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bought my jeep back in march and haven't really worked on it till i got some free time in august. when i bought it i knew i had to replace the rockers and a little body work .. A LITTLE well i tore the carpet out and seats and dash and Everything. i bought the jeep for $875 new rockers $102 each so now i thought im just hitting a $1000 cheap build. NOT the case. While doing this Everybody told me it was a waste of time it will never pass safety waste of money my girlfriend hates me for wasting all my weekends working on this and my dad wants it out of his garage. as of this weekend its going for its safety and e Test Monday morning Nov.17 2014. here is all the pictures....
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There is 90 something pictures
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My little girl wanted to drive xD and there was so many wiring isuues
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Floors were completely rotted out and the wiring he spliced an alarm system into the ignition wiring and cut it all up and shorted out 90% of the electronics in the car.
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the trunk was probably where i spent most my time bending and folding all the metal around the wheel wells and in and around the gas tubes also had to build a new gas lin cover for under the trunk dont think i took a picture of it.
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Theres that alarm system i had to rip out also crumbled brake lines i replaced all brake lines and brakes and routers new emergency brake line on passenger side new master cylinders on back brakes. also new dust cover for the front because the old ones fell of when i took of the routers.
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new ujoints for the front end steering. rear rocker panel was rusted water puddled in the inside and rotted from inside out looks rough now wait till later pictures.
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The inside was alittle hard but i managed i also filled it with a fiber glass filler with so it wont fill up again also fully sealed. outside rocker still looks rough but i put a rough fiber glass on it to con-seal the weld alittle better.
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Also when i was cutting out the old metal i thought the gas tank was atleast an inch away from the metal i was using a plasma cutter and i found out real quick where the tank was had a fireball in my face it went out after alittle bit i was so lucky! patched the tank with some bondo. sorry didnt take picture lol
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was just about done in the trunk so i tore out the rest of the carpet to find i had another rusty surprise. waiting for primer to dry i sanded down the fender flares because previous owner painted them without taking off previous paint gloss so they chipped to crap real quick so i thought while i was working why not make it look good too.
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Nice job on all of it. Of course it is worth it. My wife and I just talked briefly about this last night. I just spent about $300 on new injectors. But the alternative is car payments. And those we don't have anymore.
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metal work in the front was to easy i think i blew through it in one weekend. btw its not painted if some of you think that i did its a sand able primer i put on because how long ive been dragging this on i didnt want it to rust while i was still working.
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theres that back rocker not painted sanded the fiber glass and coated with primer ready for paint! and the old rockers cleaned up i cheated with them the top of the original rockers were still solid metal so i cut the new rockers top off and welded
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new rockers on old rear shocks had to go they were crumbling on me new ones came with the jeep when i bought it so did a power steering pump that i also put it dont think i took a pic tho. fuel filter looked like it had better days so replaced that and there is half of the metal off the jeep all of that pile is from the jeep already took a pile to the scrap yard
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