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Oh gotcha. I used blue painters tape and my thumbnail to burnish the edges around the black bezels. Then an x-acto hobby razor to cut around that shape. It worked pretty well. I think my lines are cleaner than they were from Chrysler. I've had a lot of years of painting R/C car bodies, models...

Around the windows?

It was a nice day in Daytona today, a good day to be out in the garage. I wanted to get these vinyls done today. Overall it went pretty smoothly. Trying to get all the segments lined up straight and even with each other was definitely working my OCD lol. I am happy with the outcome and it's...

It's a pretty close match. I'd say like 98% maybe? If you look at the dash picture, the steering wheel, horn button, top dash pad and the metal dash frame are all still original. The two gauge clusters, glove box, door panels and center console are all painted SEM Camel and then Rustoleum matte...

Thank you. The glove box is an aftermarket "vault" style steel glove box that locks. I think it was a Smittybuilt or something. It is powdercoated black and I decided to paint most of it with the Sem Camel to match better with the rest of the dash. The radio I just bought, it's just a JVC...

The door mirrors and wipers were in pretty rough shape as well. Spent some time cleaning them up and removing the corrosion that had them seized up tight. SEM Trim black makes them look like factory new again along with some Rustoleum matte clear. Up next is restoring the Sahara decals...

The interior needed some freshening up as the door panels were bleached quite a bit from the sun. The new rebuilt manual tilt column was black that I pulled from the yard and the center dash bezel was damaged. The center gauge panel was also damaged and none of them worked. I ordered a used...

Yes, the metal rails are a transfer case drop kit, the pucks are the same thing. Probably came with the lift kit when it was installed. You won't need the t-case drop when you are running the SYE, especially with the new Adams driveshaft. You will want to make sure the drive shaft is angled up...

Thankfully the wiring on this Jeep had been basically untouched save for the radio harness. Pretty common of course. My previous YJ had an absolutely butchered harness with wire nuts and whatnot. It was a real mess. This one is the opposite of that one for sure. This jeep came with an old...

Given the condition of the "coolant" that was in this engine and how much sludge and rust I found in the block, I knew the whole coolant system was in need of replacement. The rubber hoses were coated with rust, when you squeezed them, they crunched. I figured the heater core was going to be...

The engine harness is the same for both the automatic and manual YJ's except for a small jumper that is just above the transmission. Thanks to Machoheadgames help, I made a new jumper that allows the manual trans to activate the reverse lights and start the vehicle. I forgot to take a picture of...

Once the engine was back in, I got back to some more "while you are in there" and replaced the timing chain and sprockets. The chain was a little slack but still within spec but why not do it now anyway? I also replaced the rear main along with the oil pan gasket. Cleaned up the oil pan and gave...

Back to it.............. I still wanted to replace the core plugs at the back of the block, especially after seeing how rusted the 5 were on the side. You can reach the two at the back of the block but the one at the back of the cylinder head is pretty much impossible as it's too close to the...

Yeah, I have actually had the Jeep on the road for the past 9 days now. Put a plate on it and took it for it's shakedown run on the 18th. I had not intended to do a build thread when I picked it up as I found this forum just afterward but I did take some pics along the way. I thought it would be...

I appreciate it. Your info on the manual swap was very helpful and made wiring up the pigtail a breeze. Not to mention other info you have helped me with, I do appreciate it. I had another AX15 here from the old 91 but it didn't shift the greatest and was probably not in the best shape. I...

Yeah man, thanks. Always wanted a Sahara and was stoked to finally get one. I actually ordered the graphics from Phoenix a few days back. It's funny, I never cared for pin stripes on cars. The PO removed them from this Jeep and for some reason, I want to put them back on. Plus the Sahara logos...

With all of the engine accessories removed, I started to remove the drivetrain. I had already gathered all the parts to do the AX15 swap, so next up was removing the 32RH and the corresponding brackets that hold the auto column shift linkage from the block and tub. While I had the...

The Jeep only has 61k on it and the engine was running and sounded pretty good but was leaking oil all over. I started to go through the engine, the valve cover bolts were all finger loose and two were missing in the back. This whole thing turned into "while you are in there" pretty fast. I had...

Thanks, it's coming along for sure. I always love the Sahara trims. That would be awesome being the original owner of a 1995, you know everything it's ever done.