Throttle Down Kustoms Frame

August 2007 a order was placed to Quadratec for $1800.  Shortly after a 18 wheeler pulled up to my house with a new frame for the CJ-7.  The frame was on a pallet.  Unloading it was not to bad.  I own a service cart that was used by NCR to repair mechanical cash registers.  It can easily hold 800 lbs.  We slid this off the truck and onto the cart.  Minutes later it was in the garage and onto a pair of saw horses.  My motor lift was used to help me lift it.




This thing is solid and the welds are really nice.   It was ordered for a narrow track setup just like what I have on my Jeep.




POR-15 Chassis Coat was used to coat the frame with.  Unlike POR-15 rust sealer it is not a self leveling paint.  This left brush marks and bothered me.




I know it is just a frame and not many people would see it but I see it.   On the front crossmember some hammered black paint was tried.   It covered up the brush marks but still did not look right. Due to personal and work circumstances it sat in this state for about 4 years.  That was until I took a 2 week vacation and started working on this again.  So the frame was sanded and the hammered paint was stripped.  Aircraft paint stripper was used.   This is some nasty stuff.




Now it is painted with an oil based "farm and implement" paint.  "Construction Yellow" was used and is the same color as used on Caterpillar heavy equipment.  Now we are back on track.




Time for parts to go back together.