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Hi,
New to the Forum. I purchased this 83 Cherokee Laredo right before New Year. Was looking for a late 70s Cherokee Chief but landed on this. Body is in really good shape. It already had an LS swap and interior was in fairly good condition.
Want to do a few things to make it a reliable driver for years to come
First, new full body and engine harness. Immediate thought was Painless but a friend suggested American Auto wire Highway 22 Plus Universal Wiring System. Anyone use it and have thoughts? Note - I've never wired a vehicle but am a pretty quick learner. My buddy is a master mechanic and builds custom hot rods. He'll help if I get stuck but I want to do it myself to learn how and know the jeep.
Will add lizard skin coating and probably dynamat to help with noise. Will add some new creature comforts; ; powered and heated seats, power windows, some charging ports, dakota dash and AC unit along with some additional interior lighting and LED headlights. Hoping the 22 circuits is enough? I'll be doing some research but thinking I can use a single circuit for more than one accessory as long as I don't overload it....any thoughts?
Got most of the interior out today and there is some rust in the lower inner doors due to a very shoddy speaker install in its past.
Whoever did it, decided to make patch panels using untreated tin and some duct tape...ughhh. Crap quality resulting in rust in the door itself. Otherwise, body is solid. I've inspected everything including between panels and places requiring a small camera for inspecting pipes etc.
I'll have to get the rust repaired first first since I can't weld. Debating if I should do a respray while I have it apart.
I'm sure I'll have questions as I go and have seen some good resources here already. If it turns into a bigger build (seems to be how it goes when you start digging) I'll post pictures.
matt
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