Gjeep Posted February 4 Author Share Posted February 4 AI did a good job recreating the MJ...and toad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GonzoTheGreat Posted February 4 Share Posted February 4 This is awesome! I'm glad to see it moves under its own power again! Its a beautiful truck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smokeyyank Posted February 4 Share Posted February 4 Great work! Love what you did with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fiatslug87 Posted February 4 Share Posted February 4 16 hours ago, 89 MJ said: Like this? Sorry, I had to Haha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gjeep Posted February 9 Author Share Posted February 9 Chief graphics in progress! I started laying these out wet with the eventual help of a heat gun in certain areas. The passenger quarter of the bed is probably the most challenging panel on the truck because of the curve and all the body damage. The exhaust pipe had crinkled up the lower portion of the sheet metal. It was bent up pretty good and I straightened as best I could without refinishing. Also in general, the paint on this Comanche is far from perfect — when it was repainted they painted over scratches, dents, scrapes and the occasional spec of dirt. Love it. Trying to embrace the ‘beater is neater’ mantra… Something I did around the graphics that the factory did not do on the MJ Chief (but did on the XJ Chief) was paint the lower rockers matte black to blend the graphics into. Looks better than seeing streaks of body color in areas where the graphic doesnt fully cover. Which is quite a bit. I trimmed from some spare vinyl I ordered to get this to wrap right into the jamb area as it should. The graphics as they were didn’t have quite enough to make it happen. Tomorrow morning I’ll install the upper thinner stripes above whats already laid out. Here’s how she currently stands… Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gjeep Posted February 9 Author Share Posted February 9 Upper pinstripes in place, passenger side and tailgate done. A never to have existed ’91 Chief is born. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
89 MJ Posted February 9 Share Posted February 9 Looks great! I really like the wheel choice with the graphics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fiatslug87 Posted February 9 Share Posted February 9 14 hours ago, Gjeep said: Trying to embrace the ‘beater is neater’ mantra… If this is a beater mine are piles of crap. Seriously, looking Great! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eaglescout526 Posted February 9 Share Posted February 9 Chrysler should’ve never discontinued the chief packages on either. Nothing says “I command the road and trails” like those graphics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
watchamakalit Posted February 9 Share Posted February 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gjeep Posted February 10 Author Share Posted February 10 Refinished rear flare with NOS bumper end cap. The brackets holding the flare on are original to my ’92 MJ and I anti-seized the hell out of those studs before tightening down. Every single stud broke off this MJ’s original brackets when removed a year or so ago even though I soaked them. NOS refinished front flare with Crown repop brackets. It’ll be a couple weeks before I get the driver side and hood graphics on as I’m still finalizing changes to the Stroker Comanche’s graphics. This MJ is my test mule for those. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NickyV Posted February 13 Share Posted February 13 On 12/5/2025 at 2:00 PM, Gjeep said: RediRad is the aux unit I installed in my other Comanche that got me to BlueTooth. I have already rigged up Bluetooth to my MJ. I'm pretty happy with the setup... but seeing as I often make "perfect the enemy of good," I'm still thinking about how I can improve my mod in the future. This RediRad is really cool. I like how you get to assign an AM or FM frequency as the dedicated aux input! But since I went through the trouble to make myself a channel switch (one for the stock radio and one for Bluetooth), I don't think I'm going to swap out for the RediRad. But that leads me to my question: Have you (or anyone else following this thread) found a suitable product that can do both Bluetooth music and handle hands-free phone calls? One of these days, I'd love to be able to be driving down the road, listening to my tunes and then be able to take a phone call. I wouldn't mind if I had to push a button or flip a switch to toggle between stereo and call. But I do want it to be relatively seamless. And I also want to maintain my stock radio. Maybe one day I'll switch to one of those fancy "RetroSound" head units. But they are expensive and the closest model to what I'd want is the Grand Prix... And it isn't quite the right look in my opinion. Anyway... has anyone been able to accomplish this in their MJ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gjeep Posted February 13 Author Share Posted February 13 This — and I bought it and installed it. I believe this is what you’re talking about. The BT reception radio quality wasn’t as good to me as RediRad and that was the priority. If Redi-Rad didn’t exist this would be my option. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NickyV Posted February 14 Share Posted February 14 Thanks. Yes. This is what I'm talking about. Thanks for the link. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gjeep Posted February 15 Author Share Posted February 15 Good chance this Jeep is getting an early birthday present. I have a lead on factory MJ 44 with low miles, 3.55 gears. If all works out will put 4.10's in it... and get a proper length driveshaft made. That will be an end of year project as I want to get the Stroker MJ done first. Lucky to find one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gjeep Posted Friday at 09:14 PM Author Share Posted Friday at 09:14 PM At some point, this Dana 44 made it's way onto a ‘92 long bed 4.0L AX-15 4x4. The axle is a 1st gen MJ 44 having the separate breather line. And that breather line opening has a small plate welded over it I’ll be removing. The diff tag says it’s a 3.07 factory LSD axle, and although it’s not original to that truck it is correct for that trans (as the factory set things up). And u-bolt plates were also first gen but not 44 variants. Always an adventure hunting down a rare-ish bird... In the end I’ve got a 44 for this Chief clone. Guaranteed it will be 100% gone through towards the end of this year. Eaton locker with 4.10’s. Keeping the drum brakes this round. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gjeep Posted Saturday at 03:04 PM Author Share Posted Saturday at 03:04 PM I took a closer look at the breather line patch this morning and had a feeling I could pry the welded cover off as I didn’t see any prep done. But first I needed to remove the brake line... Done, no struggles. On to the breather line mess – I saw a lip in the patch and went for it, wedging a flat blade screwdriver in the spot and hammering away. Sure enough it came off with little effort or clean up. 10 swings at the most. Knocked right off. Neither were the fight I was expecting… It’s a good day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fiatslug87 Posted Saturday at 07:09 PM Share Posted Saturday at 07:09 PM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvagedcircuit Posted Saturday at 08:04 PM Share Posted Saturday at 08:04 PM 4 hours ago, Gjeep said: I took a closer look at the breather line patch this morning and had a feeling I could pry the welded cover off as I didn’t see any prep done. But first I needed to remove the brake line... Done, no struggles. On to the breather line mess – I saw a lip in the patch and went for it, wedging a flat blade screwdriver in the spot and hammering away. Sure enough it came off with little effort or clean up. 10 swings at the most. Knocked right off. Neither were the fight I was expecting… It’s a good day. Aww yeah! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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