Started another Project vehicle - Page 11

BozoWise · 09-20-2007, 09:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Grewe02

http://www.jeepforum.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=37201&stc=1&d=11902474 78

Nice haircut!

Thanks it all got cut off about 15 years ago.

Had to post another one of my better half helping with the Herc project. Poor thing still has herc on her.

cb19950 · 09-20-2007, 09:35 PM

cant wait to see this sucker boat tubed

cb19950 · 09-20-2007, 10:44 PM

o ya and them shocks your lookin to sell i would like to know what your lookin for for em and how did they ride and maybe some open close measure ments on umm

BozoWise · 09-21-2007, 12:51 PM

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Originally Posted by cb19950

o ya and them shocks your lookin to sell i would like to know what your lookin for for em and how did they ride and maybe some open close measure ments on umm

Off head 15-23" Rancho 9000 adjustable. They rode great. They are just too long now that I rotated by mounts up higher. They were perfect for the 3"-5" lift w/ mounts in the stock location.

Looking for 80 shipped

**moderators** please delete if you prefer not to have forsale in this forum. Sorry if it is a problem.

BozoWise · 10-09-2007, 05:44 PM

**UPDATED 10/15/07** Sorry for the writeup after the pics.

OK I got everything just about done with this series.

The Lock-Rights went in without a hitch. Not much to talk about on the install unless anyone has questions.

The fenders are from T&T customs and they are all top notch. The welds and bends are excellent and the fit was superb. The only question I have for them might be why they do not build them to go down far enough to cover the bottom corner of the tub? They are about 1" short of fitting perfectly at the bottom. They are made to also fit the newer Jeeps and that might be the case. No matter since my lowers are going to protect that exposed area as much as possible.

I fit the driver side up with out painting anything and in the long run I wished I had coated both before drilling anything. I got all kinds of grease from my hands on the drivers side and really had to clean in after drilling the holes. The passenger side was installed after it was coated.

The coating is all self done herc. I hit most of the surfaces with an 80 grit disk to rough it up before coating.

A tip on marking the hood hold downs and the rubber bumpers: hook the hood hold downs on the hood and coat the bottom of the bolt with some grease and simply shut the hood until the grease contacts the fender. This will be your mark to drill. Same thing with the bumpers, coat both studs with grease and sit them in place.

The directions with th fenders were somewhat ok, no pictures at all. You really do not need directions to install these but I would like to know how in the heck they are talking about relocation the factory washer reservoir. Does anyone have any pictures of theirs installed? Mine has two pumps since I have a hardtop and the directions were for a single pump so I am wondering if the bottle deminsions are different? I know they wanted it moved to the rear face of the drivers fender and that was not possible with the mounts that are on my bottle plus my Jeep has all the available options so crusie and all kinds of junk are mounted on the factory fenders. I relocated everything and currently do not have a washer reservoir. I am searching for an appropriate container to build a new one. I have a good location for it on the front of the fender where it was mounted but the bottle is currently too large. More to come on that once I work through some ideas.

I mounted the Viar compressor on the rear of the T&T fenders so back in buisness for on board air.

BozoWise · 10-09-2007, 05:46 PM

Just a few more for now. Got to go watch herc dry

blacktjsport · 10-09-2007, 07:36 PM

Nice build!! Did you have to remove the tie rod to install that lunchbox locker in the D30? I have mine I still need to install along with the Solid diff cover. Not sure I would have gone with the herc on the fenders but they look good!

-matt

**Savvy** · 10-09-2007, 10:12 PM

Great Thread! Your tube fender are nice! What size tube and sheet did you use. I'm going to try and make some for my CJ.

**JeepRocks86** · 10-09-2007, 10:39 PM

looking good

BozoWise · 10-10-2007, 08:01 PM

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Originally Posted by blacktjsport

Nice build!! Did you have to remove the tie rod to install that lunchbox locker in the D30? I have mine I still need to install along with the Solid diff cover. Not sure I would have gone with the herc on the fenders but they look good!

-matt

No need to remove the tie rod. Hopefully some others out the will "not" like the herc on the fenders. I like being to odd man out. The entire side will pretty much be herc when the genright sides are installed

I've just got some loose ends and leds to install tom. Then I think I am going to cut the ends of the bumper and weld caps there and relocate the lights. I do not like the wide bumper now without fenders.

Anyone have any opinions on the bumper? I'm I the only one that thinks it looks "yag" from the front now?

The passenger side really went on beautifully. Not much to mention her as far as needed mods here excepted the PCM. With the battery trey mounted in the new location I can some minor contact between the factory hold down and the pcm. So I moved the PCM up appx 1" and redrilled its mounts in the factory bracket thus gaining some peace of mind and clearance for the battery and hold down rod. I did get a chance to reroute a large portion of the wires and cleanup many of the conections.

The K&N is now on its thrid version since it got installed. I had to cut it up once to install the Warn winch controls. This time I had to move it out completely to clear the fenders. I have seen it done many a time without any support on the tube but that makes me very nervous. So I made a mount and welded it to the grill strut. I then installed a rubber isolator between the welded mount and the clamp on the filter. It is actually just as strong in this config as it was mounted in the cold air section on the factory fenders, plus it can still be easily serviced.

Baotchi · 10-11-2007, 01:47 AM

Not sure about the herc on the rear corners and fenders, once you get it dirty it'll never look good again.

I agree your front bumper will look better without the ends now, because of the front fenders.

BozoWise · 10-11-2007, 11:14 AM

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Originally Posted by Baotchi

Not sure about the herc on the rear corners and fenders, once you get it dirty it'll never look good again.

I agree your front bumper will look better without the ends now, because of the front fenders.

If you use a tire brush on the herc it will get back to original appearance after it has gotten muddy. You just have to work the grit out of all the spaces.

JAW_WRANGLER · 10-11-2007, 01:28 PM

I have thought about adding the rhino liner to my flares... but never thought about the whole fender... great idea

BozoWise · 10-12-2007, 10:54 AM

Got it back together and running. Lockers installed front and rear and roughly cut off the bumper ends. I now need to catch up on the day job and then clean and cap the cut ends of the bumper.

blacktjsport · 10-12-2007, 12:44 PM

Looks good, very clean looking. What plans do you have with the Gen-Right stuff? I'm planning to extend my wheelbase 4-5" in the rear and a couple in the front, but that is gonna come when I either hit the lottery or find a job instead of paying grad school tuition!

-Matt