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Stone Cold's Jeep - A timeline of mods

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#1 ·
Thought I'd share a pictorial of mods that I've done to my Jeep over the last two years.

Most of it has been visual, as I've not had time to do any serious performance mods (plus I'm saving for an SRT8 anyway). I have added a cold air intake and a magnaflow muffler, with Rousch performance tip. I still have to fit the akebono calipers which I have sitting in my workshop:eek:

Anyway enough yapping, here we go.

Enjoy:D


A couple of days after I got her







The standard interior, little did I know just how much I was going to transform it:D
 
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#7 ·
Then I picked these up on ebay for just £25!



I then decided to do some custom floor mats. I got there from ebay for £3 per pair. Solid aluminium.


Just four small bolts to hold it in place and voila!



A small exterior mod. I plan on airbrushing the skull in the near future

 
#8 ·
Next was some xenon type bulbs. I would have loved to have gone down the HID route, but in the UK they are illegal as an aftermarket kit, unless you have self levellers fitted, washers etc. Therefore it's too much of a pain to bother with.


LED licence plate bulbs


EVIC LED's



Festoon LED's


I have them installed in the footwells too, but I can't seem to get a decent picture:rolleyes:

Ice white fog versus stock

 
#11 ·
Now, if you're thinking that I must have been sick of the sight of Alcantara at this point, you'd be right! :lol:

But, never one to let my emotions get in the way of good mod, I carried on.

Next, the dash. It was a horrible job. I swore in ways I didn't know were possible! But in the end it was worth it.

You will see some excess glue in these pics, as they were taken just minutes after. I prefer to let the adhesive cure properly before trying to remove it.










 
#22 ·
Nah the vinyl is easy to do. The pedals were a bit of nightmare. I never realised the brake pedal in the WJ was so small, so I had to weld a bigger plate onto it, then drill the holes for fixing them. They just bolt on, so pretty straight forward, once you have the correct size brake pedal.

Alcantara is a brand of faux suede. It's generally very expensive and only a few places stock it. I got a job lot very cheap.

You can use any type of faux suede/ microfibre suede, as a substitute however.
 
#13 · (Edited)
The dark blob is just some wet white spirit from removing excess adhesive that had seeped through;



See how messy a process it is? :lol:




And then it all starts to come together :D





I do owe a huge debt of gratitude to Ron (S.O.T.I.) on this project. I would never have considered even trying it, if it wasn't for his encouragement and assistance, even from thousands of miles away. He even sent me a set of tools that were invaluable (which you can see on my how to video). So cheers Ron!
 
#14 ·
It was then back out into the cold, to paint the wheels and calipers. For the wheels I used Tamiya paint, as recommended by Ron (S.O.T.I.) The stuff is damn near bulletproof.




I then got some more CF vinyl and wrappe the transmission tunnel


Let's just say ^that took a while and leave it at that :mad: :slapfight:


I got an upholsterer I work with to cover the centre console arm rest, as that was beyond my skill level.

 
#15 · (Edited)
The windows tinted. Again I did this myself and boy was that a lesson learned:slapfight:







It was then time to take a deep breath and do the headliner in alcantara. But first, as all the parts were removed, time to get painting. These parts were originally a kind of cream colour and didn't go with the grey alcantara.





Ripping everything out...



The trim around the sunroof was done a couple of days later



 
#16 · (Edited)
Then on went the matte black viper stripes




I added some snakeskin green accents, as inspired by DAVY27






I then wrapped the steering wheel. I still have the bottom section to complete



And painting the licence plate bulb bousing white. Reflects more light.



...and finished off the doors (well for now anyway!)


I picked up these bad boys, Rousch performance tips.





Only one fitted at the moment, because I want to run a dual set up eventually
 
#17 · (Edited)
Then began the airbrushing :cool:
















Then the gauge pod went in. The sensors are not yet connected hence the readings lol. I'm struggling with wrapping the pod itself, so until that's done, I won't hook everything up.


And as it's now winter, added some yellow fogs, along with some yellow lamin-x
 
#20 ·
Dammit man...a few hours earlier and I could have made this a nice bedtime story. Great post! It's somewhat comforting to know that there are more insane modders out there and that this sickness afflicts more than just me or you.

Nice ass by the way...ahahhahah
 
#24 ·
lol, Your Jeep's progress is pretty amazing, It's definitely come a long way. Why did you decide to go with the Alcantara interior?

Also, the brake pedals are pretty sick, how long did they take to install?

You resemble the comedian Louis C.K. a little bit lol

I picked up a roll just to do a couple of parts and well, as you can see, to say it snowballed from there is an understatement :lol:

Ha ha! Thanks man, that dude has more hair though :thumbsup:
 
#37 ·
Nice work!!!! I love all that carbon fiber, looks great! Makes me wish I had gone that route. I also dig that alcantara stuff. I want to do my headliner but I'm not confident enough to that lol
Great work tho...
 
#38 ·
Cheers Michael!:D:thumbsup:

The headliner is actually very easy, just time consuming to remove everything that has to come out. The only thing is, be careful removing it, as some cables were guled onto the back of it. So if I had ripped it out without looking, I could have potentially damaged the wiring.

Other than that, it is easy enough to do.
 
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