I been doing a lot to the Jeep; just haven't kept up with the thread. I had to stop on the paint, otherwise I would have to do more painting later. I'd rather just do it right now and then finish the paint and be done with it. So... I do have the base coat on but it is not cleared yet, so it's not a shiny as it will be.
kind of where it is at right now. The fenders are not tighten or aligned up just slapped on there. It's the only pic I have.
I've blacked out the wheels. Not really sure how the paint on these will last once I start wheeling it. Guess I'll find out.
Right now the jeep is all tore apart as I am fixing the tub from rust and getting ready to Herculine it.
Cage is out and just taking up space right now.
These are the pics of the bad floor than needs replaced before I can herculine.
Rusty Floor at the drivers side B-pillar...
More rusty floor at the drivers side front.
I chopped and cut and cut and chopped. ALL RUST ERADICATED.
Pretty sure I got it all.
I had to cut out the mounting brackets for the floor part of the bpillar cage foot. I tried to drill them out but it was just rusted too badly.
I then made some new brackets to weld in out of some 1/4" I had laying around.
I cut and bent several pieces to match the the flow of the floor and whatnot as best as I could. The rest of these pics are just different shots of what all I had to replace. I sealed everything top and bottom with anti-rust sealant and am using seam sealer on the underneath. Will post pics of that up after I get it done.
I also had to replace a lot of the side panel; because it was rusting out.. paint was bubbling up underneath. I cut it out and replaced it, i replaced the rusted metal and am not too worried about sanding smooth for paint since it's getting covered with 3/16 plate after the tub is herculined.
Everything is welded solid on the inside, sealed with anti-rust sealer, will be primed, sanded, and then herculined. Underneath is sealed with the anti-rust sealer and will be sealed on top of that with automotive seam sealer, then primed and painted. I still have to grind down some boogery welds and fill in where the cage mounts are at. Hopefully this will be the last of the rust for many years. I did not overlap any of the new metal I put in; it is cut to size and made to fit... save for the long piece running along the threshold. It's going to be covered by my rocker so I didn't worry too much about it.