The Birth of Cookie Monster (aka Cymbol Monkey)

[Weebz]

Nice looking build so far. Except now im getting a bunch of Sesame Street ads.

Lmao. Sad but probably true.

 

[A.J.]

Nice looking Jeep! Love the blue. Same width I went on axles. Can’t wait to see it all done. EVO tire carrier and corners is on my list once I get the Hemi all worked out. Worth the work I hope. I still think it is the best option for 40’s and protection.


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[Saharaunlmtd]

Damn, that is
an incredible build. That color looks great now w/o the color match flares.


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[jdofmemi]

Looks great!

It started out too much blue, but the fenders fixed it, and now with the corner armor it's even better.

 

[Elroy231]

Upgrades are gonna be awesome on that jeep. Cant wait to see it finished.

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[Weebz]

Nice looking Jeep! Love the blue. Same width I went on axles. Can’t wait to see it all done. EVO tire carrier and corners is on my list once I get the Hemi all worked out. Worth the work I hope. I still think it is the best option for 40’s and protection.


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There really wasn’t anything besides Genright I considered. It is certainly solid. Lol

 

[Weebz]

Damn, that is
an incredible build. That color looks great now w/o the color match flares.


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Thank you. Definitely tones down the glaring blue when you strip some off.

Looks great!

It started out too much blue, but the fenders fixed it, and now with the corner armor it's even better.

Agreed. Looks even better when I can strip the top and doors off. Patiently waiting on summer. Lol

 

[Brute]

Looking good man...sideways pics rule!...

 

[Mile High JK]

Those corners don't look like they're very fun to install but they look great! :thumb:

 

[Weebz]

Since this GreenBay game was a blowout figured I would take the time to keep updating. Since the plan calls for 40's I need to trim up my fenders some. That also required the removed of my flares. Well nutserts are certainly a pain but I certainly wasn't expecting so many problems with half the damn bolts seizing in-place.



I had about 5 initially that wouldn't budge and started spinning the nutsert. In the end I was left with 3 I couldn't get out without surgery. Had to drill the damn bolt heads out through the fender flare to see what I could do from there. Tried everything but no luck. Finally got frustrated enough that I left for Harbor Freight and got myself a welder. Never welded a damn thing in my life but have been talking about learning forever.



Managed to get a few really bad tack welds in place on the lip of the drilled out nutserts and used an extractor to back them out.



What I expected to take me all of 20 minutes ended up being the better part of an afternoon.

 

[Ddays]

Good work! Those nutsert bolts can be a pain in the ass to get out. Good call on the welder. :thumb:

 

[Weebz]

Eventually was able to get trimming. Made some guess work based on the lines others had done since I don't actually have my wheel and tires mounted up yet (or axles for that matter) to see how much.

After the trim was done on all sides I couldn't decide on what to do with the gaping holes left. I tried to use foam originally on the rear but really didn't like the look or feel. Back to my trusty new toy. Cut some sheet metal I bought and decided to see if I could fab something.



Did this on both sides of the rear wheel well.



Certainly no welder but once it was all painted up looked just fine.

 

[Weebz]

This will bring us to current. Part of the build list includes the JK8 brake booster install to accommodate for the new brakes on the axles. Have heard varying levels of thought on doing this myself but figured what the hell. Turns out the hardest part was just getting the damn pedal clips off the clutch and brake pedal to be able to pull the mounting plate off the firewall.



Not a lot of photos here as my hands were full. Bench bled the new pump, bled it again at the line connections once everything was in with the help from my son at the pedal and it will sit like this till I have to bleed the whole system when the brake lines comes off for the new axles. Still waiting on the remote reservoir as well for the clutch. Its just hanging there for now.

This week hydro install starts. Obviously can't do the ram set-up with the axle but figured I can have the pump and box in-place so it's easy from there.

 

[Ddays]

Nice work. How do you get to the booster bolts - are they a bitch to get at?

 

[WJCO]

Looks good :thumb:

 

[wjtstudios]

Helluva lot of work! Progress!


2015 JKUR AEV JK350
1985 CJ8 Scrambler

 

[Weebz]

Nice work. How do you get to the booster bolts - are they a bitch to get at?

The booster is bolted to a mounting plate that is attached to the firewall. The mounting plate just has 4 easy bolts and you pull it and the booster off together. Then just unbolt the booster and reuse the mounting plate. I’ll look for some pictures.

 

[Elroy231]

Coming right along!!! Thats alot of work your doing, and so worth it!

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[Weebz]

Coming right along!!! Thats alot of work your doing, and so worth it!

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Thank you. I sure hope so!

 

[Weebz]

Progress continues. PSC pump is in. Reservoir is in.