Anyody doing any restos??????

[GoldenEagle36]

if your doing any restos tell your fellow jeepers what you have and maybe post a couple pics

 

[Kirbot]

I'll be starting on my CJ7 in a few weeks.
I've posted some pictures already, but here it is again.
I'm not sure I would really say "Resto", It's getting a Yj body and the frame's getting painted, a rebuilt engine, suspension lift, shackle lift, 33" tires...

I'm not going to truly "restore" it, atleast not to "factory".

 

[GoldenEagle36]

Cj tubs are astronomical there a guy in my area infact where i bought my jeep that has a brand new CJ7 tub form willys overland they manufacture prefabricated tubs and he only wants 2000 for it A STEAL!!!! and i am doing a 77 CJ7 Golden Eagle i have a doner jeep in my drive and both are striped

 

[Kirbot]

Yikes!
It's crazy what they cost.
I considered a fiberglass body, until I realized it would blow my whole budget.

A friend of my brother's has the Yj, it's just a parts Jeep, but it should have some usefull parts in it.
He just wan'ts rid of it, he'll even deliver it, all for $100.

Nice looking Jeep Btw
What are your plans for it?

 

[GoldenEagle36]

just to cruise and take to car shows and sometimes take off road the tub and frame are shot but i have a doner jeep im using the tub off of and i have an extra frame it will have 5 inches of lift and '33 super swamper ltb bias tires i cant wait what are u figuring to do with your CJ7 ?????

 

[Kirbot]

Well, I think I'm going with a 2.5 suspension lift, 3/4" shackle lift(it's already done in the back, but not the front for some reason), I think I'm going to get a rebuilt AMC 258 i6 / 4.2l , and all the other little things they all need.

It's going to be my daily driver, but I also plan to do a good bit of off roading.
Anything from just easy trails to scraping down deer trails/fire breaks, to slopping around in the mud.

But I am going to try and make it nice, I don't know that it will be show worthy though.

I'm not sure what kind of tires I'm going to use, probably whatever fairly aggressive tires I can find in good shape on craigslist for a bargain.
I don't want to use boggers or swampers or anything that aggressive, mud terrains or something like that would be nice.

 

[GoldenEagle36]

Ltb bias tires are well for 34s theyre like 165 idk what tire size ur running but the cheapest is like 131 i think im not sure go on to quadratec.com and you can get a good quote i actually have a AMC 258 i6 / 4.2l i really want another AMC 304 if i do a Renegade new fuel pump starter and six new sparkplugs but 258s are really good engines

 

[Kirbot]

I'm planning to use 33" tires.
Ocassionly there are some nice tires on craigslist, on rims for like $350, if I was going to use new tires, I'd probably use treadwright.com there retreads but everybody seems to like them.

 

[GoldenEagle36]

yea i was gonna consider those for my 99 but i got sport kings instead i didnt know how they would be i put already 4000 miles on my jeep and i havent even had it for a year

 

[Kirbot]

You still might consider treadwright, If I remember right, they do have a pretty good warranty.