Re: THe NAC Lots-O-Post Thread
edit: Dukie, you know it :roflmao: I thought I finally had this shitcan ready for inspection (after wasting two vacation days trying to get it covered under warranty, then driving to springfield when they canceled the second appointment due to rain, which was fair enough, installing a windshield outside in the rain is asking for leakage problems) and then it gets ****ed up again literally before I even have a chance to have it inspected. Started the morning off in a pretty foul mood because of that.
remeber why you are in this shit hole mess with the windshield due things that are not normal with the jeep. you are good enough with cars in general to be able to to what parts are going out or already gone and would need to be replaced. the more frankenstein your DD gets the more you are going to pay for it in the long run
That's why I'm on the lookout for a decent clean straight 98/99 without such problems, I completely agree. I don't mind if I have to park the current crapcan in the yard and strip it bare and toss everything else on the new one.
I'm just saying there is basically nothing frankenstein about this thing except for the chassis not being in the best shape and having some 'issues'.
Just waiting till one comes along with the right price on it. Believe me, I don't feel like dealing with the issues this chassis has.
I just don't see how selling all my projects/crapcans that literally won't get me enough money to buy gas for the month will solve the problem at all.
No worries on me modding this thing further, the only remaining plans I have for it are fixing the AC (because it's gonna get hot soon), putting a new rear axle together for it (100% stock parts, it just has a junk pinion bearing and trashed wheel bearings in the current one and I'd rather put 30 bucks in parts into the free replacement Jay gave me, then bolt it in in an evening instead of screwing around with it under the jeep), rhinolining the floor, and putting the carpet back in. It will certainly never be lifted, and after tearing a hole in the gas tank last time, I'm done wheeling it. I have baby mudterrains on it right now only because they were damn near the cheapest tires I could find that would actually make it up the hill out of my driveway in spring mud season without spinning. I think a set of stock 225 Michelins would have cost me more than I spent on them, and with how many miles I put on it, running unknown used tires probably isn't in my best interest.
Why can't you just get the chips repaired. All the glass places by me do that. And insurance will be happy to pay for that because it saves them the price of the windshield.
I probably will if MassDOT doesn't pony up for a new one. Which they won't, but I feel like yelling at someone over this and dammit, it's gonna be the people who filled the road with windshield ruining bullshit if I'm gonna yell at anyone.
I even have the gasket I want on it sitting here at work now because I bought one so I could have them install it if I ended up going through insurance, so even if I have to go through insurance, this will cost me a whopping 30 bucks instead of 200 this time around.
I'm worried this is gonna crack further even if it's repaired, since it's a few small cracks away from the spot it hit not a circular/conical pockmark, but eh. If it passes inspection and lasts a few months so I can call insurance and not have them be quite as mad about it, it's good enough for me.
Hell, glad it works at all :laugh: I never shot that one
