Screwed!!!

Here are a few more mud pictures while I discuss a major issue I had while installing new seat belts...Most of the bolts came out with a little strength and a torque wrench; however, the passenger side base of the seat belt would not come out...The screw was stuck in the floorboard and the use of the torque wrench only rounded out the screw head...I looked on multiple forums and it seemed to be a very common problem...I tried the screw extractor kits and in my opinion they SUCK!! The extractor bit snapped off with about 6 lbs of torque...I didn't have tools to handle this problem properly, so I went caveman on it and snamshed the little piece of crap out with a hammer...Although I lost the threading cap underneath the floorboard...I simply fixed that with a couple of oversized washers and used heavy grade bolts on the top and underneath...It worked great!!! All the new seat belts are in and they work great....!!

Finally Finished!!

So I took off all the tape after putting on several coats of the spray on bed liner...I think total I may have spent 60 or 70 dollars on the cans of bed liner...That is pretty good compared to the $500 that Line-X and other places wanted. It probably is not as durable as Line-X and other products, but for the price I can touch it up for a long time before reaching $500...

Since I have put this liner in, I have worked on the inside of my Jeep and dropped hammers on it among other tools and it holds up very well...I wouldn't grind anything against it like you can with Line-X because it will scratch...One other thing I noticed, which I have fixed with extra coats is heat cracking around the shifter where the transmission sits under the floor...A few extra coats and I haven't seen anymore cracks...

FIRST COAT!!!

This is the first coat of a spray on truck bed liner. I checked a few of the Jeep Forums to get some idea of how well this stuff works....Lets be honest..It is not a Rhino Lining or a Line-X product...But it also didn't cost me $500 to $800 dollars...Which is how much Line-X and Rhino wanted to spray the tub and that was with me prepping it all.

PRIMED!

Primed and ready...I removed the shifter cover assembly so I could sand down and get everything. I even went so far as to remove all of the seat belt components as well as all of the latches to the doors. This is a lot of work...The directions say that primer is not required...But I don't think it ever hurts to use it...I want to make sure this liner sticks...

STRIPPED BARE!

The carpet is out! That was pretty easy...Although, I did not realize how difficult the carpet glue would be underneath....Heavy grit sandpaper, elbow grease, palm sander...No luck!

I will continue to come up with new and innovative ways to spend all of my time...Notice the nice passenger side seat belt base? Oh yeah...Rusted in baby...that thing doesn't want to leave...I am going to have to drill it out most likely...But not before I get a little further along..

The 70's are gone..No one likes carpet anymore!

Recently, I decided I would upgrade my Jeep by removing all of the seats and stripping the carpet. My intention you ask? To sand down the floors and put in a durable spray on truck bed liner. I figured since this beast will spend more time off road getting dirty, than in my garage...I should minimize my cleaning time by simply putting in a liner and being able to spray it out...