Grin's WJ Build Thread

[DJManche]

Now if UPS carried more parts like that , they'd blow the competition out of the water .

 

[in4aride]

lucky.......
i always get the sweaty fat guy....can you request delivery personell?

 

[jimgrms]

Not in the springs She is my delivery peep

 

[loren mcclellan]

yer killin me Frank!!!!!!!

 

[Frank Z]

That's actually a picture of Chris in his "I'm gonna freak out the neighbors" get-up.

 

[xj-grin]

I do have to got to trinidad later this week... might not be bad look for me. Although I wouldn't want to be around you drooling dogs.

 

[DJManche]

Hey , I'll deliver boxes with my junk hanging out , if it pays ...
:loveu:

 

[Frank Z]

Ewww

Ewwww

EWWWWWWWWWWW!

 

[DJManche]

See , as I've already found out its not profitable ...:bawl:

 

[jeepdude25]

here ya' go some inspiration!!!

 

[Frank Z]

Fugly, fugly, fugly.

 

[xj-grin]

I follow that thread over at pirate -- it is a nice build, but I tend to lean towards Frank's opinion... its fairly heinous, in a tough-I-don't-give-a-shit-if-I-hit-every-rock-n-the-trail way. Not my plan, but still a nice build.

 

[Frank Z]

And the front diff is on the wrong side......

 

[collkid]

I follow that thread over at pirate -- it is a nice build, but I tend to lean towards Frank's opinion... its fairly heinous, in a tough-I-don't-give-a-shit-if-I-hit-every-rock-n-the-trail way. Not my plan, but still a nice build.

Yeah I don't think i'd make a HUGE crawler out of a WJ.

 

[XJNOOB93]

The lift is a bit large for that vehicle... but I like to look.

 

[xj-grin]

allright, well, page 6 and... holy shit, I got to work.

After finishing two bathroom remodels (pics of those to follow shortly, the better half is applying paint...), I finally got it in the garage and started on the dark, depressing task of replacing the heater core (stage 1), which will be followed by lift, t-case rebuild and axle swap, hood refinish... (stage 1a-zz?)...

Here she is in the driveway, bone stock and ready to come into the garage for the last time in that state (I think):

The hood's clear coat is fubar, haven't decided whether to just buff it off, or buff it off and hit it with some satin black until I can afford to get MAACO...

Headlights are completely clouded, so I'll give em a try with some buffing stuff/sandpaper, and replace them with some cooler units if that fails:

What was waiting in the garage...

aaaand, she's IN:

two hours and 5 baggies of bolts/nuts, and maybe 10 more to go on the heater issues:

I'm hopeful to get the core done tomorrow, maybe sunday morning, then get the front end up in the air on the lift springs so Frank can take some measurements for trac-bar/draglink building. With some luck and a little time off after x-mas, I may have her back on the road early in '11...

 

[Frank Z]

Glad your finally workin' on the new hawtness.

How'd the remodeling turn out?

 

[xj-grin]

bueno. Its remarkable how I can take a couple of 3-4 day projects and spread them over several months...

 

[Frank Z]

It's a gift. Never question it, never hide from it....revel in it.

 

[DutchVDub]

My neighbor has to do the heater core on his WJ. He asked what i thought about it and I laughed at him and wished him luck.

'Bout time you started working on it.