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After a riveting 7 year career in the family, the good ol' family TJ has rusted out. And by rusted out, I mean the belly pan is basically on the ground, there are holes in the frame, and any piece of sheet metal (including control arms, shocks, coils, etc) are all rusted to shit. It spent many of winters plowing the driveway and cruising the town as a great get around car, but it finally gave out. So, after much discussion with my dad, he has given us a budget to fully restore it to showroom condition...ish.
Plans are as follows.
-New frame, cleaned up and painted with POR-15
-New/used stock belly pan
-New suspension, Rough Country 2.5" lift with new coils and 2.2 shocks
-31/10.5R15 BFG AT's on black steelies will stay
-New OEM Upper and lower control arms
-Dana 35 needs replacing, all mounts are very rusty
-Dana 30 needs a good clean up, but is usable
-New bushings everywhere; body mounts, trackbars, shocks, motor, etc.
-Tub will be getting new paint; gunmetal gray with flat black grille?
-Tub will also be getting sanded down and undercoated inside. It is still in pretty good shape with only 2 small rust holes that we'll fix.
-New gas tank/OEM skid if necessary, if not we'll clean this one up
-Hood will have the dents popped out
-Warn basic bumpers/sliders (a bit of a dream, but we'll see.)
-New fuel lines, brake lines, etc.
-2.5l, AX-5, and NP231 will stay since it still purrs like a kitten
-New seats or a good set of seat covers.
-New Dash pieces if we can find em, if not we'll just clean these up shiny
-New Stickers/Decals all around
If anyone has any parts they want to donate let us know!!! Anybody is welcome to come lend a hand if they wish too
I'll supply Natty Light for you. This will most likely be a summer long project for us since we'll have weekends mostly
What we're workin with (this was probably 6 years ago, lol)
Most recent (a day before the rustout last weekend)
We'll get some pics of the rust later.
Plans are as follows.
-New frame, cleaned up and painted with POR-15
-New/used stock belly pan
-New suspension, Rough Country 2.5" lift with new coils and 2.2 shocks
-31/10.5R15 BFG AT's on black steelies will stay
-New OEM Upper and lower control arms
-Dana 35 needs replacing, all mounts are very rusty
-Dana 30 needs a good clean up, but is usable
-New bushings everywhere; body mounts, trackbars, shocks, motor, etc.
-Tub will be getting new paint; gunmetal gray with flat black grille?
-Tub will also be getting sanded down and undercoated inside. It is still in pretty good shape with only 2 small rust holes that we'll fix.
-New gas tank/OEM skid if necessary, if not we'll clean this one up
-Hood will have the dents popped out
-Warn basic bumpers/sliders (a bit of a dream, but we'll see.)
-New fuel lines, brake lines, etc.
-2.5l, AX-5, and NP231 will stay since it still purrs like a kitten
-New seats or a good set of seat covers.
-New Dash pieces if we can find em, if not we'll just clean these up shiny
-New Stickers/Decals all around
If anyone has any parts they want to donate let us know!!! Anybody is welcome to come lend a hand if they wish too
I'll supply Natty Light for you. This will most likely be a summer long project for us since we'll have weekends mostlyWhat we're workin with (this was probably 6 years ago, lol)
Most recent (a day before the rustout last weekend)
We'll get some pics of the rust later.
depending on when I can get parts. Right now the biggest two things i need are a new rear and an oem trans pan
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that thing has been with us every since we had it. thats the only rustys product that lasts more than 2 months 
i LOVE these threads....'trusty old jeep cant be driven or used for a while --> gets new life when someone cares enough for it'
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