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Old 06-25-2015, 12:06 PM
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Long story short, its not done cause I have too many projects but I'm making progress on it. I'll be updating this as soon as I can get all the pictures to upload. And I made the header smaller again.







Total of 15 inches out of the front end when it was all said and done.

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Here's a quick run down of where I am and why I'm not done yet.

Finished my bumper.


Figured out where my lights need to sit in order for the grill to fit


Another test fit.


Then took it down to a little crawler show we had in town. And on the drive home we blew a tranny line


While climbing under to try and fix the tranny cooler I found a bad wire (or 100) and decided its about time that I tackle that mess and clean it up before I put the front end back together.


The new engine harness after I cleaned it up and reran it.


Then the interior harness needed to come out as well. And that meant cutting the dash out to get to the harness


The interior harness before


And after


Then I started fabbing up a new dash


And ordered a bunch of stuff online to just build my own aftermarket harness instead of tapping into the crappy stock one.


And here is the new fuse box and relay panel I built.


Then I got some sheet metal and started mounting switches


And did a little test fit.




Then started wiring switches.





And that pretty much brings me up to today. I found out I have a bad fuel pump switch today when I tried to wire them up so I'm waiting on the new one for that to come in. And otherwise I'm just trying to piece things together as I have the free time. I really need to work on my tube fenders, Just haven't had the time or ambition lately. Hopefully in the next week or so I'll get those finished and get my grill mounted up. Sorry for the novel, I need to update more often on here. Cheers.
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im liking the dash a lot. can't wait to see it finished
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Great update and great progress! I like that dash, everything is laid out great and it looks good in there.
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Front looks awesome. Very aggressive. Love the switch panel and how you kept everything uniform and matching. Not just some random stuff thrown together. Very clean work.
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Pretty much exactly what I want to do! Great job man keep up the good work!
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That looks awesome I love the look of a custom dash.
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Thanks everyone. Took a few days off work this week since the weather was decent and finally got some work done on it. Still tons to do but its forward progress.

Dash frame welded in.


Few switches installed. And those switches on the center console do control the tranny. So no more TCU! Take that computers


Playing with more wires. All the wiring alone is going to take a few days at least. Lots to run still


And I got the front end finished up. Fenders this weekend I hope but honestly, it will probably end up taking me another month



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Not my cup of tea but nice fab skills.
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Originally Posted by 93_xjcherokee
Not my cup of tea but nice fab skills.
why so negative?
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Originally Posted by XJwonders
why so negative?
Was I negative at all? No. Did I say his work looks like ****? No. I said nice fab skills. I said not my cup of tea because I like the square look of Cherokees but I could never do fab like that so I simply gave my opinion and told him he has good skills. That is all.
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Originally Posted by 93_xjcherokee
Was I negative at all? No. Did I say his work looks like ****? No. I said nice fab skills. I said not my cup of tea because I like the square look of Cherokees but I could never do fab like that so I simply gave my opinion and told him he has good skills. That is all.
Honestly you could have just said looks good, keep it up. No reason to throw anything else. It is kind of negative. Especially since you don't know him.
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Originally Posted by blankdeluxe
Playing with more wires. All the wiring alone is going to take a few days at least. Lots to run still
Great job on the wiring!
Looks like someone really cares about doing a professional job, versus the usual hacked up cobbled mess I usually see from some other peeps/rides on this site.
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Excellent job done so far.
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Now you gotta get some bigger tires asap!


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