Nice! Looks almost like my Cherokee ^^ I actually thought someone wrecked it and posted it on here at first glance, Phew xD

Heh, well if you need a spare one!!

Guess I know who to ask ;)

Yeah, once it gets a complete checkout and new paint, it will be ready to depart. its not a Ford so it doesn't really do anything for me ;) I'm thinking of black paint with flat black decals for the cherokee and sport

PANZIER!

Nice new project! What motor and trans do you have in that thing? what year?

Heya, its a 98 with the 4 liter, three letters, AW4 I think, It runs and shifts well but will get new trans fluid and filter.

Gah you always have some awesome new project car :p
Can't wait to see the end result!

Hopefully the end result will be a small stack of greenbacks :) its not a ford, it can't stay

Good man

I need to do some sanding, body filling, and painting on my minivan in the springtime. I've never really done car painting before, so can you give me a bit of a sanity check on my plans?

It's got some rust bubbles under the paint. Mostly on the edges of the wheel wells and hood and doors. Use a steel wire wheel to remove paint and rust from the bubbled areas down to bare metal. Bondo to fill in any holes or pits. Sand down with some 200 grit, then some 600 grit paper. Buy the matching touch up paint at auto parts place. Prime, paint, and if I'm feeling confident the clear coat. What am I missing?
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I would wire wheel it esp if you can find where the rust started and that its not a through hole in the panel, wire wheel will reveal that. before putting in filler, you want to attack the rust with a converter coating as most body fillers are moisture permeable and the same for a lot of primers. I use Gemplers rust converter coating, comes in a gallon, I'm trying to recall the smaller volume stuff, I want to say it was Permatex... yeah, permatex rust treatment, 8oz bottle, I have some if you want, I've switched brands to the gemplers. That will stabilize the rust, Once that's dried, now you can put on some primer, a couple good coats should work. Body filler has a working window, its recoat time, usually its 72 hours, apply your filler over the primer inside that window, after the recoat window, primer gets super hard and you'll have to scuff it with 220. For rust and matching the paint level, use a lightweight body filler, its much thinner than the classic glop. Once dried and sanded, a couple coats of primer and a little sanding before washing it off, let it dry, wipe away any dust and paint. Most body supply places can take your paint code and put the matching paint in a very nice fan tip spray can.

Nice. I got a Dakota recently myself. Bit of a project also.

Dakotas like rusty doors!! keep the door drains free and squirt some spray chain lube in there to help slow it down.

Driver's door is a little rusty. Thanks for the advice, I'll definitely use it.

so many cars have little tiny door drains, dirt and debris clog them up then water sits in the bottom of the door until it finds another way out.

It happens!

Kool! I just picked up a wrangler myself. However I'm going to keep mine for a long time, I have "plans" for it.

Want to add a Cherokee as a backup, cut a hole in the roof for a 50 cal ring mount?

Very nice! Reminds me that I need to find a decent car for when my little one is born <3 Sooo much stuff to do!

Yes indeed, might I suggest a four year old or so Honda Accord, reliable, solid and easy to care for. I wouldn't suggest anything I own for anyone on a budget, even the SVT needs expensive parts.

I'm not entirely sure what I want yet :/ I'm kinda leaning towards a truck but at the same time they can be gas guzzlers.. Thankfully where I live, there are literally 5 or 6 doctors offices 10 minutes away by foot.

trucks are kinda terrible, they don't handle well especially in emergencies, high CG adds to that and also to the rollover potential, they guzzle gas or in my case diesel, they want tires that cost between $200 and $450 each, they can be a pain to get in and out of, and they are generally exempt from needing crash protection in the doors along with not having any fuel tank protection. Even though gas is cheap now, it won't be forever.