reson46 Posted January 29, 2013 Author Posted January 29, 2013 Sad to see the longbed go. You gonna sell your rear bumper? MADE for a longbed, its what i planned to copy. lol. Gonna miss this sexy long bed owners inspiration. I may end up selling the bumper. I'm still not certain what I am going to do for the rear bumper, but it does look like I am probably going to end up building another one. Willy
reson46 Posted January 29, 2013 Author Posted January 29, 2013 For those that subscribe to 4 Wheel Parts' Off Road Adventures magazine, check out the article starting on page 14. You may recognize the MJ in a couple of those pics. Willy
mnkyboy Posted January 29, 2013 Posted January 29, 2013 Thats pretty cool. I really want to go check out Naches, hopefully I can make it over there this summer.
mountainman Posted January 29, 2013 Posted January 29, 2013 I may end up selling the bumper. I'm still not certain what I am going to do for the rear bumper, but it does look like I am probably going to end up building another one. Willy Cool please let me know. Thanks in advance. :)
bigblue12v Posted January 31, 2013 Posted January 31, 2013 Looks awesome! Love that blue! I had a 96 ram cummins diesel that color, on 39.5 iroks, and a buddy had an xj that color at same time, on 33" SX's got a pic of them together somewhere in the archives. Both inline 6's and 5 speeds :) both were our rides in high school, that we finally let go of and both miss a lot! That color isn't very common on any Chrysler truck/SUV around here. Mine was brilliant blue not sure if his xj was the same color code but extremely identical. Also liked the intense blue pearl, similar just a shade lighter w/pearl. Beautiful!
reson46 Posted February 4, 2013 Author Posted February 4, 2013 Time to chop the bed. Ended up taking out 17". Still have a lot of work to do to get everything to match up, but we did toss the rear on just to get an idea of what we would end up with. Willy
neohic Posted February 4, 2013 Posted February 4, 2013 Nice! I like that it's pre-dented in a few spots... makes the future ones not feel so bad, right? :thumbsup:
89eliminator Posted February 4, 2013 Posted February 4, 2013 going to paint the bed to match? leave it? respray the whole truck? looks damn good
reson46 Posted February 5, 2013 Author Posted February 5, 2013 going to paint the bed to match? leave it? respray the whole truck? looks damn good I plan to paint the entire truck at some point..... Willy
mnkyboy Posted February 5, 2013 Posted February 5, 2013 Looks like its coming along pretty good. Not quite as extreme as I chopped mine, I only took 16" off mine but being a short box its bobbed a lot further.
reson46 Posted February 5, 2013 Author Posted February 5, 2013 same color? or going with red? :) No offense, but I can't stand red on any vehicle....besides Ferraris. Plus, I already have a red MJ. I'm planning on staying with blue on this one. I think a flat blue in about the same shade would look pretty nice, and keep the lower quarters black. Willy
reson46 Posted February 5, 2013 Author Posted February 5, 2013 Looks like its coming along pretty good. Not quite as extreme as I chopped mine, I only took 16" off mine but being a short box its bobbed a lot further. I think this is going to work out pretty well. This will put the shackle hanger at the bottom of the bumper and the shackle will end up being the rearmost part of the vehicle. Willy
89eliminator Posted February 5, 2013 Posted February 5, 2013 No offense, but I can't stand red on any vehicle....besides Ferraris. Plus, I already have a red MJ. I'm planning on staying with blue on this one. I think a flat blue in about the same shade would look pretty nice, and keep the lower quarters black. Willy OFFENSE TAKEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! just kidding. blue does look good on the truck.
reson46 Posted February 18, 2013 Author Posted February 18, 2013 Progress from the past couple of weekends. Test fitting. New mounts for the rear bed bolts. Cleaning up the areas to be welded. Replacing the rear cross member with 6" C channel. Starting to tack the pieces back together. I don't think anybody is going to mistake me for someone in auto body repair, but I think it will work for my needs. Willy
zackcj7 Posted February 21, 2013 Posted February 21, 2013 Did the swap back to the stock style radiator help your cooling issues?
reson46 Posted February 21, 2013 Author Posted February 21, 2013 Did the swap back to the stock style radiator help your cooling issues? Yes, so far it has worked much better. I just hate that it has the crimped on plastic sides. I'll run it until it starts to leak then hopefully I'll be able to find a full metal single row radiator. Willy
Comanche County Posted February 21, 2013 Posted February 21, 2013 I've had a few of the the plastic caps start leaking. Usually starts small. I always crimp the metal tabs a bit tighter every time I have one out of the vehicle just for piece of mind.
cody4359 Posted February 22, 2013 Posted February 22, 2013 looking good. a month back or so, i remember seeing a few pics of your mj in offroad adventures or 4x4 sport utility mag. i forget what mag it was...
reson46 Posted February 22, 2013 Author Posted February 22, 2013 looking good. a month back or so, i remember seeing a few pics of your mj in offroad adventures or 4x4 sport utility mag. i forget what mag it was... It was Off Road Adventures. Willy
The BOMB Posted March 3, 2013 Posted March 3, 2013 I know you did this forever ago, but do you by chance remember where you got your shifter boots for you transfer cases?
reson46 Posted March 4, 2013 Author Posted March 4, 2013 I know you did this forever ago, but do you by chance remember where you got your shifter boots for you transfer cases? Finally found it. Finding things on Delicious has become a PITA. JB Custom Fabrication. Willy
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