not sure what im doing for a tailgate. i might not even have one. i will build a tool box and cooler area where the back seat was so i dont know what else i would put in the back since my gas tank and spare tire will be mounted in the back area.

another update.

got nothing done today... i got a coat of primer and a coat of paint thrown on one tail light housing. i was busy getting our shop organized. brother has a samurai project going on and dad is working on his cj... my goal for this week is to get the quarter panels painted and mounted in there permanent spot. i will most likely be picking up my 150' of DOM tubing for the cage early next week. i also want to get my rear HD engineering frame stiffeners welded on

 

So you already sold the rear guards?

 

Yes the guards are sold

 

so today i finished up painting one quarterpanel/tailight housing and started the rear frame stiffeners. i had a set of HD engineering rear frame stiffeners laying around and decided this was a great time to install them. i got one frame rail stripped and the stiffener welded on. tomorow i will get the other side on and hopefully paint them too

 

So I went through my budget for this project and crunched a few numbers. As of now I'm not sure if I will be able to afford the coilovers... Unless I come across some more money I might just throw some cherokee coils under her and call it good until I can afford the coilovers

 

i started the inner fenderwells today. bought a piece of 4'x4' 16guage steel and started cutting and bending. i decided to make it square so i could mount items on it if needed. this was my first time welding to sheet metal and you could definitely tell im a rookie at it lol but im pleased with how it turned out. i got the passenger side done and primered up. going to try to finish the drivers side tomorow and get them both painted and get my quarter panel guards finally mounted

 

ZOMG that's the same way I did my wheel wells

 

so here are a few updates from the past few days.

i got the rear quarter panel/tail lights done and mounted along with finishing my inner fenderwells. the welds on the sheet metal look like goose $hit but oh well it was my first time trying to weld sheet metal.










and today i picked up a used JD2 Tube Notcher for $50 bucks, mounted the bender to the floor, and picked up my 144' of 1.5"x.120 DOM tubing for the cage. i will start on the cage this week and hopefully have it done soon

 

Jus curious, how much did you pay for one pipe or tube, whatever you prefer to call it lol, and how long is it?

 

newblue: Price on tube depends on how much you buy, and what the diameter and thickness of the tube is. For a cage most people use 1.5" or 1.75" .120 DOM tubing. You can call Interwest Metals in Fife to get pricing info at 253-922-0200.

 

$489 for 8 sticks 18ft long (144ft total) of 1.5"x.120 DOM tubing from interwest metals in fife. They have the best prices around

I chose 1.5" because of weight. And where I wheel I would most likely only flop the jeep if I was to roll so it should be just fine.

Tube and pipe and two different materials. Tube is measured by outside diameter (OD) and pipe is measured by inside diameter (ID)

 

so bare with me as i am only a 20 year old college student and this is my first cage build and tube bending experience.

day 1:




some of my bends arent perfectly symetrical and some of my connecting joints arent perfectly flush but it should hold up. i got the rear hoop bent and tacked to the plate on the floorboard. also got the front A pillar bars bent. just need to trim them up to fit better

day 2:






got the top halo bent and tacked in place and tacked the A pillar bars to the halo hoop. hoop didnt fit perfectly but good enough for me. also got the B pillers through the roof and tacked a cross brase across the top. also got a front reinforcement piece tacked. made a windshield bar brace also. so far its lookin good. hopefully will have it all tacked together this weekend then pull it off and finish the welds

 

Nice looking jeep! I really want to learn how to do cage's for my jeep. As of right now im in college's too taking automotive and more. Keep up on the work. Would like to see how it turn out!

 

Dis is what I want my xj to look like lol. This is a quick roll cage I drew up...not sure how it'll perform thou

 

day 3:

got more supports done and welded most of the upper side of the joints.