Project Patience

[Bryanf]

Awesome!!! I wish my Cameo Tan looked this good. Maybe some new paint in a few years. Where did you get the stripe kit?

 

[scramble1983]

Awesome!!! I wish my Cameo Tan looked this good. Maybe some new paint in a few years. Where did you get the stripe kit?


Don't know what the differences are in Cameo Tan vs Jamacain Beige, maybe Cameo is a little lighter. Got the stripe kit from Phoenix

 

[scramble1983]

Phoenix graphics

 

[scramble1983]

looks fantastic!!, hope my MD Juan tub looks as good.

I hope so too, I will take detail pics once everything is done to show all the body lines, the fire wall gave the most trouble and required the most drilling. The doors are getting fitted this week along with the full hardtop, so anything goes...crossing fingers.

 

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[Craner8]

Beautiful color with graphics. Love the box on the tailgate, too. Does tailgate lay flat? Mine didn't initially; I installed hinges upside down. When reversed it laid flat. Can't tell from the pics how they're mounted. Where is the roll bar pad from?

 

[scramble1983]

Thanks, the roll bar cover was custom made by the interior guy. The hinges look like they were installed right . I think the wire is too long, I will have to adjust them later.

 

[jeepinjosh]

there is supposed to be a bracket that the wire bolts to...it bolts into those holes.

 

[Dave The Sparky]

Yep the tyre carrier reinforcing brackets are what the cables bolt to, thats why there are all those holes in that particular piece of steel where you have the cable at the moment.

 

[FLCJ8]

That looks awesome.

Is that a custom made tailgate or an aftermarket custom one?
I've seen them before with the storage built in, but I don't remember seeing them with those built in latches. More pics of the tailgate closed would be great when you have time.

 

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[Bryanf]

Very Nice!!!

 

[scramble1983]

That looks awesome.

Is that a custom made tailgate or an aftermarket custom one?
I've seen them before with the storage built in, but I don't remember seeing them with those built in latches. More pics of the tailgate closed would be great when you have time.

Here is where I mounted the tailgate , doesn't open flat, did I not mount them correctly ?

It is a storage tailgate from Aqualu

 

[CHIEFWAHO]

Looks like your missing the Scrambler/CJ8 specific tailgate support brackets

 

[scramble1983]

^^^^thanks, guess the PO had removed them for some reason.

 

[Craner8]

Watch those cables on that fresh paint, too. Wrap it with tape or something.

 

[FLCJ8]

Here is where I mounted the tailgate , doesn't open flat, did I not mount them correctly ?

Like was stated, the tailgate supports are missing.

But, it looks like in your pic that the bottom of the tailgate is flush with the bottom of the bed. This could be caused by the pivot of the hinge near the bottom of the bed. Like this:




The hinges should be mounted where the lip of the tailgate hinges below the bed with the pivot of the hinge below the bed. Like this:


This would allow the tailgate to be level and flush with the bed on a factory tailgate. Of course yours is not going to be flush as it has added depth, but if the hinges and cables are correctly mounted the tailgate should end up lower and level.

I realize the second pic isn't a CJ but the mounting is correct.

 

[Gueon]

Great looking Scrambler! Are those Scrambler specific boxes mounted on your fenders or are they sold as CJ7 units? I assume they are Tuffy brand?