RispoNY's Scrambler Build Thread - The 'Kit' Scrambler w/ Postal Top (PIC HEAVY)
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- Manhattan
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- NY
This is my dash in my CJ-7 project from Logan Metal Works. They worked with me to get it just the way I wanted, seemed like good people. I worked directly with them...
Looks great! Did all the hardware fit perfectly? I've heard that gauges, dash lights, knobs, etc. always fit somewhat loose in replacement dash panels as if there was just too much material cut out of the slots...
- City
- Rockville
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- VA
Everything fit well. I gave them the specs on hole sizes. There's also a guy that used to be on Jeepforum.com a lot... Double D Fab, or something like that, people seemed to like his work.
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- Manhattan
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- NY
Ok, so I did a little shopping this weekend. Picked up an ECP Radiator that I saw on surfjeepzx's crazy build! From Summit, I got my Edelbrock Performer intake (non-egr). Also, I got myself the Logan Aluminum dash I posted above. The tub should be done early this week and once it's finished, I have to immediately take it out of there and drop off all the body parts, including the dash. Lastly, I placed an order on harbor freight for a bunch of odds and ends that i needed in order to really complete my workstation. Here are the parts
Radiator:
http://www.speedcooling.com/Jeep-CJ-AMC-V8-All-Aluminum-Radiator/prod_56.html
Dash:
http://www.jeep4x4center.com/dash-stainless-steel-lmp-768609.html
Intake:
http://www.summitracing.com/parts/edl-2131/overview/
Harbor Freight Parts:
Radiator:
http://www.speedcooling.com/Jeep-CJ-AMC-V8-All-Aluminum-Radiator/prod_56.html
Dash:
http://www.jeep4x4center.com/dash-stainless-steel-lmp-768609.html
Intake:
http://www.summitracing.com/parts/edl-2131/overview/
Harbor Freight Parts:
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- Manhattan
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- NY
Can anyone reccomend a Torx kit that is reliable and won't warp. I was undoing the door hinges and broke two T50 bits. Both from Dewalt. They just kind of twisted under the pressure and now my bits have become spiral shaped and some of the bolts have been stripped. 
- City
- Bedford
- State
- NH
Can anyone reccomend a Torx kit that is reliable and won't warp. I was undoing the door hinges and broke two T50 bits. Both from Dewalt. They just kind of twisted under the pressure and now my bits have become spiral shaped and some of the bolts have been stripped.
I have my set(s) from Sears... when they break, I return them and get new ones for free... they are free exchange, I don't want to get in a war of not built in America... they used to be when I got them and now, not as much.
cb
- City
- stafford
- State
- va
I would agree on Sears too, if one is close enough to you
I go to Lowe's and buy husky because it is about 2 miles from my house
I go to Lowe's and buy husky because it is about 2 miles from my house
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- Manhattan
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- NY
So since a sears is like 30-45 mins from me, I decided to look up snap-on sets....can someone please please justify the price of a 12-bit set for $325???
http://buy1.snapon.com/catalog/item...roup_ID=674800&store=snapon-store&dir=catalog
- City
- stafford
- State
- va
- City
- stafford
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- va
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- Manhattan
- State
- NY
I've never actually stepped foot in a sears, I have just boughten some of their tools off the internet. I go to local hardware stores for my tool needs, or craigslist depending on what it is...
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- stafford
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- va
Sorry. !! I meant from "snap on "
Again that's why I go to Lowe's because if I snap a torx, and you will, I can just run over to Lowe's and get another one and can keep working
Again that's why I go to Lowe's because if I snap a torx, and you will, I can just run over to Lowe's and get another one and can keep working
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- Manhattan
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- NY
Color!
Primer is getting sprayed today! Just got off the phone with my painter and the tub is in the booth. I'm gunna head out there later today to take some pictures and stand around for a couple hours with excitemnet. I realized however that I never mentioned what color I'm going with....and no one bothered to ask?
I was originally going to go with a sand color but as I was browsing through the hundreds of different shades of tan, I felt bored. I wasn't excited for the color so I decided to go with my other choice, pale blue. My '81 was originally Montana Blue but I felt that was too blue, like baby blue. I really liked the idea of painting it an original Jeep color, but was not convinced on the original scrambler colors, they were just too light...I wanted something a little more sinister. I went through hundreds of color books and read up on color theory and everything to find the right color, it actually got to be very stressful because the difference between two shades of the exact same blue is almost unnoticeable. All my friends were telling me to just choose one at random, but how do you go about painting your dream ride a color chosen at random?!? Then I saw a 2014 Jeep Wrangler. It was painted 'Anvil' and I absolutely fell in love with the color. It's not quite blue, it's not quite gray. In overcast, it looks like a pale blue, in bright sun it looks like a military gray. It's hard to decipher and that's why I think I love it. It's not just tan, or just blue, but it's own indescribable color. Plus, it's a Jeep color! Here are some pictures, but to really get the idea you have to see it in person, it's completely different to the eye.
Primer is getting sprayed today! Just got off the phone with my painter and the tub is in the booth. I'm gunna head out there later today to take some pictures and stand around for a couple hours with excitemnet. I realized however that I never mentioned what color I'm going with....and no one bothered to ask?
I was originally going to go with a sand color but as I was browsing through the hundreds of different shades of tan, I felt bored. I wasn't excited for the color so I decided to go with my other choice, pale blue. My '81 was originally Montana Blue but I felt that was too blue, like baby blue. I really liked the idea of painting it an original Jeep color, but was not convinced on the original scrambler colors, they were just too light...I wanted something a little more sinister. I went through hundreds of color books and read up on color theory and everything to find the right color, it actually got to be very stressful because the difference between two shades of the exact same blue is almost unnoticeable. All my friends were telling me to just choose one at random, but how do you go about painting your dream ride a color chosen at random?!? Then I saw a 2014 Jeep Wrangler. It was painted 'Anvil' and I absolutely fell in love with the color. It's not quite blue, it's not quite gray. In overcast, it looks like a pale blue, in bright sun it looks like a military gray. It's hard to decipher and that's why I think I love it. It's not just tan, or just blue, but it's own indescribable color. Plus, it's a Jeep color! Here are some pictures, but to really get the idea you have to see it in person, it's completely different to the eye.
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- Manhattan
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- NY
For comparison, this was the color I originally had in mind before I got tired with it and switch to Anvil..these are some pictures I saved of an Icon FJ, the color is called 'Sand'...it's cool and all, but doesn't have the 'Wow' factor of Anvil
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- Dexter
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- MI
I deeply love that color.
Please use that color.
I would deeply love to see you use that color.
WHEN I eventually get my -3A, this is the color it would be, hopefully original paint with loads of patina. It's that sweet grey-blue that the Navy used on their Jeeps
Your selection looks like a modern take on that and I love it.
Please use that color.
I would deeply love to see you use that color.
WHEN I eventually get my -3A, this is the color it would be, hopefully original paint with loads of patina. It's that sweet grey-blue that the Navy used on their Jeeps
Your selection looks like a modern take on that and I love it.
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- Manhattan
- State
- NY
I deeply love that color.
Please use that color.
I would deeply love to see you use that color.
WHEN I eventually get my -3A, this is the color it would be, hopefully original paint with loads of patina. It's that sweet grey-blue that the Navy used on their Jeeps
BW, that is EXACTLY the color I was thinking when I said military grey.
Also, check this:
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- Dexter
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- MI
Oh boy, bringing up the Gaucho project 
You know that was built by a no-longer active member of this forum, right?
That poor Jeep, such a cool conversion and now just languishing beside the new owner's place for a couple years untouched.
Anyway, I have to admit that I didn't read all the way through your post, so I missed the military color reference, but that's my all-time favorite stock Jeep color, period. I can't wait to see what it comes out looking like.
You know that was built by a no-longer active member of this forum, right?That poor Jeep, such a cool conversion and now just languishing beside the new owner's place for a couple years untouched.
Anyway, I have to admit that I didn't read all the way through your post, so I missed the military color reference, but that's my all-time favorite stock Jeep color, period. I can't wait to see what it comes out looking like.