JP jeep in MD
Posted: September 8th, 2015, 2:02 pm
I figured I'd get a thread up for my jeep.
It's a 1995 Sahara.
I bought the Jeep sight unseen off of ebay. It was a risk but the pictures combined with the low(ish) miles made it easier to take that risk. I had spent countless hours searching for Saharas in my area. Despite this being a 1995 (which means the wrong color interior) the upside was that it was less likely to have frame rust since 95 was when they started to protect the frame with 'undercoating.' It had 109k miles which is relatively low for a YJ. It was very common to find YJs with 150k and up.
Here was one of the pics in the ebay ad:
I noticed the gasket between the fender and body so I asked the seller if it had been in a wreck and painted. He assured me it was stock and had never been wrecked / painted. My gut told me he was bs-ing me and I'd later confirm that.
When I got it home I could tell the fenders were painted. Bah. Fortunately the jeep was very sound. No major rust issues. Most of everything that needed to be there was there.
Prior to purchasing the jeep I had already acquired a light bar and KC Hilites.
Within a week of owning the jeep I picked up a set of Goodyear Duratracs out in the sticks. On the way home I blew a tire. This happened to be on the coldest night of the winter + my phone died + I had no phone charger + I came to find out that there was no jack. There were only a few houses around me so I picked one that had some lights on and fortunately it was a younger couple who helped call me a tow. The tow truck had an impact wrench and was able to get the blown tire off and put a spare on. That was an adventure!
Come spring time I removed the ugly gaskets, removed the pinstriping, and then removed the sahara logos. That's when I noticed they sprayed the fenders and part of the body but never removed the sahara logos. So underneath the logos was the stock color.
I could tell the fenders were painted but I figured I could get away with rattle-canning the red stripes on and the stripes would keep the two tan colors being noticeably different. Unfortunately the sahara logo kept me from being able to do that since they never sprayed that area.
I procrastinated and built an East Dock Sign:
As time went on I began researching how to build a DIY paint booth and what tools would be needed to paint it myself. The problem is I don't have a lot of free time to do everything so I held off on committing to one thing or another. Come summer time I found Jack Fauth (jack@no-limitcustoms.com) here on the forums when he posted his ad for JP Conversion Services. viewtopic.php?f=32&t=2653
We met up to discuss my project at which point I was quickly sold. Here's his JP jeep next to mine (notice the color difference between Sand Beige Poly vs Light Pearlstone Metallic:
At that point Jack worked his magic! Below are some progress pics that he sent to me.
We went with Ford Performance Red rather than Radiant Fire Red. Radiant Fire is more 'maroon' where Performance Red is more 'orange.'
Tags getting ready...
And here's the final product!
The red is crazy. In person it's almost orange. But in the pics above they look more maroon. It's kind of crazy but I'm looking at it from my window right now and the red in the pictures look completely different!
BOTTOM LINE - IT'S AWESOME!!!!
It's a 1995 Sahara.
I bought the Jeep sight unseen off of ebay. It was a risk but the pictures combined with the low(ish) miles made it easier to take that risk. I had spent countless hours searching for Saharas in my area. Despite this being a 1995 (which means the wrong color interior) the upside was that it was less likely to have frame rust since 95 was when they started to protect the frame with 'undercoating.' It had 109k miles which is relatively low for a YJ. It was very common to find YJs with 150k and up.
Here was one of the pics in the ebay ad:
I noticed the gasket between the fender and body so I asked the seller if it had been in a wreck and painted. He assured me it was stock and had never been wrecked / painted. My gut told me he was bs-ing me and I'd later confirm that.
When I got it home I could tell the fenders were painted. Bah. Fortunately the jeep was very sound. No major rust issues. Most of everything that needed to be there was there.
Prior to purchasing the jeep I had already acquired a light bar and KC Hilites.
Within a week of owning the jeep I picked up a set of Goodyear Duratracs out in the sticks. On the way home I blew a tire. This happened to be on the coldest night of the winter + my phone died + I had no phone charger + I came to find out that there was no jack. There were only a few houses around me so I picked one that had some lights on and fortunately it was a younger couple who helped call me a tow. The tow truck had an impact wrench and was able to get the blown tire off and put a spare on. That was an adventure!
Come spring time I removed the ugly gaskets, removed the pinstriping, and then removed the sahara logos. That's when I noticed they sprayed the fenders and part of the body but never removed the sahara logos. So underneath the logos was the stock color.
I could tell the fenders were painted but I figured I could get away with rattle-canning the red stripes on and the stripes would keep the two tan colors being noticeably different. Unfortunately the sahara logo kept me from being able to do that since they never sprayed that area.
I procrastinated and built an East Dock Sign:
As time went on I began researching how to build a DIY paint booth and what tools would be needed to paint it myself. The problem is I don't have a lot of free time to do everything so I held off on committing to one thing or another. Come summer time I found Jack Fauth (jack@no-limitcustoms.com) here on the forums when he posted his ad for JP Conversion Services. viewtopic.php?f=32&t=2653
We met up to discuss my project at which point I was quickly sold. Here's his JP jeep next to mine (notice the color difference between Sand Beige Poly vs Light Pearlstone Metallic:
At that point Jack worked his magic! Below are some progress pics that he sent to me.
We went with Ford Performance Red rather than Radiant Fire Red. Radiant Fire is more 'maroon' where Performance Red is more 'orange.'
Tags getting ready...
And here's the final product!
The red is crazy. In person it's almost orange. But in the pics above they look more maroon. It's kind of crazy but I'm looking at it from my window right now and the red in the pictures look completely different!
BOTTOM LINE - IT'S AWESOME!!!!