What was done to your JK this week?
JK Newbie
Joined: Mar 2014
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From: Canada
JK Super Freak
Joined: Oct 2012
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From: OCEAN SPRINGS, MS
JK Enthusiast
Joined: Oct 2013
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From: waterford ct
Installed my custom relay panel. Ran wired for reverse lights, 52 inch light bar and windshield lights. Just have to get the lights. Next weekend I'll run wires for in cabin winch controls.
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JK Newbie
Joined: Aug 2013
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From: Southwest Louisiana
About a $125 in materials. I have a body shop and we spray reflex bedliners. People ask me all the time what I charge for it and I honestly have no idea. It takes three days to do one if I have to do the disassembly and reassembly.
JK Freak
Joined: Mar 2008
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From: Hopedale, MA
JK Freak
Joined: Mar 2008
Posts: 563
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From: Hopedale, MA
So I started building my new HU and CB mount yesterday finally.
I purchased a replacement dash bezel and all the material I would need to mold the dash so its done correctly. It would be so easy to just shove it in there, but my OCD would never be able to handle it... lol
I purchased a few things to make it easier. I've done this type of work many times, but if there is something that can be purchased to make the build easier... I'll take it. These builds take long enough as it is, no sense dragging it out to save a couple of bucks.
So I bought the Metra Double Din dash kit, which is just a couple of brackets really... which I honestly cut up into 4 pieces. I molded 2 to the front portion of the dash bezel. I molded them to the bezel by welding them to the it. Both the stock bezel and the Metra parts are ABS plastic. So I can weld them together pretty easy. I used the other 2 brackets to mount the Alpine HU and the CB together.
I'm removing my stock head unit and will be installing the Alpine and my CB in the dash.
So far I've managed to mold the dash and mount the units together. The next day the weather is better I can do the finish work on it , as its still a little rough and paint it. I'll take some better pictures tomorrow... but for now these will have to do...
I purchased a replacement dash bezel and all the material I would need to mold the dash so its done correctly. It would be so easy to just shove it in there, but my OCD would never be able to handle it... lol
I purchased a few things to make it easier. I've done this type of work many times, but if there is something that can be purchased to make the build easier... I'll take it. These builds take long enough as it is, no sense dragging it out to save a couple of bucks.
So I bought the Metra Double Din dash kit, which is just a couple of brackets really... which I honestly cut up into 4 pieces. I molded 2 to the front portion of the dash bezel. I molded them to the bezel by welding them to the it. Both the stock bezel and the Metra parts are ABS plastic. So I can weld them together pretty easy. I used the other 2 brackets to mount the Alpine HU and the CB together.
I'm removing my stock head unit and will be installing the Alpine and my CB in the dash.
So far I've managed to mold the dash and mount the units together. The next day the weather is better I can do the finish work on it , as its still a little rough and paint it. I'll take some better pictures tomorrow... but for now these will have to do...
