MDJuan Tubs - the official feedback thread

[Oilleaker1]

If a customer recieved a part that does not fit, he should get a fixed/improved replacement sent to him free of charge. I don't think it's good business to fix the problem for others and not the current customer. They should contact MD Juan direct and get results in my book. I bought a 400 dollar gas tank for a M38A1 and fixed all the problems which included modifying the fuel lines and hold downs, only to find the seat would not bolt down over it because it's too tall of a tank. I got no help/refund either. Ended up licking my wounds and bought a nos tank. The nos tank installed in 15 minutes, no issues. John

[jackdog06]

I emailed your sales dept. as you suggested and no response. I also emailed you direct and the emails came back as undeliverable. Don't know what else to do but suck it up. Anyone else out there thinking about buying one of these body kits DON'T! The tub itself is OK but everything else doesn't fit without alot of fab work and the right fender is just junk. It is nice MDJaun offers affordable replacement bodies, but I would suggest spending a little more for quality.

[PeterL]

I agree 100% with Jackdog06.

Body is OK everything else is JUNK!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Dave]

Got my tub! All in all not too bad, to get the hat channels to line up I had to cut both fender braces off the fenders and reposition them. The grill ended up about a half inch farther forward so that is how much I had to move the braces. The paint seems to be in good shape, nothing falling off. Some of the finish work is rough. The windshield frame and hood fit good. Tool box latch is like the original and the gauges fit with no problem. All in all pretty happy with it!

[Dave]

The front

[Dave]

Hard to see being black

[Ryan_M]

Edit 1/17/15: The wheelhouse fitment issues were due to me being shipped 2A wheel houses in error. I have since received the correct 3A wheel houses and they installed without issue. The tool box, however, remains a complete piece of garbage.
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Rommel - These wheel house tops are sold as fitting a 3A or M38. They fit neither. It would cost you exactly zero pesos more to make the bend in the right spot instead of the wrong one. Not happy.





While we're at it this tool box is not even close to what it should be. Lid is completely wrong and the fit is horrible. Please PM me for a total amount of money wasted and I'll gladly accept a refund or at least a labor charge for time spent correcting this disaster.

[athawk11]

Ryan,

That looks like the exact bend I needed to make to convert a 2A wheel house into a 3A wheel house.  In this photo, you see the 2A house on the right.  The original 3A is on the left.



My guess...someone is still selling a 2A top and passing it off as a 3A. 

Tim

[Ryan_M]

Additional measuring reveals additional problems. The MD Juan 3A wheelhouses measure 33-1/2" (although Walck's site specifically states they are 32").

I thought maybe a set of 2A wheelhouses were drop shipped in error but the sticker on the individual bubble wrap states "3A". So either they were mixed up during packaging or they just are blatantly wrong.

Edit:

The more I look into this the more I think I just have the wrong parts. MD Juan's site clearly shows two different wheelhouse styles - one for the 2A and one for the 3A. There's no question I have 2A ones that are labeled as 3A.

[1955CJ-5]

It's too bad Classic Enterprises doesn't make a tool box....The MD Juan version I got sounds just like yours....I ended up using my old lid which fit just fine, and the clip style 3a latch worked fine too...

But it was a wrestling match to get it installed...thank goodness for hammers....

CE does offer a complete wheelhouse, but you probably are aware of that...

[Ryan_M]

CE makes entire wheelhouses but they don't sell just the tops, which is all I needed. Plus, with my Walck's discount gift certs and free shipping it seemed a good way to go.

Looks like neither MD Juan or Walck's is to blame for these wheelhouses afterall. They were drop shipped from Omix and when I looked close I noticed a discrepancy in the labeling. Omix slapped their 3A label on MD Juan 2A wheel houses. I was on the phone with Carl first thing this morning and have just seen an e-mail thread between him and Omix. Both companies appear to be all over it and I expect to have the correct wheel houses here soon. I will update this again with positive comments if the actual 3A wheelhouses do indeed fit.

The toolbox, however, remains a complete piece of crap.

[Thorholt]

Well I can probably add to this thread in a few days, I just unloaded my 3a tub but it is going on a 2a frame, I am reusing my hood, fenders, grill and tailgate so we should see how it fits with original parts also but the fenders and grill and hood are 2a stuff, I went with the 3a tub because I just wanted a little more belly room in my jeep, The build date on it is November of 2014 so it should be the latest, More to come.

[Thorholt]

I got it uncrated and I was pleasantly surprised, the quality is good, needs about a hour of body work  time on the exterior and it will be ready to paint, The tool box lid is fixed, I do have a problem with the fuel tank, the mounting strap brackets are not there at all, the tank also hits the center transmission tunnel before the drain hole in the floor lines up, could be the tank also, it is a repo, I will measure more tomorrow. It also is missing the parking brake spring bracket down under.
Going to set it on the frame tomorrow and see how the rest goes.

[1955CJ-5]

It sure looks the part.....it will be interesting to see how it fits......

[athawk11]

I am seeing things that do look better.  The holes for the tank...I find this is interesting.

I bought preformed replacement floors from one supplier, and a new tank from another.  This was the exact same issue I had with tank fitment.

My original tank did fit in the replacement floor correctly.  Makes me think the tank is the problem here.  I was forced to enlarge the holes.

Keep us posted on your progress.  This should be interesting.

Tim