94XjSport94

What are you doing for a skin?

884x4

Tell your buddy he does good work! I was gonna bring mine that low but I don't really need doors anymore so I figured I might as well bring it higher.

884x4

Either 3/16 or 1/8 with UHMV if I can find it

JandDGreens

Yeah, he is doing everything over-kill. I will still want doors on mine so I think I am going to copy what he is doing. Luckily I have C.M. metal real close and they keep a scrap yard that has 1/8th" sheets about a yard sq. that I can snag for the boat-side. They sell it by the pound. I would like to do half-doors on mine some day also. Just have to find a 2-dr part-out, the salvage yard wants to much for them.

94XjSport94

I was pricing out 4x8 sheets online and local of UHMW and quickly left that idea. I could probably get some big scraps or buy it through work, but even then it's pretty pricy for a piece of plastic. Ha. Looks good so far.

cholthauss

Beautiful! thats where I was thinking about cutting right at the body line like that! only diff will be with mine is i think ima use 2x8 3/16s tubing! keep it up will be watching/doing after our next wheeling trip

884x4

i dont know about 1/8th for skin on the boatsides. seems kinda thin to me but if it could be done i will be willing to try lol
yeah that stuff is expensive, idk what i will end up using but i did pick up a 16 ft stick of 2x2 3/16 for the bracing. should get back to work on it tomorrow.
yeah i love how it matches the body line! i wanted to use 2x6 but mman this crap gets expensive! lol i payed 98$ for my 12 ft stick of 2x4

884x4

well ive got the passengers side almost completly tacked up with braces and all.
just one more brace from the top of the front leaf spring hanger and it should be ready for complete welding. so there will be 6 braces to the unibody per side.
id upload pics but the mobile app doesnt work right now so ill have to do those later.

cholthauss

mine hasn't been working for like a week

94XjSport94

Dang, 6 is a lot. I only have 4 per side on mine. Leaf spring hanger, under the B pillar, Close to the A pillar and under the driver seat sorta. Sounds solid.

esteem

unidentifiedbomb

Yea the app needs updating again, i've resorted to syncing my phone to my laptop for now.

884x4

I got one at the a pillar, 2 between a pillar and b pillar, one at the b pillar, one between b and c pillar, and one at the spring hanger.
Overkill maybe but I have some gaps up to about 1/4 to fill with weld so I can get full contact where the braces meet the unibody and 2x4 rocker. So to compensate for any lack of strength due to some spots that need filling with weld I opted to do more bracing. Cutting the right angles on the 2x2 sucks with a grinder lol I've gone through 11 cut off wheels so far.
Also with more bracing I might be able to get away with using 1/8th for skin

884x4

Yeah well I'm usually at work or school so I have to use my phone but mobile browser sucks big time!

94XjSport94

I used a plasma cutter and got it close enough to tack and burn in hot. I'm a hi tech redneck fabricator.