Meddle’s (interior) rebuild

[Meddle]

can you reroute the ground wire for the heater blower motor?

Ahhh much better, good eye and thank you for the suggestion!

 

[DirtDonk]

Relocated the gauge toggle to the useless hole under the steering column…

Can you tell I hate holes in my dash? No more holes!

Nice use of available real estate. But you do realize, the holes are not really “useless“ unless you are lucky to never have to re-adjust or remove the steering column. But maybe that’s what you meant.
Shouldn’t be too difficult though , to remove the switches, should you ever need to access the two column clamp bolts.

 

[Meddle]

Installed the sill plates which are quite beefy but my doors clear them no problem.

 

[m_m70]

But you do realize, the holes are not really “useless“ unless you are lucky to never have to re-adjust or remove the steering column

Yup........^^^^^^^^^^^

 

[sprdv1]

Installed the sill plates which are quite beefy but my doors clear them no problem.

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Looks nice

 

[Meddle]

The center console and seat belts are going in!

 

[Torkman66]

Which center console is that and where did you buy it? Looks nice.

 

[Meddle]

Which center console is that

That is the Classic Consoles HumpHugger from CJP (but other vendors sell as well) I was very impressed with the quality. It’s a nice kit if you don’t need a locking center console. Uses the factory seat belt bolts to attach to the floor. The front of the console is supposed to ride the front of the transmission tunnel hump but I couldn’t get the geometry to work and didn’t want it up that far anyway, so I fashioned some legs for the front. I also had to move the seats out just a smidge because I wanted the seats to clear the cup holders when they are all the way forward (like when my kids are climbing in and out of the back).

 

[Torkman66]

Thank you! Looks great.

 

[Meddle]

I’m moving on to the back, now that the front is just about done!

Upgraded the roll cage hardware to 7/16” grade 8 and added a bolt to each foot. The PO only had two 3/8” bolts per foot.

Laying the mat down, I found the easiest method to locate the bolt holes was to use a dowel centering pin in each hole which left an indent in the back of the mat, then poked through to the front with a pick and cut an x which allowed me to push the bolt through and trim off the excess with a razor blade.

 

[.94 OR]

What do your rollbar backer plates look like?

 

[Meddle]

What do your rollbar backer plates look like?

I haven’t bolted the cage down yet but the PO had 1/8 x 1-1/2” steel fender washers which seems inadequate to me. I was thinking about replacing with 3/16” thick, 6x6 steel plates, though there is not much room on the driver side due to the two tanks. I also want to avoid sizing the plates same/similar to the feet so it doesn’t create a stress line in the body. The feet are 4x5”. Open to suggestions!

 

[.94 OR]

That's what I was hoping you would do.
I always thought the gold standard was to tie it in to the frame, but that is not an easy task.

 

[mudstud]

Needs a trim plate but the head unit is all wired in. I really didn’t want to cut into the dash any more than the PO did. This Sony unit with wireless CarPlay fits single din pretty good.

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What Sony head unit is this?

 

[Meddle]

What Sony head unit is this?

XAV-AX6000 with wireless CarPlay.

 

[mudstud]

Thanks


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[Meddle]

Got the rear seat belts in and the tailgate is looking refreshed with new rubber, hold down hardware, and cable supports. Mounted the fire extinguisher on the roll cage. The seat cover, which has been a long time coming, may be ready this week!

 

[Meddle]

Finally got the rear seat back from the upholsterer! Matches pretty well with the fronts. Kiddos will be excited!

 

[Shimmy]

that looks great!!!