plumbstraight I believe what you need to do is:
Start a build thread in the build forum section (Here:
CJ Forums - CJ Build Forum at Jeep-CJ.com ). This should be your actual "chronological build" for example check out Bills here:
http://www.jeep-cj.com/forums/f98/bills-75-cj5-ground-up-rebuild-9190/
Now small question can be "asked there"
Within your build thread but do not expect many answers there, and it would be something like" I'm having problems figuring out ____ and its holding me up. I'm going to have to do some research". When you have a question about something for your build, you go to the appropriate forum section. For example, if you have a question about the suspension, you would make a new "thread" here: (
CJ Forums - Suspension and Steering at Jeep-CJ.com ) Although, there may be plenty of threads already covering the particular topic / question you are wondering about, so doing a search will possibly help you.
Then when you are ready to continue with your build, you can link to the thread that helped you in your build follow up post, and continue along with your build.
Now for the rest of this threads direction, and my comments to you all who are complaining and shouting at the rooftops (with your laptops )...
Basically guys what we are trying to avoid is this section be over run with multiple posts and questions that belong in the rest of the forum. This section is just for the build threads. It is supposed to showcase projects with individual twists and ideas.
What CJ (If I may speak for him) and other Mods got tired of was the bold text stating "
This forum is for build threads ONLY! Technical questions belong in the appropriate forum listed above." being ignored and someone posting "Help me choose witch engine to swap" or My Brakes died" or "My radiator is leaking" within this forum section. This makes them have to moderate and move threads to the appropriate sections, and create new paths to them. It also clutters the build section. So "we" have made new threads in this section not "post" until they are approved by a moderator.
Contrary to where this thread was going earlier, I do not believe if you are doing an actual CJ Build (that is not hack and slashing it into a roadster or wheelie jeep) that you will have any trouble actually getting your build approved. Mostly the way you type, computer skills, and popularity have nothing to do with approvals. Approvals are given to threads that are showing promise of being an actual build thread. Now if you ARE hacking and slashing into a roadster or wheelie jeep, that is up to you and you are more than welcome (obviously) to do so. Most of us live in "free democracy areas" and you are free to do as you please with your stuff! If its, for whatever reason, not approved as a CJ site build thread, you can always post it in Mics CJ forum, or even find a Roadster specific forum, and post your build there. You can still as members obviously ask jeep specific questions in the correct forum sections and receive the help of us "Jeepers" without us hosting your roadster build...
This is my understanding of what a build thread should be
First post is "Here's my Jeep, and the story of how I got it. This is what it currently has, this is what I'd like to work on / do to it. Second post: This is where I am starting, first project. Next post next project... and so on and so forth. With the occational, ran into a snag with ____ and need to figure out how to ___. With the above format I do not see any Mod / CJ denying or not approving your Build thread.
There are plenty of us working behind the scenes guys to keep this an awesome and great looking and functioning site. Most of them do far more than I do around here to do so. If you have a problem with a "rule" or procedure we follow, you may not understand the reasoning behind it. Instead of publicly desiring to "out" or "one up" them, try to send a respectful question or request clarification through a PM.
You just may find we are nicer than "internet text tones" can show, or even that you misunderstood the original idea, premises, or reasoning behind it, or maybe even misunderstood the "rule" or restriction itself...
~ Jr