This is the video that inspired me to black out the grill on my ZJ and subsequently the rest of the side trim and bumpers. Made a big difference. You've got the best Jeep content and videos out there!
It is quickly becoming a frigging beautiful yet functional piece of art. seriously. You make it look easy enough I think for a couple of minutes that I could do it. Your Amazing!
1) The cinematography of this video is excellent. Francis Ford Coppola would be proud. Others will say I'm screwing with you, but I invite anyone to watch the sequence of Vito crossing the roof tops. to ambush Don Fanucci. Here too the camera leads the story. 2) Check your local steel yard for I-Beam remnants and drops. Box section is good for torsion and twist; but a bumper is more point-load and deflection. pound-for-pound I-Beam is better at those two dynamics.
I was like.. "He seriously just talked himself into building a bumper to fit the radiator" (We all know that's what happened).. "If the shoe fits..." After that was normal awesomeness.. Keep it up!
I love your creations man! These videos have helped me and my son with our Cherokee project. Its come a long way in the year we have owned it, but I keep thinking I need to go out and buy more cool tools to do the things I want to do with this Jeep. I bought the 230V welder and I have a grinder or two. With those I built and installed a new front bumper (weld your own kit), installed the mid frame stiffeners, created my own rock sliders and am currently in the process of welding up the rear bumper and frame stiffeners. But now I could really use a plasma cutter and a pipe bender to do some more cool things! LOL, OK, maybe just the plasma cutter for now... Anyhow, thanks for all the inspiration Matt!
Don't say that he needs a reason to buy that new camera he's got his eye on! He's got a drawer full of mikes, cords and old cameras! You understand right?
When bending heavy rectangular tube do not cut your lengths first. Longer lengths give you more leverage for bending. You can even stick lumber in the tube ends for more leverage. I find that it's easier to do in the yard or driveway where you really have some room to spread out.
Gotta tell you Matt, when you picked up the CJ, I was not happy with you tearing that beautiful bleepin Jeep apart. But I feel better now that the camancheep is looking as good as it is! BTW, what you do with that plasma cutter is amazing! Yet another great video and I have yet to not laugh in one.
I think some sort of real small bed would be really cool. Almost like some sort of small storage area. You might have already done that, I know this thing is finished.
WOW that tripod takes up a lot of floor space! I'm so clumsy when it comes to situational awareness in clutter, I'd be afraid to mount a $1k camera to it. Can you make mounts to hang from the rafters?
James Hill Ya get some track and you cand slide it around to where you need it. Have on a quick release so can still take it with you. But for in shop use you can keep it away from your boots. LOL
In my opinion it could be. It could also be a hunk of junk. I would go drive it and see what you think. My assumption is that it has a cheap lift with big tires and is not regeared accordingly. Therefore it probably rides like a lumber wagon and accelerates like one too. For that, I would pay closer to $2500 since I would want to improve all that stuff. But if you find that to the contrary it seems to be well built and ready to drive, I would consider paying $4500. I bought both of my last jeeps with the 4.0 with over 190k and regretted neither, so I wouldn’t let that discourage you. I would be discouraged by poor build quality, rust, wheeling abuse, and beat up/missing interior, as those are all way harder to fix.
the sticker bombed interior really put me off... and it has fox shocks up front but I'm not sure about the rear, and you never know about the rust. More than likely it isn't re geared though...I'm going to look at a toyota pickup that's also got way too big of tires on it, and probably isn't geared right but we'll see, and it's over priced because everything is over here now.
Gung Ferdoosh yeah i wasn’t into the stickers either lol. The Fox shocks upfront show some promise; the adventure series are designed to compete with Bilstein 5100’s, which are pretty much the gold standard. Location is a big factor though. I’m in central Nebraska, for context.
Everyone just wants 5 grand+ for anything that runs and drives and 4 years ago stuff like this was 1500-3500 out here. Of course I need a new rig when they're at there highest prices. And then everything I find is suuuper far away and have no time or way to get out to them. The struggles.
