MOIRAI 1995 4x4 Fire Rescue BUILD Thread

[Jdubucsd]

This is going on my seat brackets. I wanted a durable textured finish. A buddy Ryan used this in his Land Cruisers interior trim and recommended it. Por 15 was too smooth and glossy in my opinion, this looks great so far!
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[Jdubucsd]

They look great! I masked off the original sticker and removed the tape after painting.

 

[Jdubucsd]

The hot exhaust heats the air up around it under the floor pan. The hole for the transfer case cover will just suck in all the hot air into the cabin, mostly if the windows are cracked or open. So I have three layers around the opening with a slit. It will also help block heat, sounds and hot air from coming in.

Cleaning the seat belt hookups. I had a bunch of black nitrile gloves from ammo nyc.

Battery tray install and new stainless steel mounting bolts with lock washers and red loctite

Interior is looking like a vehicle now. ?

 

[Jdubucsd]

Stainless steel bolts, 1-1/2" x1/4 diamter. Stainless lock washer and nuts. Added red loctite.

Thats me drilling holes after carefully measuring.

Drivers seat bracket. I reversed the standard Cole Hersee on off logo and the other side is just aluminum. I liked how it looks so I reversed it.

Manual T-case lever is a genuine Ford part.

The rear step well will be getting treated with Por-15. Just like the two front step wells and side barn doors.

 

[Jdubucsd]

Borg Warner Transfer case. I have not looked it up to see which type it is.

Finally the doghouse cover is back in. I would highly recomend NEVER removing the weatherstripping around it. It was such a pain in the ass to get it mounted and seated correctly.

Well its super quiet now with all the added insulation!! You can talk normally, hear the radio fine etc. im so glad I took the time and effort to do it right.

Electrical under the drivers seat is all back hooked up and working properly.

Some more finesse vinyl rubber floor trimming around the foot wells. And black silicone under both seats where they have the passage for cables and wires.

Seats will be going in soon.

Such a good feeling have my socket wrench switched back to "tighten", meaning its finally coming back together after being apart for what seems like an eternity.

 

[Jdubucsd]

Looks like its a Borg Warner 13-56... for short BW 1356.

 

[Jdubucsd]

I got bedliner sprayed into all three step wells on top of some Por-15. I think the black bedliner looks cool and is more durable than the white stock paint that was already worn through on some spots

 

[Jdubucsd]

Also make sure you have mineral spirits to wipe away overspray. It will happen. I think the final product will be awesome.

 

[Jdubucsd]

So it turns out painting all the way down the lower lip. You close the doors and guess what you see, black peeking out!! So I had two separate people into jeeps camping the outdoors like us all, and they both were like yeap. You just made more work for yourself. It needs to be white on that part. It looks off.

So I ordered a can of Ford ZC Glacial White paint. Cost is pricey $30 for an 11.5 oz aerosol.

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[Raul]

So it turns out painting all the way down the lower lip. You close the doors and guess what you see, black peeking out!! So I had two separate people into jeeps camping the outdoors like us all, and they both were like yeap. You just made more work for yourself. It needs to be white on that part. It looks off.

Or you can paint the bottom of your van black or some other color to combat the "white van" stigma.

 

[Jdubucsd]

Or you can paint the bottom of your van black or some other color to combat the "white van" stigma.

Hey Raul. Yes. I wanted to walk away from it and do some thinking. I was actually thinking of just doing that. Painting it black with bedliner on the lower rocker panels...thanks for the comment. I think will balance it out nicely. Without having to create too much of a headache.

 

[Jdubucsd]

I painted the transfer case shifter with bed liner spray. Came out great. Remounted it. I also used Red loctite.

Also remounted the seats and secured the seat brackets. I treated the tops of all the bolts with Por15. Thats why it took longer than usual to just put it back together.

I opted to deeply clean my 16x7 Alcoa rims. Two steps degreaser, steam. Then Ammo NYC Plum Crazy rim cleaner. Let it dry. Masked it off. And probably did about 7 coats per rim of flat black Plastidip.

I used three of my four cans of Plastidip. I also will have to touch up a few spots. But overall it totally changes the look and personality of the rig. And it took about 3 hours start to finish to do it right.

 

[Jdubucsd]

Balboa Transport had about 10 ambulances for sale at $500 each. Most non running. But beat on hard. I didnt buy one. Turns out a few months later one was at the junkyard and I nabbed a lower air intake off of it for $20. I got lucky. Not too many times Ill see a 7.3 diesel e series at the junkyard.

 

[Jdubucsd]

I had taken off the rubber clipped on panel between the rear bumper and body. I painted with Por15 then topped it off with bed liner. I cleaned and applied rubber plastic conditioner to bring it back to life and reinstalled it today.

 

[Jdubucsd]

I sprayed plastidip to simulate what bedliner will look like on the lower rockers. I think it looks awesome. So ill pull off the plastidip and lay down some bedliner soon