Slammed Jeep Patriot

[willis6057]

So boxy! Well done

yeah, mates call it the shoe box on wheels.

last nights efforts- removed the modified dash and prepped it for paint.
something to keep me hydrated


made a make-shift paint booth; a couple curtain rods, 2 over sized shower curtains off Ebay & 3 exhaust fans setup.



laid down some paint; 5 coats of colour and 7 coats of clear, will still need to wet sand, etc
second thing i have ever painted with a gun.

[Wagonbae]

So boxy! Well done

[willis6057]

forgot to post these up too- made some side skirts from scratch, they still need to be trimmed and the ends need to be capped but i'm undecided if i will even use them

[willis6057]

starting the 'working day' right with a 'Taco Beer'


managed to finish wiring up the compressor switch and controller (everything all works perfectly), also wired up the digital gauges and test fitted the new dash piece. just waiting on some harness extensions for the gauges and some fittings so i can pressure test the lines/system prior to installing the bags.

Ill also be installing parking sensors to the underside (ish) of my front and rear bumpers so i don't air out onto kerbs when parking, would prefer not to rip my bumper/s off (the front scrapes ATM)

[willis6057]

Last nights efforts- wired up the tank pressure sensor-switch-cigarette power, ignore the dirty carpets....

Have also never wired anything up in a car before., first time for everything

[willis6057]

finished running the air lines & started the wiring, also installed a new heavy duty battery as my Optima shit itself after testing the compressors (got 5 years out of it). just need to wire up controller and pressure switch. Still waiting on the moisture trap hard line fittings to arrive too.

Keep in mind that i have never bagged a car and its also my daily driver. Any tips would be appreciated

[Quillhill36]

Honestly ***** these until right now. I guess you can make anything look cool. You're a plastic surgeon man.

[willis6057]

steel lock nuts with aluminium spikes

[gnmzl]

I like this so much! Can't wait to see it aired out.
Also: amazing stuff with the bumper and dash panel, would fool me it was factory.

[willis6057]

mounted the tank


painted


wet sanded/polished/waxed


applied a ceramic coating


started running the airlines


stainless braided/copper lines


still want to run a full size spare; ive needed 3 times this year already


not the neatest hard lines, but you wont even see them so i'm not fussed




using one of these controllers, so go a mate to make us a 2m long cable extension


still need to plumb in the moisture traps; have allowed room/straight runs in pipe to install them.

[willis6057]

put the bumper build on hold for a bit and decided to pull my finger out and finally install bags

some parts started arriving


built two compressor mounts for under my car








Decided i wanted to run digital pressure gauges


bought a another dash surround


some junk gauge holder, trimmed to suit the dash and mounted.


infill panels




few layers of fiberglass


sanded after drying


laid some primer down

[willis6057]

started with stock 2011 rear bumper (lower half)


trimmed it a bit to see if it would even work sitting 100mm lower than stock bumper


grafted diffuser


closed exhaust outlet and smoothed the other side to match.


test fitted


decided best way to finish the ends would be to graft the bumper to s set of standard style mud guards




started trimming/shaping them to suit the bumpers body lines


cutting, plastic welding, fiber glassing (the inside) and some sanding


laid some primer down

[willis6057]

The new wheels are Work, Gnosis GS1's

[willis6057]

Bit of an update:
- Removed all the green.
- Started doing some work to the engine bay.
- NEW WHEELS! there Work Gnesis GS1, sit flush front and rear with no spacers (sorry for the crap phone pic) cars sitting a bit high in the photo because i only just put the rims on and jacked it down and drove 10sec down the road

How do I change the title of a thread?

[LeegitSmashBox]

How did it ride with the reset springs tho? If in sitting on 22" it may be low enough with the h&r? Cause that will give me a little less gap to close in comparison to the 20" tho right? Are u gonna sell the old gear?