Neat!

 

 

Gonna be doing a cut and fold to the rear quarter panels here soon. Got a rust hole worn in the passnger side and i get mud and water up into my trunk so I thinks its time to fold it up. Gonna be stripping the the bed liner off and possibly repaint to prevent rust from spreading

 

Cut and fold!

Heres what I started with:






Been getting my freshly painted and sound deadened floor pans hella wet for a while now, but i didnt realize the extent of it until recently







Picked up some gel paint stripper to slather on there and this is like go around number 3 of putting it on and scrapping the bed liner off





Finally got it all off and bare metal totally clean and exposed





Cutting ensued





Of course got the chassis saver laid down after priming with a rust reformer paint







Painted the rear with the chassis saver while it was available



And then the fold







Not ideal as the front of the fold was a little squirrely and didnt want to have a nice sharp fold. Definitely going to be picking up a rivet tool to lay down some pop rivets to hold it all together nice since IDK how to weld

Then got the driver side going. This is as far as I got before I called it a day though

 

Ideally I would like to pick up a DirtBound Offroad Mojave rear bumper or an Ares Fab rear bumper that fit to the cut n fold. unless someone has a better suggestion for a cut n fold rear bumper

 

I have Ares Fab a cut and fold and love it. Integrated frame mounts and made of 3/16" and has a pretty slick design, not bulky and protruding like some others. I got mine on sale.

 

Oh and looks like a clean job done, great work.

 

Im so torn between the two! And thanks!

 

Man does life really get in the way sometimes. Got a pic and update dump for yall

Speakers are new this year and the driver side door one has been acting up. Decided to take a rainy day to use my new solder set to wire them up right as well as wiring up the stereo to the speakers themselves





Before


Half way through



Used clear shrink wrap

 

Now for some glamour shots!











And some lulz

 

Picked this up too! Been wanting to get into welding a ton so this is awesome!



Before


During


After


Had to build an extension cord for it


I suck





Screwing around



It was at this time that the dryer outlet that I was plugged into stopped working :/ Landlord had it fixed, but I havent tried the welder since

 

UPDATE COMPLETE!

As always plz follow my instagram derek_xj

 

Pulled a 1992 For Explorer tranmission cooler, cleaned it up, pumped a bunch of mineral spirits through it until it came out clear, painting it black and installed it!











The cooler itself was $10, the w feet of 3/8 inch tubing was $6 and the metal straps and tubing connectors were $8. Took the time to drain and fill my transmission pan as well with new dex/merc

Next step will be to splice in a gauge for the temperature

 

Also some action shots woo. Bought broke my neck getting into and out of this thing when it was up there

 

Hey. Im not dead. I did pick up a 6.0 L96 for an LS swap. So yeah. Stay tuned