88 YJ-CJ HOA Friendly

August 07, 2022

88 YJ-CJ HOA Friendly

Not much progress in July, and I wasn't the only one unhappy with the lack of progress! My HOA sent me a nasty gram about the disabled vehicle on my driveway.

I wasn't really surprised - I was more surprised that it took them so long!

Project "HOA Friendly"

I went ahead and rattle canned the two front fenders and the hood. The red stripe stays! Both front flares were also installed.

Rear wheel wells were touched up in blue:

The back of the tub by the tire carrier mounts was also touched up.

I also installed some vinyl "Jeep" letters in silver.

I installed the stainless steel grill cover:

I also flipped it around on the other side of the driveway and faced it out towards the street.

The HOA doesn't need to know that Chase and I pushed it around on the driveway...it looks like a running vehicle now!

Interior Tub Cleaning and Priming:

I also found some time to finish cleaning the interior tub. And then some epoxy primer was added.

Still some spots to finish up, but I'm making progress!

Back to "HOA Friendly"

To complete the illusion, I even added the front seats and console:

The seats and bases were bought used out of a CJ7 from Denton, TX:

The console is a wide unit out - also out of a CJ7.

As a side note, this console would not fit in my 95 YJ, as both seat bases are moved inwards about 2" each. The 95 console has to be much narrower to fit between the seats. I'm assuming that they moved them inwards for crash protection in later years.

Rear view mirror also installed to help complete the illusion.

No dash is installed yet, but I don't think the HOA is going to come onto my driveway and carefully inspect the Jeep!

Transmission Shifter

One other fun part that I purchased recently - the automatic transmission shifter. I've been looking for an interesting shifter for many months, and hit many swap meets in that time. I ran across this one on eBay, and I think it will work well.