So I always wanted a Jeep Wrangler and recently had an opportunity to pickup a 1997 TJ for cheap. Being that it is an SE with 4cyl and auto trans dana 30 and 35 cheap is really all it was worth anyway:laugh: But now i had a platform to start with and with our first child just being born I will be selling my motorcycle which will help fund the build. Along with what I had sold of a collection of 1/5 scale RC cars, one of which paid for the Jeep. But still looking to do this build on a budget and so I won't be buying $900 bumpers. The Jeep is taking place of the motorcycle as a toy and I still have my F-150 daily driver so can afford to have it down(torn apart for days or weeks at a time).
What I purchased in October of 2010
What I sold to buy the Jeep
First thing I did was gut the carpet, it was trashed. Also took out trunk thing to remove rust and repaint.
Parked next to the daily driver.
Took off the fenders to repaint and removing the stock steps. Also cut off front bumper jugs
With the carpet torn out the floors revealed some rust but not as bad as I would have thought with the condition of the top which would be my next purchase.
Brought it by a friends house to put some H2 tow hooks on the rear bumper:rofl:
Home in the garage for the first time. Took off mirrors and wiper blade arms and sanded and repainted. Let the money spending start. Did alot of tune up things like plugs, cap and rotor, new battery, O2 sensor, TPS, valve cover gasket etc...............
Put new black top on with tinted windows and removed rusted spare tire and spare tire holder. Added NRA sticker.
So after putting a black top on I decide I wanted the interior to be black (slate) so I purchased a dash out of a wrecked 06 TJ to install.
Painted the headlight bezels black with Krylon Fusion. And took off the front bumper to expose the rust under it. Ground it down and repainted, then installed smitty bilt stinger.
What I purchased in October of 2010
What I sold to buy the Jeep
First thing I did was gut the carpet, it was trashed. Also took out trunk thing to remove rust and repaint.
Parked next to the daily driver.
Took off the fenders to repaint and removing the stock steps. Also cut off front bumper jugs
With the carpet torn out the floors revealed some rust but not as bad as I would have thought with the condition of the top which would be my next purchase.
Brought it by a friends house to put some H2 tow hooks on the rear bumper:rofl:
Home in the garage for the first time. Took off mirrors and wiper blade arms and sanded and repainted. Let the money spending start. Did alot of tune up things like plugs, cap and rotor, new battery, O2 sensor, TPS, valve cover gasket etc...............
Put new black top on with tinted windows and removed rusted spare tire and spare tire holder. Added NRA sticker.
So after putting a black top on I decide I wanted the interior to be black (slate) so I purchased a dash out of a wrecked 06 TJ to install.
Painted the headlight bezels black with Krylon Fusion. And took off the front bumper to expose the rust under it. Ground it down and repainted, then installed smitty bilt stinger.