jscherb
Expedition Leader
This isn't an expedition-related project, so I'm not doing a build thread for it in this forum like I have with my other projects, but I thought some people might be interested in seeing this anyway...
I've been building some custom fiberglass parts that I'm calling a "CJ Grille Conversion kit for the TJ/LJ", which enables a CJ grille to be installed on a TJ/LJ. Here are some photos of the work in progress:
A key part of making all of this work is a new custom cowl panel - this eliminates the hump in the center that the stock TJ cowl panel has. The center section of this cowl panel is actually molded from a CJ tub, so it mates up to the center part of a CJ hood perfectly.
At the moment the hinges are mounted on TJ centers; in the final implementation they'll be spaced out a little wider to CJ spacing.
I've been building some custom fiberglass parts that I'm calling a "CJ Grille Conversion kit for the TJ/LJ", which enables a CJ grille to be installed on a TJ/LJ. Here are some photos of the work in progress:
![FullClip3.jpg](http://i213.photobucket.com/albums/cc163/jscherb/CJGrille/FullClip3.jpg)
![FullClip1.jpg](http://i213.photobucket.com/albums/cc163/jscherb/CJGrille/FullClip1.jpg)
![FullClip2.jpg](http://i213.photobucket.com/albums/cc163/jscherb/CJGrille/FullClip2.jpg)
![FullClip4.jpg](http://i213.photobucket.com/albums/cc163/jscherb/CJGrille/FullClip4.jpg)
![FullClip5.jpg](http://i213.photobucket.com/albums/cc163/jscherb/CJGrille/FullClip5.jpg)
A key part of making all of this work is a new custom cowl panel - this eliminates the hump in the center that the stock TJ cowl panel has. The center section of this cowl panel is actually molded from a CJ tub, so it mates up to the center part of a CJ hood perfectly.
![FullClip9.jpg](http://i213.photobucket.com/albums/cc163/jscherb/CJGrille/FullClip9.jpg)
At the moment the hinges are mounted on TJ centers; in the final implementation they'll be spaced out a little wider to CJ spacing.