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Jeep #18: Seat belts and Rollcage
The rollcage and seatbelts are done. However, impact wrenches are not too friendly to paint, so I am going to have to do MAJOR touch-up on the bolt heads.
Jeep #18: New Vinyl Installed
The new 18s look fantastic!
The last stuff was reflective material so it actually changed colors depending on what angle you were looking at it, but these babies are flat gray and pretty!
Rollcage and flares tomorrow, I’ll be enjoying tonight as my last night that I can easily put the windshield down.
Jeep #18: Seats are In
THESE SEATS ARE AWESOME!
My old driver seat was broken, and I would have to sit up straight on my own to drive it. These things are like little laz-e-boys, unbelievably comfortable! And the reclining part… sooo nice.
Good lord!
I am hoping the fender flares get done tomorrow. I also need to go by Action Signs so CJ can put the new 18s on the sides. Then I’ll whip on the rollcage and seatbelts, and we’ll be good to go!
Jeep #18: Sahara Seats
THE SEATS ARRIVED TODAY!
Good god that took a long time. The guy I bought them from still needs to refund me $68, but we’ll see how that goes.
The seats are fantastic. Shauna and I shampooed them and cleaned them up. I then pulled the old seats and the center console, and applied three addition cans worth of rhino liner to the interior, armoring up areas that had shown some wear, fixing scratches.
Both seats recline, which is AWESOME!!
So, I’ll have those installed first thing tomorrow. I should get back the fender flares tomorrow or the next day. And then I can put the rollcage on at my leisure.
WOOO!
Jeep #18: Powered by Dinosaurs
I went on registered the car with the county today, so it now has official plates. With that done, I mounted the plate holder correctly (I had attached it to the rear bumper, because we forgot to put holes in the bondo when we redid the body word). Then Shauana and I went to go grab the fender flares from the Carriage Shop. Well… they fucked them up, the paint is hairy and cracked and… grr. So I talked to them and they are going to respray and treat the flares, but I have to sand down the rough parts… ugh.
Luckily, no one that sees the car seems to care even the slightest that there are white half-circles over the rear tires. They go nuts for it anyway. Also of note, kids recognize it and shout “cool car”… like, little kids, 5-10 years old. The Ecto was sort of lost on them, but the Jeep is a winner.
Also… I appreciate irony.
I think I’ll gas up exclusively at Sinclairs from now on, just to be funny.
I walk in to pay that cashier and he goes, “Dude, where are the dinosaurs?” I grinned and said, “Same place the ghosts are.” His mouth drops and he stutters out, “Oh man… those are your cars??”
Funny story.
Jeep #18: Vinyl Installed
Spent 2 minutes taking pictures… they aren’t great, but you’ll get better ones later.
Everything is excellent, fantastic, wonderful… except the 18s… their color is a little off. I’ll see what it looks like in daylight and then decide if I want them redone.
Thass it for now!
Jeep #18: Coming Together
Bought a pair of rather generic foglights with plastic grating over them today.
Got the interior door panels in and secured.
Cleaned and primered the fenderflares just as it started pouring rain again.
Hoping hoping hoping to be done mid-week.
Jeep #18: New Speakers
If anyone ever wondered what a speaker would look like if you left it exposed to the elements for approximately 17 years… well…
There ya go.
Bought a pair of speakers, whipped off the dashboard, found speakers didn’t fit the mounts, drove to Home Depot to buy spacers, came back and re-drilled the speaker mounts to fit properly, then wired it all up.
Shiny.
They sound fucking fantastic! A youtube video just wouldn’t do it justice, but it phenomenal.
