Plops YJ Project an on-going proceedure

Plop · June 20, 2009, 12:01:59 AM

I am finally set on the vehicles that I want, I am happy with my explorer and now I got a new toy. I am gonna follow through on this one but not sure on the speed of the build. Monday when I title and plate it, I am gonna get a custom plate, BLZDEEP, which just refers to the amount of work I have to do to the body.

I got a 93 Jeep YJ yesterday the 18th.

Its a 4.0L Stick, its got 150,000 on the whole thing and 48,000 on the motor (validated on that)
It got a new clutch 2003, a brand new soft top with them coll slider windows. Its probably the best deal I have got yet, I got it for $1200. The only downfall is the body but that is easy since its mostly flat and I have plenty of steel to fix the whole thing.

Plans for the summer are to fix the body. and paint it black.
next year will be SOA lift and 33's and 4.10's

mathew21 · June 20, 2009, 01:33:21 AM

Congrats!

Groundhawger · June 20, 2009, 02:29:54 AM

cool rig

Norm Henderson · June 20, 2009, 02:48:27 AM

good job man...build her right.......

burl · June 20, 2009, 02:59:24 AM

sweet...i have never seen this body style rusted so much...but you got yourself a great drivetrain

Plop · June 20, 2009, 11:01:23 AM

The truck was never washed by the original owner, so i am guessing that sped things up a bit.

TBigLug · June 20, 2009, 01:28:03 PM

Squirell · June 20, 2009, 01:30:53 PM

Quote from: burl on June 20, 2009, 02:59:24 AM
sweet...i have never seen this body style rusted so much...but you got yourself a great drivetrain

all the rust you see is where them are all known for rusting. that and the back half of the frame

Plop · June 20, 2009, 09:43:31 PM

I checked the frame and its all solid, if there were cracks or rot holes I would have never got it.

Plop · June 21, 2009, 02:44:36 AM

Ripped out all of the carpet, and teh whole floor in general is good. The drivers side floor pan has be redone and looks fair so I am leaving that and the passenger side needs some patching done. And just found out today that I have the cool toss n' tumble back seat.

Jr · June 26, 2009, 04:38:02 AM

man i always wonderd why them friggin things rusted out soo fast..........last year my boss re painted one and put new metal in alot of the spots and where the rust was it was all sand blasted and primerd correctlly. and we got it back again and its already rusted thru again! i just dont get it i guess that was a waste of a brand new paint job

Plop · June 28, 2009, 02:15:22 AM

Its a jeep thing

Just took off the fender flares, and well... I have to buy some new parts for sure. There are too many areas that are too bad to fix. Soo I am gonna be looking for some fiberglass.

Plop · June 29, 2009, 01:16:31 AM

Started to clean up some of the rust, and got to a clean edge to cut at. I was able to get one spot done today that was about a foot long. I didnt want to take pics of my welds on the first piece because they looked like crap. I ended up primering over the other areas that I cleaned up.

TYGUY · July 01, 2009, 03:34:13 AM

good start

Plop · July 02, 2009, 10:08:44 PM

More done.

I ended up setting my truck on fire while I was welding. I freaked and was like, wtf?! I put it out and all is good. The guy use some calk/tar junk to connect teh seems of the aluminum and steel.

burl · July 03, 2009, 04:54:26 AM

i need 2 of your tires! its lookin good gotta love backyardin it!

Plop · July 03, 2009, 12:17:15 PM

My neighbors probably hate me becasue I make a bunch of noise for hours on end.

Wizzard · July 03, 2009, 12:57:29 PM

good start. welcome to the jeep world.

Plop · July 03, 2009, 01:51:29 PM

Well I am gonna be doing it all over again in a couple of years, I want to get a whole fiberglass body for it. The only reason I am welding new metal in, is because I had all the stuff for free anyways.

Plop · July 07, 2009, 10:19:42 PM

I finally have a radio! I can now listen to something else besides my exhaust.