MDJuan Tubs

Ryan,

Nice! The paint is barely dry on that one, Curious to see if the holes for the throttle and brake peddle are fixed yet.

I uncrated everything last night.  Overall im pretty happy with the kit.  Mine is a February 15 tub.  However, it does not have the jeep script on the toolbox?  It does have the correct wheelhouse, under dash brace, and several other things that have been mentioned here.  The tailgate with the kit is not the new updated one.  I will have to run a hammer and dolley all around the top rail to tighten the inside bend.  The spot welds are very pronounced, ill have to sand and fill them.  I cant tell yet on the brake and clutch pedals, we set the tub on the chassis but I dont have the pedals on right now.  The gas tank holes are not right.  They are at least 1/2" off compared to the holes on the original tub.

The only thing im kind of miffed about is the top bow brackets.  Rommel posted in February of 13 on this very thread that they were going to start including them in their kits.  I didnt get the brackets?

Mine came from Kaiser Willys.  Omix just got a shipment in and this one was on it.  Yes my tub has a noticable weld on the transmission hump. 

I dont know if ill ever put a top on this jeep.  I really like the looks of it without the brackets.  Ill kick myself if I dont put them on though.  The ones on my jeep are no good, ill have to source some.


Edited by Ryan_289 - 01 May 2015 at 9:48pm

Ok so ive got the tub sitting on the frame.  I think the tub may have a slight twist to it, my frame is straight but sitting on the mounts the back left corner doesnt rest on the pads.  I can pull on it and get it down so I should be good.  I got the passenger fender mounted without much difficulty.  The drivers fender is proving to be a B%%ch.  It appears that im going to need a massive amount of body shimming to get the fender to line up? (any ideas?) The seat perches on the wheel wells are set to low compared to my old tub, they will have to be removed and rewelded.  Also there are no captive nuts or holes drilled for the front drivers seat and rear fuel tank hold down.  The tank holes are off and will have to be welded up and re drilled.

So far minor things if you know how to fix.  I would hate to think I got one of these kits and didnt have body tools, welding machine, and various cutting tools.

Any updates from the people that just bought one? I'm thinking about ordering the whole kit.

From what I'm reading, it sounds like not much has changed with their quality control. I'm disappointed for you guys. The statement of buy original if you can and fix it, is common after the fact. John

Wow that's still a lot of work but on the upside at least you not dealing with a ton of rust and pinholes. I kind of feel like I should buy an beat up original tub to get measurements off of and compare things, because my original tub is long gone.