I will help ya any day you want. Bring it up here and we could tear it down and build it up. Good score on the dakota springs!

 

hell id help ya anyday u wanted. but yer on the other side of the country and i barely have enough gas to make it to my gf's house. haha

 

Awesome score on the XJ and the upgrades... Look forward to seeing them installed.. And Sno Blynd, he is actually only a few states above you, not across the country...

 

Thanks guys and doug I plan on taking you up on that offer....going back to jy to get a gas tank skid too only 10 bucks

 

oh sorry about that i saw california and thought the state. haha didnt see the state abbrev.
still dont have the gas though.

 

well between work and the kids I finally got some time to put into the jeep now this is the first time I have attempted body work so try not to be to harsh I started with the header panel first was the fiberglass




then some filler


had to do alot of sanding and then a little more filler and more sanding then primer

 

next came two coats of paint and then two coats of clear

 

good job on the front there looks like new

 

got it put back on the jeep, I know its not perfect but it looks way better than it did and the only person that has to like it is me



I also found this under the rear passenger bumper cap


so I decided to try my hand with my new grinder and a cut off wheel, did a little cutting, grinding, sanding, then hit it with some primer, since I do not have a welder I used rivets to put some new sheet metal in the back, then I ran out of day light......



I will be putting a piece in the front once I find a bender or figure a way to bend it and then will smooth it with some filler, prime and paint it not to worried about it being perfect since it is under the bumper cap......TO BE CONTINUED......

 

Great work ,looks like new

 

thanks I probably could have done better with the filler but it would have lost its character

 

consider it your first body damage now you can offroad with no cares!

 

thanks

 

It took longer than I had hoped for but finally got the leafs, springs, and spacers installed today. The shocks that I got which I thought were longer than my stock ones were actually the same size so I have to order new shocks.

A huge thanks to fellow forum members Doug and Mike, and a big thanks to Steve for all the help today!!!
Here are some pics from the work today.

 

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