MODIFICATIONS TO DATE INCLUDE:
HAND FABRICATED FUNCTIONAL STEEL HOOD SCOOP W/COLD AIR INTAKE
HAND FABRICATED WILLYS STYLE "FLAT" FRONT FENDERS
HAND FABRICATED M715 STYLE REAR FENDER FLARES
HAND FABRICATED FRONT AND REAR BUMPERS, REAR VIEW MIRROR MOUNTS
HAND FABRICATED ROCKER GUARDS, CHILD SEAT MOUNTING
EARLY CJ STYLE FRONT TURN SIGNALS
RECESSED ROUND TAIL LIGHTS
RELOCATED FACTORY LICENSE PLATE BRACKET.
33-9.50 x 15 B.F. GOODRICH MUD TA TIRES ON PAINTED FACTORY ALLOY WHEELS
DIGITAL (ACU STYLE) DESERT CAMO PAINT W/UNIT MARKINGS
The fenders were fabed from the original fenders. In fact they never even came off the jeep. If you go to the second photobucket link there are 5 pages of photos, alot showing the fabrication of the hood scoop, front and rear fenders. I could make ones like mine but I would have to charge as much or more than comericaly available ones. I didnt know there were willys style fenders available till this morning when I looked at tatooweenys miltary jeep thread. Regardless, I still would have made my own, (because I can) but mainly because I am flipin' broke, and I did the entire conversion (paint and all) for less than the cost of a pair of "comercial" flat fenders.
There are more mods planed but for now that will have to do. feel free to ask any questions, I had alot of fun doing this.
That digital camo job doesn't look half bad on the Wrangler. There is a guy with an older BMW 3 series that did that to his car and it didn't really look good.
I'm not gonna lie. I don't care for the camoflage or the fenders really. That said, the work you did looks extremely well done and professional. It looks like it came from the factory. So... :thumbsup:
THANKS! I really appreciate all the positive comments, the above complement is great. I myself think that camo jeeps are overdone, but I have never seen a digital camo vehicle. I was going for the "if willys still made jeeps for the military" look. I take allot of pride in this and all of the other jeeps I have had.
I feel it is one thing to order several thousand dollars worth of stuff from a catalogue and bolt them up. It is something else entirely to cut, bend, form, weld, and paint metal. I am a firm believer in "real jeeps are built not bought" I have owned many jeeps, from a 46 CJ2A with a V6 to a scrambler with a V8, to my current wrangler.
If you would like to se some of my other jeeps you can check out the slideshow on my MYSPACE page. Look up "Crusty Old Curmudgeon"
thanks again for all the positve comments. :2thumbsup:
I dont have enought posts to put a picture in here but
if you go to my main photbucket page http://s306.photobucket.com/albums/nn272/1creekbear/Jeep Restoration/
there are 5 pages of photos, lots of the hoodscoop. I started with the front corner of a yj hood I bought for $10 from a fire jeep. cut bigger than you need.
start hammering against a round dolly. keep stopping and check for fit. make a cardbord template for the rear. weld that on, grind it smooth. then tweek the fit to the hood, weld it to the hood. clean the weld (I sandblasted) I first put a layer of REAL fiberglass on the seams, a rough sand, then duraglass, sand, bondo, sand, bondo, sand, epoxy primer, sand ,spot putty, you know the drill, very labor intensive.:wave:
there are no digital camo "patterns" for vehicles, so I had to wing it.
on a three color camo you want to paint the whole vehicle the lightest color first. then the next darkest, then the darkest. I tried to strive for about 50% desert C.A.R.C. tan, then about 35% of the tan/green mix and about 15% of the olivedrab. if you are useing more than 3 colors you would still go from light to dark in decreasing amounts. you will go thru ALOT of painters masking tape and paper.
real army acu camo is not perfict, squares so doing it all freehand actualy works to your advantage. but you do have to be able to visualize the end result. after I laid on the second color i tooks some pic's (see the main photo bucket link) and maped out the areas for the olive drab green.
buy a yard of material in the pattern you like and stare at it for a while.
I am thinking about adding a fourth color next spring (I dont have a paint booth, I did it all in my driveway) the color will be in between the the light and dark green and will help to break it up even futher.
I have alot more planed for the jeep, but I did this all for next to nothing and I am broke right now. I havent even bought $16 fog light's for the holes in the bumper. I am selling all the stuff I pulled off on craigslist to start a fund for more parts for supplys, but money seems to be needed for other things.
over the winter I am going to try to make my own seatcovers. I have digital acu fabric.
thanks!!!! I could not agree with you more! my master plan involves grafting a 9 slot willys mb grill into the wrangler opening. I did not have the time or mor importantly the money to buy a repo mb grill. I did this make over on the cheap and due to finding a sreaming deal on milspec paint, I was able to come in well under budget. Also, at my age i have learned not to do things twice, I figured why paint it now if I am going to tear it apart this winter or next.
I will be trying to pull the chrome inserts out soon, I actualy have someone who wants to buy them, so I am hoping they come out in one piece.
P.S. thanks for the compliments, everybody on this website has been great so far. and thanks for using "IMO" .most people say "IMHO". It's one of my peves, but if someone is taking time to post someting on the internet, they are not being the least bit humble.
Nice rig! Yeah, I wish I could've made my own fenders. I'm a very amaturish welder, so they would've sucked!
Contrary to other's opinions though, I'm a firm believer of the bolt-on stuff. Most companies do extensive research and several designs before the final product hits shelves, so buying those is really the smart thing to do for people like me!
Speaking of bolt-on stuff, those M37 style rear fenders of yours are EXACTLY what I planned for my Jeep! Would you make me a bolt-on set, please?!! LOL -jake
Nice rig! Yeah, I wish I could've made my own fenders. I'm a very amaturish welder, so they would've sucked!
Speaking of bolt-on stuff, those M37 style rear fenders of yours are EXACTLY what I planned for my Jeep! Would you make me a bolt-on set, please?!! LOL -jake
I would love to make jeep stuff and get paid for it. That being said, to make rear fender like mine bolt on, you would go from 4 rather simple cheap pieces of steel, to 4 simple and 2 rather expensive pieces of steel. Welding the fenders on is easy peasy. Filling the 20 (yes 20) holes from the stock flairs is hard. You may want to see what a body shop would charge to fill the holes, then you could weld on the fenders yourself.
I realy like what you have done with your jeep. I was wondering what a fender blackout light, and grab handles would look like, and now I have budget for them.
I cant wait to see what you come up with on the inside.
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