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XJ underseat drawer Finished it up and mounted. Stainless Steel all riveted up. And the passenger side, which fits a larger aluminum drawer.

Bed Liner time. The cab is all enclosed and the rig is being built to handle full-time living. The Duplicolor worked well: Waterbased-Polyurethane. Voc content is ~130g/l IIRC, hardly reeks opening up the can. Thin, watery, and clumpy even mixed. I wouldn't bother rolling this type. But it...

Second Lizard Skin imitation layer. "Heat control" Ceramic Microspheres from the glass supply mixed around 1:1 and spattered with a 3mil gun. Thick spatter on door/body skins and exhaust side floor pan. Full coat to follow.

Homebrewed "Lizard Skin" Rubber layer for the inner door/body skins and wheel wells. Laid down real thick with a hopper gun. This is an imitation of the sound control coating that goes on first. Follow (Instagram) --> @craftsmancollaborative Subscribe (Youtube) --> @craftsmancollaborative

Goodbye interior rust, scuffs and bare metal. Hello Epoxy.

This is Bad A. I drive some form of a german american mutt myself Let's see this frankenstein get going!

Rear & Mid XJ Stiffeners - Chopped, drilled, and prepped.

XJ Frame Plating, Stiffeners

The AX15 Manual Swap - Continued Seems the transmission mount adapter plate never made it home from the junkyard, and both my original aw4 crossmember has some rock dents, and the pulled ax15 crossmember looks to be bent beyond use by the forklifts at the yard. Home brewed xj crossmember...

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Testing out a textured ceramic coating (VHT + Microspheres) Needs cured on the vehicle and time will tell how the thicker coating holds up.

DIY Ceramic Insulation Undercoating (lizard skin) in the jeep transmission tunnel. ~ 1 part glass spheres (fiberglass supply) to 1 part rustoleum satin.

Out with the old. Aw4 dropped and drained.

Reverse engineered, westfalia, heavier duty hinges.

Engine degreaser, pressure washer, elbow grease, bristle brush, degreaser, scotchbrite, dawn soap, pressure washer, towel. And a minute or two...

“Shelter-at-Home”

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