1990 shortbed with 2000 swap

[grainofsalt]

Couple of freshly laid paint and clearcoat shots for your viewing pleasure.

[Salvagedcircuit]

That paint job

Simply amazing. Wowzers!

[grainofsalt]

Test fitting parts again and wet sanding, Plus hours of buffing! She's gonna shine!

[Salvagedcircuit]

Teach me your ways 

Nice

[grainofsalt]

1 hour ago, Salvagedcircuit said:

Teach me your ways 

Nice

Take your time and you too can make anything shine!

After the clear cures enough run up through the sanding grits, I went up to 2000 grit. Probably could have stopped at 1200 or 1500 grit honestly with how the Meguiars compounds worked out.

Then went to buffing. I used three compounds to cut, buff then polish.

 

No secrets here, Just elbow grease and patience!

[grainofsalt]

Measured for shocks and started finalizing wire locations.

 

The truck came with some JK taillights, so am wiring them in with the correct JK connectors to keep it a plug and play on down the road when they may need replacement.

 

Backed the truck out to see the color in the sunshine.

[89 MJ]

Looks great outside

[grainofsalt]

Time to start putting the interior together! 

 

I took out the wires in the harness for the rear XJ doors. The way I figured it, The less wires, the less to go wrong down the line.

 

Also undid a "repair" to the cluster wiring and added more ground locations to keep it all well grounded.

 

Painted up the grill with some SEM trim paint for a nice pop of black.

[grainofsalt]

Hit all the interior pieces with SEM trim black and a coat of clear.

 

Interior is going together nicely, All that measuring and prep work is paying off!

[grainofsalt]

Cleaned up the radio harness. Even though it would have hid behind the radio, I couldn't just leave a mess like that in there.

 

New MJ carpet, I went with the version with the extra mass backing to keep the cab quiet.

 

Tried on a set of Icon wheels with some 31s for kicks and giggles. Also picked up a JCR winch bumper off of marketplace.

 

Next the rear bumper and bed will be bedlined.

[grainofsalt]

I gave the bedliner from RE paint supply a shot. turned out very nice!

 

Also a thanks to my brother who plastic printed up a new set of tailgate alignment wedges, the tailgate closes nice and straight.

 

Will note I'm not a total fan of the JK taillight adapters that came with the truck, Looks like a rushed print job. had to glue them back together several times.

For what it is, if I were to do JK lights, I'd build a metal version.

[Comanche SS]

This trucks a beauty, keep it up!

[grainofsalt]

How well do JK seat covers fit on Cherokee seats?

 

Quite well actually. Only had to make one cut to fit the back adjust lever on the passenger seat. Drivers side just slipped on.

[boxyjeep]

Wow, what a great build.  Would recommend trying our some of the LED MJ tail lights from Oracle--they'd probably look awesome!

[grainofsalt]

Thanks boxyjeep, Thanks for  the complement! I've been ok with the JK lights, But I'd love to model a pair of your lights!

 

Now for a update pic, threw on some 31s to take it to get inspected. Boy do they look small with 7" of lift and notch flares.

[grainofsalt]

Put on a set of 17s to try them out, now to get some road miles to see how it drives!

[Salvagedcircuit]

Looking mighty nice

[grainofsalt]

Well it's true, The bushings on the rough country track bar are good for about 500 miles. You can see how they have deformed.

 

Changed them out for Moog 7252 bushings on both ends with 9/16" bolts.

 

Do recommend doing this to the RC track bar, Did help tighten up the steering.

[grainofsalt]

Borrowed from A-man930 with his wheelwell liner idea. Picked up a roll of .070" plastic from Summit Racing.

Part number is AAF-ALL22400 for those who are wondering.

 

Little bit of CAD drawing with some paper, some heat gun action to bend it similar to the stock liner and just like that, one clean looking wheelwell.

 

[A-man930]

5 hours ago, grainofsalt said:

Borrowed from A-man930 with his wheelwell liner idea. Picked up a roll of .070" plastic from Summit Racing.

Part number is AAF-ALL22400 for those who are wondering.

 

Little bit of CAD drawing with some paper, some heat gun action to bend it similar to the stock liner and just like that, one clean looking wheelwell.

 

Looks great! I'm betting the CAD made the fit up easier 

[grainofsalt]

Used the truck for truck things, Hauled off a bunch of the interior from the donor Jeep.

 

Then tweaked how the doors fit, and replaced some dead bulbs up front.

 

Sure thing A-man930, simple way to get it right the first try.

[grainofsalt]

Brought the MJ to a car show. Good collection of hot rods and bikes there. 

 

Funny story, Had a kid walk up to the front bumper and do some chin ups. Guess JCR was right, It's built for whatever.

[ghetdjc320]

I just have to ask, are you planning to stick with that tire size and lift? That’s a massive front wheel arch gap you have there . Or do you need that amount of wheel travel? 

[grainofsalt]

ghetdjc320, There are some changes coming to how it sits.

 

No, Don't need that much wheel travel. Still doing shakedown on it, So far it's been doing real good.

 

[ghetdjc320]

1 hour ago, grainofsalt said:

ghetdjc320, There are some changes coming to how it sits.

 

No, Don't need that much wheel travel. Still doing shakedown on it, So far it's been doing real good.

 

Sounds good . Great color choice with the paint/rims combo. Truck looks great, just hadn't seen that much wheel arch opening as a final product and wondering if there were some plans in the works. Out of curiosity, how much space is there from the top of the tire to the bottom of there flare?