Wildman's TJ is getting a face lift

Wildman · Oct 24, 2021

someguysjeep said:
you been beatin on it. go relax .......puff you 1 of them cigars and get you a couple fingers of "goes down smooth" in a glass and chill.......it'll be there when your ready.

Thanks.
I'm doing laundry and relaxing. I'll get back on it tomorrow. Hopefully they'll get my internet fixed soon. Thought I'd work on the write-up for the wiring harness.

Mike_H · Oct 24, 2021

Wildman said:
Thanks.
I'm doing laundry and relaxing. I'll get back on it tomorrow. Hopefully they'll get my internet fixed soon. Thought I'd work on the write-up for the wiring harness.

You can always write it in notepad or something, save it, then copy and paste it back to the forum once you have internet again. I do that quite often when I'm working on something more precise, like a how to... That way, if something happens, I don't lose everything.

Wildman · Oct 24, 2021

Mike_H said:
You can always write it in notepad or something, save it, then copy and paste it back to the forum once you have internet again. I do that quite often when I'm working on something more precise, like a how to... That way, if something happens, I don't lose everything.

Thanks I hadn't thought of that.
I can throw in the pictures when I get ready to post it.

FarFire70 · Oct 24, 2021

Seen you all over the forum since I've joined. Thank you for your service and your sacrifice!

Stumbled on your build thread the past week or so. Glad to tag it and watch the progress!! You're a valuable member to the rest of us. Good luck on the build! Look forward to following along the journey!

Wildman · Oct 24, 2021

FarFire70 said:
Seen you all over the forum since I've joined. Thank you for your service and your sacrifice!

Stumbled on your build thread the past week or so. Glad to tag it and watch the progress!! You're a valuable member to the rest of us. Good luck on the build! Look forward to following along the journey!

Thank you and thanks.

It's been a long slow process and I've had my ups and downs along with it.
It'll be great to have it running and driving again.

Damn internet was fixed for about 20 minutes and now down again.

Wildman · Oct 24, 2021

Working on the drivers side is always more of a PITA as I don't have as much room around the Jeep.

So here are the promised pictures from earlier today. Got all the holes drilled with the spot weld cutter. When it comes time to do the Metal Cloak corners that spot weld cutter will sure be handy too.

So here's two pics of the slider setup to the tub.

All the holes drilled. Once I get my welder back I'm going to weld up the old holes from my Poison Spyder armor.

These RED spots are from the fire retardant that was dumped on my house and vehicles back in 2013 when I almost lost my home to the Taylor Bridge fire. 3 neighbors lost their homes during this fire and a lot of other home went up in flames.

No one knows how to remove this crap. Washing it doesn't remove it and the only thing I've found so far is GoopOff but it strips the paint down also. So I'll be cleaning it when I am getting ready to do all my painting.

JMT · Oct 24, 2021

Wildman said:
Working on the drivers side is always more of a PITA as I don't have as much room around the Jeep.

So here are the promised pictures from earlier today. Got all the holes drilled with the spot weld cutter. When it comes time to do the Metal Cloak corners that spot weld cutter will sure be handy too.

So here's two pics of the slider setup to the tub.

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All the holes drilled. Once I get my welder back I'm going to weld up the old holes from my Poison Spyder armor.

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These RED spots are from the fire retardant that was dumped on my house and vehicles back in 2013 when I almost lost my home to the Taylor Bridge fire. 3 neighbors lost their homes during this fire and a lot of other home went up in flames.

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No one knows how to remove this crap. Washing it doesn't remove it and the only thing I've found so far is GoopOff but it strips the paint down also. So I'll be cleaning it when I am getting ready to do all my painting.

I wonder if Iron X would remove it. It sounds like it is buried in the clear coat. May be a long shot, but the Iron X is a neutralizer. I have a little left from the Twins build. It might help if I knew what the retardant was made of.

Wildman · Oct 24, 2021

JMT said:
I wonder if Iron X would remove it. It sounds like it is buried in the clear coat. May be a long shot, but the Iron X is a neutralizer. I have a little left from the Twins build. It might help if I knew what the retardant was made of.

I don't know what it's made of but they dumped two planes on my place. My old Ram which was white really looked like shit. I took it thru multiple car washes before most of it was finally off.
Between the 2 planes and 3 3K gallon water trucks they saved my place.

This is the fire across the ridge from my place.

M truck with retardant all over it.

Neighbors YJ.

And this USE to be a boat.

Wildman · Oct 24, 2021

Daughter got home from work and had picked up the mail.
I'd bought a new distributor from a member of the Facebook Mopar group I'm a member of.

So I've got a brand new distributor for the engine. Shaft is nice and tight with no slop.

I'd also bought some items off another member and one of the sensors he'd sent was the transmission speed sensor.

Wildman · Oct 25, 2021

Side two done ✔. Drivers side Metal Cloak corner cut and ready for test fit.

It fits good I just need to grind down the corner where it meets up with the Savvy slider.

One more thing crossed off the list of things to do.

Wildman · Oct 25, 2021

A little fine tuning and it fits good

now. Now to put all this stuff away until it's time for painting.

Wildman · Oct 25, 2021

What a DAY...

I unboxed the Metal Cloak front fenders and flares.

MC even includes a windshield banner & stickers with their orders. And this is without having to leave notes asking for them.

And get this....... They even have INSTRUCTIONS that you can view and read. Gee I don't have to search the web and find other peoples install threads to find out how to install a product? DAMN you'd think they wouldn't be hated so much.

Alex01 · Oct 25, 2021

Wildman said:
What a DAY...

I unboxed the Metal Cloak front fenders and flares.

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MC even includes a windshield banner & stickers with their orders. And this is without having to leave notes asking for them.

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And get this....... They even have INSTRUCTIONS that you can view and read. Gee I don't have to search the web and find other peoples install threads to find out how to install a product? DAMN you'd think they wouldn't be hated so much.

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The predrilled inner fenders and space for the stock airbox is also a bonus.

Apparition · Oct 25, 2021

Wildman said:
What a DAY...

I unboxed the Metal Cloak front fenders and flares.

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MC even includes a windshield banner & stickers with their orders. And this is without having to leave notes asking for them.

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And get this....... They even have INSTRUCTIONS that you can view and read. Gee I don't have to search the web and find other peoples install threads to find out how to install a product? DAMN you'd think they wouldn't be hated so much.

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You get those stickers with everything. I’ve probably got 20 of them floating around. They even come with warranty replacement stuff.

Wildman · Oct 25, 2021

So I mounted the fender to the tub and KNEW that I was going to be having TONS of fun getting this inner fender to work.

I started with some SMALL cuts trying to not hack the crap out of the inner fender.

Wildman · Oct 25, 2021

Alex01 said:
The predrilled inner fenders and space for the stock airbox is also a bonus.

If I still had a stock air box that might be nice but I haven't seen my stock air box for years. But yes the predrilled holes are nice. I do wonder how much I'm going to move stuff around.

Apparition said:
You get those stickers with everything. I’ve probably got 20 of them floating around. They even come with warranty replacement stuff.

Yep I'm sure not going to run their windshield banner but I was just impressed with it.

FarFire70 · Oct 25, 2021

Wildman said:
Yep I'm sure not going to run their windshield banner but I was just impressed with it.

You can always cut it up and repurpose it. I'm seeing "Meat" on the garage fridge as an option.

Plenty of good acronym / word creating tools out there.

Wildman · Oct 25, 2021

I can't tell you the number of times I took that inner fender out and put it back in nor how many times I said I was CLOSE but finally I really am CLOSE. I'm going to install the bolts in the morning and see where else I might need to trim the inner fender.

Apparition · Oct 25, 2021

FarFire70 said:
You can always cut it up and repurpose it. I'm seeing "Meat" on the garage fridge as an option.

Plenty of good acronym / word creating tools out there.

There was a guy on another forum that installed a Teraflex lift for his brother in law or someone like that. He installed the window banner but rearranged it a bit.

“TERAFLEX SUSPENISONS”

Wildman · Oct 25, 2021

The other thing I did was to try to set my front bumper up in place. Same as the issues that Jeff (@NashvilleTJ ) had when he did the TNT steering box rotation my bumper doesn't fit without some trimming.

I'm not sure just how far back I can cut it to fit as I'm pretty close to the hoop.

Plus I'll have to notch the sides also for the SwayLoc.

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