Finally getting around to putting up some pictures. This is more of a photo dump.
Starting on the frame.
Measuring that everything is where it should be. I kinda surprised my self how everything was 1/16th inch or less.
When you work by yourself you need to find helpers.
The table I built has really come in handy. My knees can't handle working on the ground anymore.
This is what has slowed me down, hard to get home after work and work in this heat. This is in the garage at around 7:30 pm.
Our 10 day doesn't have any days in the 100's
install stabilizer jacks. i put mounts on the front if I want to add some up there, and I am thinking about doing it.
I must have missed taking some photos.
Where the fenders mount.
I'll do another post on how I used the Jeep wheels. These are not the same as I have on our Jeep. I picked up four of these with some tread left on the tires.
Probably 10,000 miles or so pulling a trailer. For $100. The best I could find on just the wheels that I have on the Jeep were $150 each rim. Plus tires.
These will work till I figure out what I'm going to do on the Jeep with new wheels and lift. Not in a big hurry to spend that money.
I might paint these gray or black later.
The frame is ready for degreasing and metal prep before POR15 Rust Preventive paint.
This weekend it was my goal to have all the welding done on the frame. I was doing good and at 11:45 I ran out of C25 gas. The regulator was still showing about 300PSI.
Welding store closes at 12:00.
So plan B was to get a coat or two of paint on because we have the remains of hurricane Rosa coming this way Monday and Tuesday,
they are already posting flash flood warnings starting Monday. I cleaned up the frame with wire cup on the grinder and did the paint prep.
Sunday Morning I got the first coat of POR 15. Around noon I checked the hourly forecast and it didn't show rain till 2am. Great I'm going to do the second coat and the
humidity was going up a bit and that will speed drying the paint. Get outside and to the west it looks like rain. Check the radar and sure enough rain about 15 miles away
and heading my way. No second coat. Now I'll have to sand the first coat.
Hard to tell but I didn't paint where I still have to weld.
Most of that rain missed up but we did get a small dust storm out of it.
I also got the gas struts mounted. That was a bit harder that I would have liked. Had to do a couple of tries. But got it where it worked. It's funny the same struts
mounted in different spots will make the difference it they work or not.
I made the brackets out of some 2X3X1/8" tube. You can see in this photo the force is bending the bracket. I'm going to see if I have some 3/16" or 1/4" angle and make some new ones.
But these will work for now. They are 100# struts.
Thats it for now.
I told the guy to not bother with a quote. So I'm going to keep shopping around. Or plan B is to buy a spool gun for my welder and the skid plate becomes the bottom of an all aluminum tank. 
