WARING PIC MANIA.
Another Craigslist purchase. Was all green and yellow(sorry didnt get a pic). PO said it looked like the owner before him let some kids go to town with some spray cans. Thats what it looked like to me also. Inside was ROUGH! Floor was sprayed with undercoat! Messed up. Getting rid of that was a pain!

after sanding and Brown primering(top flat black and new grille/croner lights)

rusted floor after removing most "tar"

Jacked up rear homemade bumper junk(most undercoating removed)

No idea what rear axle they stuck underthere

 

-V6 rear axle-using the diff

-front solid axle for rebuild

-front axle rebuild begun

-diffs to rebuild with 5.29s and AussieLockers

 

That rear axle looks like it could be a Dana 30. This looks like a fun build. Ill be keepin an eye on it to see where it goes.

 

Getting parts together for da build.

 

Got the front driveshaft cut up and welded. Going square tube style.

Got rear axle housing(IFS width) stripped out and painted.

 

Got front diff tore down and started putting back together(aussie and new bearings/seals).

 

More parts came in. Yeahya!! Shout out to Sean at LowRangeOffRoad.com for the good prices and great service. Bought most of my parts there.


Cleaned up an primered then painted red calipers(SAS calipers for rear and IFS/V6 calipers for front).

Parts gettin painted. Looking purrdy.

Front axle housing- welded, gusseted, trussed, rock guarded, stripped and painted! Looks so nice I dont want to wheel it.

 

Diff(s) setting up TIME! Nooooooo! We'll see what happens hahaha.

How you guys like my homemade tool?

That pattern is the best I could do. See how it holds up.

Finished! Shinny!

 

Cut old factory hangers off and welded in the TG piece. Installed the new TG 5" leaf springs.

Bolted up the front axle housing with U-bolt flip kit. Me liky

I drilled and tapped the plate, so I could in/out the front bump stop.

Cut and grinded all the shock mounts and brake line holders. Welded in new hoops and retainers. And installed shocks.

 

Painted/installed roll bar. Im in here working on my rig(hope i dont mess up my wife's mini cooper hahaha)

Now to cut off all this hooha off the back. What were they thinking???

Next did some different kind of cuttin and welded in the rear shock mounts. Not too bad.

Old axle OUT and new(bearings, seals, disc brake conversion, brake lines, 2" spacers, etc)axle IN. NOW LOOKS LIKE PROGRESS to me.
Oh went with chevy leaf springs and aftermarket mounting stuff in the rear.


Check out those new lugs BLING! Yeahya! hahaha

 

Installin front brakes.

Painted some more. Check that broken HarborFreight pitman arm puller in the back. Didnt have a chance.

Assembled. Man this press helped TONS with this BUILD. Recommended(HarborFreight haha).


Put in the IFS gearbox brackets and paint some more.

 

Some knuckle buildin. Went with some 6 shooters. Yeahya!



Gearbox in. Had to do some trimmin and had to cut pitman arm to get off. Sheesh.

 

Oh snaps! How you like that 3" spacers. Didnt think they were going to be that THICK. Oh well thats how Ill roll hahaha.

Front driveshaft installed.

Random pics.



Angle shim made leafs springs and steering rod hit(took out).

Had to grind the gusset cause Longfield wipers were hitting.

 

Longfields ready to go in but couldnt. Turns out the my axles housing was bent! Oh Hell Noooo!!

So Ill just fix it. Snaps see what happens!
First we'll make a cut.

Then time to bend. Hey "dont sweat the technique".

With pressure still on it... Weld it! Then when it cools it will finish pulling it STRAIGHT. (I guess hahaha).

AND walla! Shafts fit with no seal distortion.
With further assembly.

And more assembly.

 

Switched out the 5/8" master brake cylinder with the V6 1". 4 betta breaking.

Hubs cleaned, painted and gears changed to Longfields.


And put on.

Made some bracket for the front brakelines that bolt on with the caliper bolt(I eliminated the rotor shields).

 

Put in Creeper Joints in back. Downey shackles front and rear.

 

You shouda seen this floor before. SNAPS!!
Almost ready to "spray in" some "bedliner".
BEFORE....



AFTER....

 

Did a relocate on the ecu.
Holesaw the glove box. Velcro'd the ecu and ran wires up into glovebox.

 

Put this in for ebrake(due to rear disc brake conversion). Later found out they dont have a good rep.

 

Put in rear seats, floor mats, and rear heater w/armrest cover.