After about two days of wrestling with this damn carpet, I was able to get it to look close to factory as possible. Yes, it was quite the pain to install, but the end result of fresh carpet made it worth while. If you have the patience and want new carpet, go for it. If not, I personally would wait around for original Sahara green carpet to pop up at a jeep junkyard. 

I took the Sahara rear bench to work to get it power washed and its nice and clean! I just wish it wasn't so faded and it kept its dark "wet look". It's a challenge to find 25 year old Sahara seats that aren't faded. Rear bench is now installed!

Special delivery from my good friend and fellow expert Jurassic builder and pioneer, Brandon C. I bought some Sahara front seats from him and he was kind enough to ship the giant box to me. $200 later (ouch) in shipping fees and the seats arrived safely and well packaged in Houston!

Also, I painted the spare rim so I can finally get all 5 brand new BFG all-terrain tires installed. I just scuffed the clear coat, primer filler, sanded, and painted with ford performance red. Good as new!

Still waiting on the fabrication shop to finish up the light bar.. That is taking much longer than i'd long for it to be but I will try to give them the benefit of the doubt to finish VERY SOON. 

With the temperatures in the high 90s, I struggled working on JP29 for long periods of time. Today I tackled installing the front bumper fog lights and wired them up. You can purchase a set HERE! I took out the front and rear seats along with the grey carpet to switch it out with brand new dark green carpet. Due to the carpet not being precut, I was only able to finish the rear portion. 

PSA: Aftermarket carpet is a huge pain in the ass. Most of it is cut, but you have to cut all the holes for the seat belts, seat bolts, latches, etc. I probably wont buy aftermarket carpet again. Nothing beats the original! But if you must use aftermarket.. I purchased mine from rockauto.com

More and more parts have been coming in through the mail, almost like Christmas! Getting closer to completion. I still have to pick up a brand new set of BFGoodrich All-Terrain tires I purchased, install the brand new Bestop sailcloth soft top, install the front and rear Sahara seats (once I give them a good power wash), and a few other details here and there. ONWARD!

JP29 had her first day in the sun today since the conversion began! She runs and feels great, and gets a ton of smiles. It's always a lot of fun driving around topless feeling the breeze flowing through the Jeep. 

Today I took JP29 to replace the rims with the screen accurate rims. I was a little nervous the tire shop would scuff the freshly painted wheels but they did a great job being careful. PHEW! 

New rims are on, the white lettering was flipped so its on the outside of the tire, and now there's a night and day difference!

I also dropped off the light bar I from my other Jeep at the fabrication shop to have the bar replicated. I emphasize on how important it was to replicate it exactly as the one I brought in because every detail matters to me and my OCD!

I see the finish line!