomfortable at times.

 

I'll let ya all know. I'm leanin towards retrofitting something out of a car, or chopping down a bench seat and recovering it myself....to be only a foot wide. but then it wouldn't serve as a center console :(

[Kenosha Warrior]

Hey stinkyhole, erm, Pat.

 

 

Track down the front seat from a column shift Dodge Spirit/Plymouth Acclaim.

 

They have a setup that goes bucket-2 fold down armrests-bucket.

 

but the arm-rests fold up and it becomes a seat. So you still get your buckets and flat bench for boinkin'

 

Brackets are easy to make afterwards and set them up on the chero motorized ones.

[JeepcoMJ]

Hey stinkyhole, erm, Pat.

 

 

Track down the front seat from a column shift Dodge Spirit/Plymouth Acclaim.

 

They have a setup that goes bucket-2 fold down armrests-bucket.

 

but the arm-rests fold up and it becomes a seat. So you still get your buckets and flat bench for boinkin'

 

Brackets are easy to make afterwards and set them up on the chero motorized ones.

 

haha, f* that this thing is gettin STOCK seats. i hate racing seats, I hate conversion van seats in things they don't belong in. gotta be stock with some sort of seperate center console/armrest thing.

 

I may just do my original idea with the bench seat :P

[dfreeman616]

i don't believe those floors are real, i smell photocrop...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

just kidding, nice find!

[JeepcoMJ]

I vacuumed the crap outta it yesterday...and found some small mouse turds in it just now. yay, time for mousetraps and disassembly of the lower half of the heaterbox.

[JeepcoMJ]

haven't done anything else except beef up the bench seat to ride higher...1" higher. I can't stand being so low in the MJ.

 

gotta por-15 the floors, then cut out the bad rockers, por-15 them when I replace them, remove bedliner and see condition of that (plus the guy i got the truck from wants it back), and in a few weeks I will have the new TNT longarm kit.

[CWLONGSHOT]

I can't wait to watch that install!!

 

Now that I have drop brackets, I am not really looking for long arms....BUT...... :brows: :brows: :brows:

 

CW

[JeepcoMJ]

I can't wait to watch that install!!

 

Now that I have drop brackets, I am not really looking for long arms....BUT...... :brows: :brows: :brows:

 

CW

 

hehe, yep, should have it in a few weeks.... :D

[88swampedmj]

idk if i like the waggy grill on a manche it makes it look even older

 

but your cab is nice man mine is decent but yours is nice

[JeepcoMJ]

thanks, that is what I was thinking about the waggy front end, but I like the actual grille part of it...looks like the old dodge charger and plymouth challenger with hidden headlights.

 

I found a sealed hi/low beam that matches the hi/lows on the waggy grille, but is in one spot. that means that I can do 4 headlights at a time, OR I can do dual headlights on the top part, and the lower light spots would be where I mount my fogs...which actually isn't too bad of an idea in my opinion.

[JeepcoMJ]

so I removed the bedliner to see the condition underneath. damned straight :D just needs sanded a bit, and some spray-in liner done.

 

I'm considering paying for spray-in liner for the inside of the bed, and the bottom edge of the truck (after I fix the rust), as it would look pretty badass that way...

[rockhardzj]

Your an @$$ for getting such a nice truck. :D It must be nice working on a clean rig...

[JeepcoMJ]

....did you see the rocker panels?

 

how about the rust over the wheel wells?

 

or the gas tank door?

 

them are the ONLY! 3 spots with significant rust. everywhere else is good to go.

 

rocker panels are bad enough that I have to replace them full length on both sides, and passenger side must be replaced behind the pinch seam too (damned side-steps)

 

*shrug* rear flare rust don't bother me, it's easy to replace since this is so minimal, and I'm trimming it out for TJ flares front and rear anyways...

 

which leads me to ask, anyone have a spare set of rear TJ flares?

[rockhardzj]

Why not replace those, and make it a really nice show truck?

Never will you find another MJ with a rust free floor like that!

[JeepcoMJ]

Why not replace those, and make it a really nice show truck?

Never will you find another MJ with a rust free floor like that!

 

haha, I was half-tempted. but the 3800 is the show truck round here, and I don't really need another one.

 

this is the DD for winter/harsh weather, and offroad rig. plus at 228,000 miles it's hardly worthy of being shown off at shows. I say make things what ya want them to be, and have fun!

[Oizarod115]

those stock bedliners take some abuse man. they REALLY protect the metal underneath. i didnt have one at all then got an actual factory COMANCHE one. (says manche in it :brows: ) and its been real nice.

[JeepcoMJ]

those stock bedliners take some abuse man. they REALLY protect the metal underneath. i didnt have one at all then got an actual factory COMANCHE one. (says manche in it :brows: ) and its been real nice.

 

yeah they do, I have one in my 86 and it's great.

 

but you lose 3" of space on either side of them, and cleaning under them is a big hassle.

 

with the spray in liner, and the original comanche bedmat that I have for the shortbed, denting it won't be a huge deal. I'm gonna be bolting stuff down inside the bed anyways, so I figure it don't matter too much.

 

I should have this thing ready for the badlands, but it may not have a rear bumper or anything like that...I am gonna have to budget like hell just to get the lift components together :( unless either I get a loan, or resort to alot of buys on credit...I only make $2000 a month :(

 

I just hope I can have suspension done by then. body stuff can come later...well, trimming can't but everything else can.

[offroader461]

that thing looks sharp....my floors look like that...i have to replace my interior e-brake cable..its broke at the foot pedal and has been since i bought it...lol figured its about time to replace it. :brows:

 

looks really sharp