Thanks for the compliments guys!
Jeer42 the door panels are Gauge Works (by auto meter) that I got from Morris 4x4. And I made the red insert panels out of .040 red alum.
Gauge Works Replacement Door Panels, Interior, Black - Pair - GW-90-000
Dman2721, yes sir they are painted with rustoleum wheel paint. And I full color printed the center cap decals out of reflective black. Was gonna powdercoat them but since the center caps are kinda jacked up with some cracks in the locking rings i didn't want to spend the extra money. Since I might lose a center cap down the road. And as luck has it. they don't make those center caps anymore. so I will be in the new rim market after that. Or try to fab some new ones.
So that leads to me to saying that it is great to have goals and set goals. But reality is other thing. While I did get tons done to her, its wasn't even close to my goals.
So I didn't expect all the rust. And boy was there a lot of it.
Ok, replacing the cowl seal was not hard at all and I used the Omix Windshield Frame to Cowl Seal from Morris 4X4. (
Omix Windshield Frame to Cowl Seal - 12302.04) IT FIT GREAT WITH NO ISSUES! I did use new counter sink screws and finish washers cause the existing was rusted as hell. So go ahead and plan on replacing these when installing the new seal. Tip: Clean all surfaces before installing seal. And yes with the new seal compressing the windshield back down to meet up with bracket and cage was a bio$TCH. But not bad with a helper to help persuade the mating task. Still have to square up windshield for top but plan on doing that this week. Just need to get a security torx socket for the rollbar bolt. Or break off the round tab.
So to the rust: SONOFABISCUIT! Now I have sand, prep and paint the dash! I went ahead addressed this issue so it wouldn't get any worse. Good news is now the dash is painted. But this ate a lot of my time up.
And when you have it this far out, clean all dash panels, gauges and fix what ever issues that you may find. And as luck would have it, I had more issues. Not to mention run wires for accessories etc.
I went ahead and ran my 3" led cube lights thru the cowl seal and ran wires into dash. I used the existing hole on the driver side where the wiper motor wires run to run my wires for that light. And on the pass side I just drilled a 3/4" whole where the dash is notched out and ran wires thru that with a rubber grommet. Done deal.
Next up was adding the Kicker 4x6's in the dash at the factory location. Again what a Bit&%h! Some of the factory studs was missing so I just broke the others off. Drilled 4 new holes in the dash and mounted them with button head stainless screws and nuts. Make sure you go ahead and wire them up and be ready for them to go.
As you can see when replacing a cowl seal, you might as well plan ahead to do other mods and be ready to fix what you can't see!
I also would like to find whomever designed the damn glovebox and give him a good ole' Texas @zz whoopin! 4 screws in the handle area on the back side?!? This @zzH@le must have never worked on a damn thing in his life....
KMD
Tip: Just leave those damn screws on the back side of the glove box out. I plan on adding a security metal glove box soon. (and mine had the phillips head button type)