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Re: MY JEEP BUILD THREAD
[Re: DusterDave]
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09/15/13 11:33 PM
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Thanks, Rick! The only graphics I have in mind on the exterior will be the name of the Jeep (got a bunch rolling around in my head), and that's going to be black, for contrast. I want it to have the appearance of it being some sort of a special, limited edition factory model name.
As far as body color, the color that is my choice (as of right now) is a bright red. I've been all over the rainbow as far as paint color, and I keep going back to red. In my mind, red is the classic Jeep color, and although there are many red Jeeps running around, I think mine will stand apart from the other red Jeeps.
Van Halen is one of my all-time favorite rock bands, and since the Jeep will be red, I was actually contemplating painting the center console and dash panels to mimic the random stripe design of Eddie Van Halen's "Frankenstein" guitar. If I did that, I would emblazon the Jeep's name "ERUPTION" along the sides of the hood. I can't decide if its a bad idea, or a totally bad-azz idea. What do you think?
What is the actual color of the seats...???? Looks Oyster or at least off white...???? Hard to tell from the pics.
From what I'm looking at.....a Gun Metal or Dark Pewter body / dash color with black accents would look very classy with those seats.
IF YOU WANT IT DEAD....PAINT IT RED
LOL....Friend of mine always said that 
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Re: MY JEEP BUILD THREAD
[Re: rickstershemi]
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09/15/13 11:51 PM
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Thanks, Rick! The only graphics I have in mind on the exterior will be the name of the Jeep (got a bunch rolling around in my head), and that's going to be black, for contrast. I want it to have the appearance of it being some sort of a special, limited edition factory model name.
As far as body color, the color that is my choice (as of right now) is a bright red. I've been all over the rainbow as far as paint color, and I keep going back to red. In my mind, red is the classic Jeep color, and although there are many red Jeeps running around, I think mine will stand apart from the other red Jeeps.
Van Halen is one of my all-time favorite rock bands, and since the Jeep will be red, I was actually contemplating painting the center console and dash panels to mimic the random stripe design of Eddie Van Halen's "Frankenstein" guitar. If I did that, I would emblazon the Jeep's name "ERUPTION" along the sides of the hood. I can't decide if its a bad idea, or a totally bad-azz idea. What do you think?
What is the actual color of the seats...???? Looks Oyster or at least off white...???? Hard to tell from the pics.
From what I'm looking at.....a Gun Metal or Dark Pewter body / dash color with black accents would look very classy with those seats.
IF YOU WANT IT DEAD....PAINT IT RED
LOL....Friend of mine always said that
Rickster
The seat color doesn't photograph well. It's a light gray. I think the fluorescent light plays tricks with the color. I'll roll the Jeep outside, and snap a pic.
The colors you suggest would look nice, but I want to go with a bright color. Hell, I was even considering a bright orange, but a bright red would be a little safer choice.
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Re: MY JEEP BUILD THREAD
[Re: DusterDave]
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09/16/13 10:54 PM
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 Just got done reading the complete thread.. took me nearly 3 hrs..  .. That's what I get to do since my wife cancelled cable on me..  Anyways..AWESOME job to this point. And I'm sure there'll be no shortcuts taken to finish it up..I do have a few questions though.. 1st and what I feel is most important..the sections of rear frame rails that you built... You stated that you were going to tie the pieces together. They are still butt/seam welded. You are still going to go back over those right??? 2nd, I had planned on building a very similar rear swing out spare tire carrier..My question is, how do you intend to lift the new/old tire to put it back on the carrier? I tried lifting my 33" tires mounted to steel 15" wheels..I've squatted a max of 385lbs 12 years ago. They aren't light. And you have 37" tall tires!! 3rd, Thank you for being sooo complete with your details. It has given me some ideas for the Scout..I'd post a few pics but an IH Scout powered by a GM 350 isn't that desirable on a Mopar site.. 
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Re: MY JEEP BUILD THREAD
[Re: DusterDave]
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09/16/13 11:31 PM
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Thanks, Rick! The only graphics I have in mind on the exterior will be the name of the Jeep (got a bunch rolling around in my head), and that's going to be black, for contrast. I want it to have the appearance of it being some sort of a special, limited edition factory model name.
As far as body color, the color that is my choice (as of right now) is a bright red. I've been all over the rainbow as far as paint color, and I keep going back to red. In my mind, red is the classic Jeep color, and although there are many red Jeeps running around, I think mine will stand apart from the other red Jeeps.
Van Halen is one of my all-time favorite rock bands, and since the Jeep will be red, I was actually contemplating painting the center console and dash panels to mimic the random stripe design of Eddie Van Halen's "Frankenstein" guitar. If I did that, I would emblazon the Jeep's name "ERUPTION" along the sides of the hood. I can't decide if its a bad idea, or a totally bad-azz idea. What do you think?
What is the actual color of the seats...???? Looks Oyster or at least off white...???? Hard to tell from the pics.
From what I'm looking at.....a Gun Metal or Dark Pewter body / dash color with black accents would look very classy with those seats.
IF YOU WANT IT DEAD....PAINT IT RED
LOL....Friend of mine always said that
Rickster
The seat color doesn't photograph well. It's a light gray. I think the fluorescent light plays tricks with the color. I'll roll the Jeep outside, and snap a pic.
The colors you suggest would look nice, but I want to go with a bright color. Hell, I was even considering a bright orange, but a bright red would be a little safer choice.
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Re: MY JEEP BUILD THREAD
[Re: KatFysh]
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09/21/13 02:55 PM
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1st and what I feel is most important..the sections of rear frame rails that you built... You stated that you were going to tie the pieces together. They are still butt/seam welded. You are still going to go back over those right???
At the time, I did so much work on the frame, I got lazy and left them off, but even though I've shot a decent paint job on the frame, I'm going to add reinforcing plates over the joints when I pull the body off, and repaint those areas.
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2nd, I had planned on building a very similar rear swing out spare tire carrier..My question is, how do you intend to lift the new/old tire to put it back on the carrier? I tried lifting my 33" tires mounted to steel 15" wheels..I've squatted a max of 385lbs 12 years ago. They aren't light. And you have 37" tall tires!!
Kevin, I can bench press 385 in reps of 10, so the tire weight isn't an issue for me. 
Seriously though, my tire and wheel combo weighs about 112 lbs., and because of its size, I need a hand picking it up and getting it into place.
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Re: MY JEEP BUILD THREAD
[Re: DusterDave]
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09/30/13 10:43 PM
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I finished fabbing up the exhaust pipes that go from the headers to the mufflers. These pipes are 3 inches in diameter (same diameter as the header collectors). They reduce down to 2-1/2" right before the mufflers. The reason why they look different is, I had to rotate the passenger side muffler casing 90º, to make room for my ladder bar. I will send these out to get powder coated in Grey Ice, so they match the headers. All that is left to make on the exhaust are the 2-1/2" tail pipes, and those should be pretty easy. 
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Re: MY JEEP BUILD THREAD
[Re: DusterDave]
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10/02/13 10:19 AM
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Looking good Dave, What model Corbeau's are those? Who did you get them through? They look great, I'm always on the lookout for a good seat to replace the stock buckets in my Charger. I have such a hard time deciding unless I can plant my a$$ in them for a test drive though 
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Re: MY JEEP BUILD THREAD
[Re: DusterDave]
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10/06/13 07:37 PM
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The flat dash is finally taking some shape. I cut out the two holes in the dash for the speedo and tach, and mocked things up to see how they looked.  I'll drop these pieces off at the local welding shop to get the cups welded to the dash panel. I don't have the equipment to weld aluminum, unfortunately. The rest of the gauges (volts, water temp, oil pressure, trans temp, & fuel level) will be ordered next week.
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Re: MY JEEP BUILD THREAD
[Re: DusterDave]
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10/06/13 11:08 PM
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That'll work. The five 2-5/8" gauges will be mounted just to the right of the steering wheel.  Here is what's going in between the tach and speedo. 
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.. Keep up the GREAT work. I promise to go back and catch up on all of it.. 
Good dealio. I was looking at my spare earlier today trying to figure how I want it mounted. I was thinking of angling outward in sort of a cage type rack to give some vision from the rear view mirror out the back window..not sure yet. I will be revisiting..Good news on adding the reinforcing plates. I was hoping you would.. I wouldn't trust butt welding with any type of mall crawling you may do..
