383d Mj (decent amount of pictures 56k beware)

[Lowrange2]

You paid 600 bucks for a gallon of paint?

Like the color tho.

 

[bigbadwolf54]

Nope the cheap gallon was 150 and the good gallon was 450. Automotive paint isnt cheap. Thats just base coat. I have about 1500 in materials for the paint alone. Dont even get me started on the rest of the jeep I dont even want to think about it.

 

[Lowrange2]

Wow, that's insane. Why would you want to have so much invested in paint on a trail rig?

I don't think I've ever paid more than 100 bucks for a can a paint. That's insane to me.

I guess if ya got it ya might as well spend it.

Carry on with the pictures please.

 

[bigbadwolf54]

Its not just a trail rig. Its my only car. Ive done the beat to hell thing before and it kinda bugs me to not have something nice that I am sinking all this time into. So I am going a different route on this one. This last round of the build has cost about 4500. With paint being the smallest part. Motor parts were way more.

 

[Lowrange2]

So you're building a bobbed, high HP MJ on 37's to not wheel?

 

[bigbadwolf54]

No I am going to wheel it. I am just going to be careful with it. I am not going to beat it and flat out flog it.

 

[Lowrange2]

Ah, I said that too at one point. lol Mine didn't have a dent in it. Now it doesn't have a straight panel.

 

[Naterenfo1]

Very, very nice build! Can you post more pictures of the dash and how you built that portion? It looks really well done. Excellent work! consider me subscribed.

 

[Naterenfo1]

Very, very nice build! Can you post more pictures of the dash and how you built that portion? It looks really well done. Excellent work! consider me subscribed. :lickout:

darn computer- sorry for accidental double post. shame on me

 

[Lowrange2]

Screwed up on your first post! lol

It's ok. It happens to best/worst of us.

Can't say that I've seen double posts 2 and a half hours apart tho.

 

[clean4drxj]

sweet build!!

 

[bigbadwolf54]

Thanks for the compliments guys. I dont have any pictures of the dash at this moment. But I can take some when I redo it for the 97 up interior if you want. It is just a piece of aluminum that was bent and had holes cut to fit.

 

[agoldxj]

Looks great man, the 97+ interior is a big upgrade and well worth it..

 

[bigbadwolf54]

Finished building the motor and started to tear into the trans for the shift kit and corvette servo. I also just got a 2000 xj to start swapping parts over to mine from. Its a limited can you say heated leather.

 

[Vanimal]

looking good man!
Good luck on the tranny build, i just built a 700r4 for my van (well, over a year and a half ago at this point).
Are you just doing a valve body shift kit? I ended up going completely through mine, changed all the frictions and steels, put in The Beast sun shell, the better sprag, etc. It's been bulletproof, i flog the shit out of it in a 5000lb van. all i can say is make sure the c clips for the TC and boost valves are in all the way. they are way up in there and i think there's a ridge or something in there that keeps the clips from popping out so you think they're in the right spot, but it's really not. dont ask me how i know...

 

[ProJeep]

Its not just a trail rig. Its my only car. Ive done the beat to hell thing before and it kinda bugs me to not have something nice that I am sinking all this time into. So I am going a different route on this one. This last round of the build has cost about 4500. With paint being the smallest part. Motor parts were way more.

I totally understand where your coming from. There is nothing wrong with a clean rig to DD AND wheel. You would never think I wheel mine as clean as I keep it......LESS TIME MY PARTS ARE COVERED IN MUD=LESS MONEY SPENT ON BROKE SHIZ:gee:

 

[bigbadwolf54]

I just did a valve body shift kit, corvette servos, and a torque converter lock up control. To be honest this jeep will see way more street use than wheeling for awhile. I am thinking about going back to school and it will be a mode of transportation for awhile. Just happens to be a mode that puts a smile on my face.

 

[Vanimal]

hey i cant drive a boring car either so i know what you mean.
As for the shift kit, i've actually had my van chirp second on occasions (stock 350 with 286k on it in a 5000lb van with 275's on the back). it's got a nice positive 1-2 shift. the only thing i noticed is the shift points are a tad off for both upshifts and downshifts. i think the increased line pressure effected how the governor works, so i just need to callibrate it a hair. easy to do.

 

[clean4drxj]

I totally understand where your coming from. There is nothing wrong with a clean rig to DD AND wheel. You would never think I wheel mine as clean as I keep it......LESS TIME MY PARTS ARE COVERED IN MUD=LESS MONEY SPENT ON BROKE SHIZ:gee:

Thats why I wheel mine in the mid summer months!

 

[bigbadwolf54]

Got the motor in last night and started redoing some wiring that was a mess. Hoping to test fire it maybe monday then it goes to the tuner on the 9th.