Fox93
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Hey everyone,
My names jake, and I'm 18, and a senior in high school, and just got my first actual vechile. She's a 1980 Cj-7 and is in wonderful shape. Theres only a little bit of surface rust, and almost nothing on the frame and thats good for a jeep thats 32 years old and is in Vermont! It came with a hardtop and soft doors that actually don't fit. Its a 4 cylinder, 4 speed, and at the moment the engine only has 36,000 miles. I picked her up down my street for about $3,000.
What Iv done so far:
A couple of my buds and I decided to take everything out and spray bed linear on the tub and walls, and that came out fairly well.
Before:
^ We sanded everything down, and put POR15 in a couple places, and then we got started with the bed armor.
After:
and
^ You can see how well that came out under the front seats. The back is a little choppy, but thats because we originally tried rolling herculinar on it, but it was a bit thick and caused us problems. Therefor, I took a nice trip to the auto parts store and picked up some bed armor to finish the front.
Im looking for ideas on what to do with this rig. I Plan on putting the spare tire on, and hopefully grabbing a yj roll bar to replace the original cj one. I'd Also like to lift it maybe another 3 inches, and get some ************ Fender flares to replace the ones that are currently there. Iv also read around about people adding a second gas tank, or making the current 15 gallon tank to a 20, but I don't know whether that is a good idea or not. Any input or suggestions on what to do with my new toy would be greatly appreciated!
edit: Im also looking for cj7 full steel doors, But I can't find any around locally, and, or, through craigslist. Is there a site that sells them? That goes the same for the yj roll bar!?
My names jake, and I'm 18, and a senior in high school, and just got my first actual vechile. She's a 1980 Cj-7 and is in wonderful shape. Theres only a little bit of surface rust, and almost nothing on the frame and thats good for a jeep thats 32 years old and is in Vermont! It came with a hardtop and soft doors that actually don't fit. Its a 4 cylinder, 4 speed, and at the moment the engine only has 36,000 miles. I picked her up down my street for about $3,000.
What Iv done so far:
A couple of my buds and I decided to take everything out and spray bed linear on the tub and walls, and that came out fairly well.
Before:
^ We sanded everything down, and put POR15 in a couple places, and then we got started with the bed armor.
After:
and
^ You can see how well that came out under the front seats. The back is a little choppy, but thats because we originally tried rolling herculinar on it, but it was a bit thick and caused us problems. Therefor, I took a nice trip to the auto parts store and picked up some bed armor to finish the front.
Im looking for ideas on what to do with this rig. I Plan on putting the spare tire on, and hopefully grabbing a yj roll bar to replace the original cj one. I'd Also like to lift it maybe another 3 inches, and get some ************ Fender flares to replace the ones that are currently there. Iv also read around about people adding a second gas tank, or making the current 15 gallon tank to a 20, but I don't know whether that is a good idea or not. Any input or suggestions on what to do with my new toy would be greatly appreciated!
edit: Im also looking for cj7 full steel doors, But I can't find any around locally, and, or, through craigslist. Is there a site that sells them? That goes the same for the yj roll bar!?
