- City
- Surf City
- State
- NC
Thanks but that will change in the Spring. sits too low to be a 4x4 in my eyes. thinking of a modest 2.5" leveling kit (will still have a slight rake to it with the kit) and running 34s on it.
The "It came home in buckets" build - a frame-off on an '81
- Thread starter AdamH
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Thanks but that will change in the Spring. sits too low to be a 4x4 in my eyes. thinking of a modest 2.5" leveling kit (will still have a slight rake to it with the kit) and running 34s on it.
LetchcoreCJ7
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- City
- Nashville
- State
- TN
yall sum up my thoughts exactly - at the end of the day this thing will be driven quite a bit. things will happen, it will get scratched, etc... so decals that are a tad off that no one but Scrambler junkies are gonna notice doesn't really bother me. Just still curious as to why the decals are off. I just got off the phone with Phoenix and the guy said he'd never heard of that issue before. Oh well.
just a few odds and ends left on this one before starting on the '82:
power steering box leak
wire in the factory fogs (have the original lights and dash switch that came on it but just a piece of the wiring harness)
still need to fine tune the kick down cable
that's about it for it then just drive and see what needs adjustments / etc
as noted above, I sold the Vette to my wife's uncle. Well it made it's way back over the weekend. Needs a new heater core installed and I offered to do it versus a shop. you'll also notice a roll bar out of an early '70s CJ5. neighbor of a friend was going to cut it up and put it in the trash. I have zero use for it but couldn't see it cut up. I was thinking of making a bar height table for my basement and maybe using this upside down under the table as a foot prop - who knows...
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I have called them a few times on different issues. The two kits I have installed were off in areas. I actually had to make cuts to make areas work. Angles off areas too big, radius off. They are not exact replicas in my experience. I am going to try Austin Jeeps for graphics next time.
- City
- West Friendship
- State
- MD
Have you considered just having your painter use the decals as a template and painting them on instead, ala surfjeepzx's incredible build:
https://www.cj-8.com/forum/showthre...esh-start/page6&highlight=beginning+end+fresh
https://www.cj-8.com/forum/showthre...esh-start/page6&highlight=beginning+end+fresh
- City
- Surf City
- State
- NC
surfjeepzx's paint work is amazing - no doubt about it. I did consider that route but due to cost decided to go the decal route. Maybe should have ponied up the first time and had him paint them on. oh well, live and learn.
Great thing about this '81 is that it helps me plan for what and how I will build the '82
Great thing about this '81 is that it helps me plan for what and how I will build the '82
- City
- Surf City
- State
- NC
No worries, I have thick skin! I thought I could deal with it but for the past month every time I walked in and out of the garage I found myself looking at the rear decals. That told me right there to do it.
- City
- Surf City
- State
- NC
Finally an update! Picked her up this morning. Now time to re-assemble. Decided to have my painter paint the door insert versus use the decals. They now match the color on the hardtop perfectly. The decals had more gloss to them.
- City
- beaverdam
- State
- MI
- City
- Surf City
- State
- NC
everything back together now. still have odds and ends to work out such as wiring up the fogs. Have the original lights and the switch but no wiring between them. still messin' with the kick-down cable as well. but all those are little things...
