Hardware

So I've been tossing hardware on the jeep like a mad-man here are some of the highlights:

Did I mention the window flips down?




Here are the nerf bar shots:

They make it easy to get in!

Front bumper and nerf bars installed:

Back in Black

I painted most of the items that I primed black. Painting the rollcage and bumper were very difficult and the results were mixed. I will be using some rattle can paint to do some touch ups. I did not have enough paint to do the nerf bars, but I am going to hit them up with some spray on bedliner. Most importantly I did have good painting results with the dash and shift boot plate.

My paint suit became very torn after manuevering around such a small booth (5 paintjobs worth). I had to make some he-man underwear out of masking tape. Someone walked in my garage and was like "Oh my Jonathan, what is it that you are wearing--you look lovley. "

"This ol' thang?" I replied. I bet this picture will be on 4chan so fast. It'll become an internet joke called the painter. Like someone will post it on your site or link you to it and you will get "painted."

The painter.

The painter. You is gettin painted.

Completed dash.

Misc parts

Prime Suspect

After much too much sanding and not enough beer I finally prepped all the jeep's accessories for paint. I also built a new paint booth which has some better properties than the previous one.

Better plastic (3.5mil thick) and a PVC (1.25" dia) frame helped make the paint booth more like a room. Also a set of sawhorses helped to serve as a table to support lots of parts.

I am painting the dash, roll cage, front bumper, nerf bars, shift plate, shift book plate, tow hooks, windshield hinge brackets, roll cage mounts, and fuel rack.

The parts spread.

Bumper was hung from the garage door beam so it could be rotated as it was painted.

That little guy over there is smiling because he has huffed more paint and VOCs than the sum of paint huffer appearances on COPS.

Fuel and tire rack.

Here is me mixing some primer in the booth.

Making batter.

Spraying paint

There is nothing more manly that spraying a nice coat of primer on diamond plate. Maybe if I was grilling a steak or cleaning a fish on it--those would be contenders.

Here is the painted roll cage and bumper.

Here are some small parts.

Here is the beautiful dash.

Dash Fabrication pt 4

So here is the progress on the radio door fabrication.

The door and track assembly has been made:


I used nylon lock nuts so i don't have vibration problems.

Here is how it sits in the dash. The radio mounting plate hovers behind the plane of the door.

Here is the fab area.

The angle iron will support the radio mounting plate. And the motor/solenoid/electronics plate.

Here is the door shut.

Open


View of radio mounting plate

I threw some black paint on the dash to serve as a guide for when i need to start sanding.

Card From www.frontpanelexpress.com

Earlier I was very impressed with the folks over at Front Panel Express www.frontpanelexpress.com. Now I am VERY impressed by them. They sent me a card, that said, well you can read it:




Did I mention that I got candy with my order? It is almost as if they are trying to date me in like second grade or something--a card and candy. Damn, I'm easy...

Seriously, they have a great business going with a good business model and they can deliver some awesome products. I highly recommend them for your next panel/nameplate/custom design. I know that for another venture that I am about to embark upon, I will definitely be using them for that.

Video Milled the Radio Star

I used my milling machine to cut the hole for the radio mount.