JO302
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Hey everyone,
I'm a new user to the group and have been devouring all the content on the forums - been many late nights
. Starting to make my way through the TMs.
I purchased a 1995 M1025A2 (rebuild 2008 ) from Eastern Supply and look forward to getting it in the next 6 weeks. Some pics attached. I know it will certainly be a project getting it the way I want (and I'm sure way more than I know at this stage). I've read through so many posts which answered a lot of questions but wanted to get some advice and opinions from others that have gone through this before me and not make too many rookie mistakes.
Ignition - Didn't want anyone driving off with the new ride, so going to make this my very first mod. Got the Digital Guard Dawg RFID setup - seems to be positive feedback from the posts I've seen.
Grounding Cables - Going to buy or make a new one to be proactive on some electrical gremlins people seem to experience. Thanks for the nice writeups on that.
License plate holder with light - Still trying to figure out which one, but found several options.
Paint - My thought is this should be one of the first things I do while a lot of the parts are stripped off the humvee. I've read through many posts in the paint forum and I'm leaning towards doing a spray Raptor liner on the interior and Behr Marquee on the exterior. Would love to do the CARC but honestly a bit worried about this hazards that go with it and an expensive experiment for my first paint job. Figured the Behr route would be a safe choice to start and can always repaint later. Looking to do a flat dark gray with black interior.
Seats - It seems that most people go with the military seats, Corbeaus, or the Smitty seats. Leaning towards the Corbeau Moab seat in black. Debating between the vinyl and neoprene. Anyone done the neoprene? Just worried about the vinyl getting hot as sh*t with the sun beating on it. Doing the 4 man soft top setup and plan to keep the top off most of the GA summer/early fall so need seats that will hold up well against the elements. Will of course need to get some seat belts.
A sub topic to the seat is finding more leg room at 6'5". Tempted to notch out the B-beam behind the seat.
Windshield - Debating between the clear versus tinted windshield. Anyone have a bad experience with the tinted windshield?
Soft Top - Got this in the queue with Bill Welch to make one. Seems to do real quality work and should get it in July.
LED lights swap - Seems that puts less stress on the electrical system and plus they look better.
Doors - I really want to do the Cobra Tek combo doors but they are pricey, so may have to do them later after everything above. Thoughts on these?
That's my target list for the first 3 months or so. What else I'm I missing that I will need to consider (or reconsider)?
Thanks for bearing with me through all these questions - I figured it was better to get it all out on one post versus 20 posts. Look forward to your feedback and look forward to being a part of the community!
JeffO
I'm a new user to the group and have been devouring all the content on the forums - been many late nights
. Starting to make my way through the TMs.I purchased a 1995 M1025A2 (rebuild 2008 ) from Eastern Supply and look forward to getting it in the next 6 weeks. Some pics attached. I know it will certainly be a project getting it the way I want (and I'm sure way more than I know at this stage). I've read through so many posts which answered a lot of questions but wanted to get some advice and opinions from others that have gone through this before me and not make too many rookie mistakes.
Ignition - Didn't want anyone driving off with the new ride, so going to make this my very first mod. Got the Digital Guard Dawg RFID setup - seems to be positive feedback from the posts I've seen.
Grounding Cables - Going to buy or make a new one to be proactive on some electrical gremlins people seem to experience. Thanks for the nice writeups on that.
License plate holder with light - Still trying to figure out which one, but found several options.
Paint - My thought is this should be one of the first things I do while a lot of the parts are stripped off the humvee. I've read through many posts in the paint forum and I'm leaning towards doing a spray Raptor liner on the interior and Behr Marquee on the exterior. Would love to do the CARC but honestly a bit worried about this hazards that go with it and an expensive experiment for my first paint job. Figured the Behr route would be a safe choice to start and can always repaint later. Looking to do a flat dark gray with black interior.
Seats - It seems that most people go with the military seats, Corbeaus, or the Smitty seats. Leaning towards the Corbeau Moab seat in black. Debating between the vinyl and neoprene. Anyone done the neoprene? Just worried about the vinyl getting hot as sh*t with the sun beating on it. Doing the 4 man soft top setup and plan to keep the top off most of the GA summer/early fall so need seats that will hold up well against the elements. Will of course need to get some seat belts.
A sub topic to the seat is finding more leg room at 6'5". Tempted to notch out the B-beam behind the seat.
Windshield - Debating between the clear versus tinted windshield. Anyone have a bad experience with the tinted windshield?
Soft Top - Got this in the queue with Bill Welch to make one. Seems to do real quality work and should get it in July.
LED lights swap - Seems that puts less stress on the electrical system and plus they look better.
Doors - I really want to do the Cobra Tek combo doors but they are pricey, so may have to do them later after everything above. Thoughts on these?
That's my target list for the first 3 months or so. What else I'm I missing that I will need to consider (or reconsider)?
Thanks for bearing with me through all these questions - I figured it was better to get it all out on one post versus 20 posts. Look forward to your feedback and look forward to being a part of the community!
JeffO
