That Orange MJ, Bought and Rebuild Project

[Flexj]

2 hours ago, ThatJeepGuy said:

I could potentially get more made, it's something I had initially wanted to do but with constraints on who I was going through for the plasma table work and also cost of materials and my available free time I had to step away from it.

 

I'll poke around to my local cut guy(s) and see about costs to do some more. 

Nice! If you ever decide to put an order together let me know! Thanks! 

[ThatJeepGuy]

Slow weekend here

 

I did get a couple pieces of old MJ bed to repair panels my way out of this hole.

 

Swapped out the Barnes4wd universal battery mount for their XJ/MJ specific mount

 

Did also score this fiberglass ranger topper for a mere $40

 

This will end up on the OJ but for now the MJ trailer can rock it for now

 

Picked up a couple clusters to modify for custom gauges. While I'm aware of the autometer preformed cluster for aftermarket gauges I'm also Very much aware of its ~$110 price tag as well! For that price I'll explore this custom route for a little bit first.

 

Teardown

 

Mapped out

 

Black trim bezel will need some clearance but I'm liking what potentially could be

 

More to come!

[ThatJeepGuy]

Its been a while...

 

Topper fits nice and the new fuel filler setup hold up to the gas station pump

 

 

Zero progress on gauges however... 

 

Going to try and drive this atleast once a month this year as it has been resting far too much

[ThatJeepGuy]

Summer is in full swing!

Added aome 3" cubes off amazon to the Bull Bar. Fun fact -The a-pillar lights and lightbar still have yet to be wired in and they were on the truck when i got it... priorities ;)

this has been on my list for a while now - new gladiator rear bumper swap. This is the steel rubicon bumper

 

Installed a factory 2" towing hitch and set the bumper on top... I knew there would be trimming involved.

 

Started with trimming the ends and these little flare like tabs are the first to go

from top view the corners got a straight line drawn from where the center section of the bumper ends. 

 

Just a little more trimming on the 2nd round of trimming

 

This bumper tucks in nicely with the factory hitch. Looks rather natural for fitment in my opinion.

then along came some bumper mounting brackets

Few fitment trials but this is the final result... I messed up the mounting holes soo they got converted into mounting slots.

 

Final fitment

[ThatJeepGuy]

Final trim and fitment.

I went with bolting the bumper brackets to the factory hitch vs welding them in. Things may change in the future and figured a less permanent setup would be better.

 

Plastic bits got trimmed

 

 

I have some pieces and parts coming in to get the L-plate lights working and may have something in mind for filling the gaps where the factory tow hooks were. Idk yet exactly - may setup the newer tow hooks to work - may setup Clevis mounts or may just stick some reverse lights in there... we shall see

 

More to come