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Old Feb 14, 2014 | 04:30 AM
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Originally Posted by Atmos
I might have asked this before, but why didn't you just make some X's for the roof? triangles and all that..
there is a reason for what i did, its already a tight fit for me without the cage and i was able to keep all the tubes away from my head if i were to put an x in the roof i would bash my head on it every time i got in. The rear section is not finished i put a 30 deg. bend in the rear roof tubes and will continue it to the rear down bars with a gusset that way it will all flow together i got the idea from a genrite cage

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Old Feb 14, 2014 | 10:17 AM
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I figured it was a head room issue. that's why you just build a hybrid instead and put the halo on top of the roof
I understand having an internal too. looks nice. you matched that genrite pretty well
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Old Apr 2, 2014 | 06:47 PM
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your door handles are so awesome hah, did you just drill 3 holes in each and call it a day? little touch but i like it!
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Old Apr 3, 2014 | 02:16 AM
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Originally Posted by mtbfreak612
your door handles are so awesome hah, did you just drill 3 holes in each and call it a day? little touch but i like it!
i had the door handles out when i painted it and decided to do some weight reduction, I used a step bit in my drill press to make the holes which turned out nice. i saw a set of jk handles that a guy had spent way to much money on and decided to just make my own
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Old Apr 3, 2014 | 07:22 PM
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Holy sheet Batman that is beautiful. I have seen XJs with 37s but never 40s, this thing is beautiful. I love what you have done to it and look forward to seeing what happens next. Sub'd
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Old Apr 3, 2014 | 07:52 PM
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How's that monsta liner holding up?
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Old Apr 4, 2014 | 01:29 AM
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Originally Posted by DEMon357XJ
Holy sheet Batman that is beautiful. I have seen XJs with 37s but never 40s, this thing is beautiful. I love what you have done to it and look forward to seeing what happens next. Sub'd
thanks man, i am obsessed with workinig on this thing. Im about done with mounting the seats, and now want to add a couple more tubes to the cage. After im completely done with the inside the only thing i have left to do on my list is build some sort of cover for the coilovers where they pass through the wheel wells and re-line the rear quarters oh yeah i almost forgot, build a skid and maybe then i can get back on the trails
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Old Apr 4, 2014 | 01:33 AM
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Originally Posted by Letterman52
How's that monsta liner holding up?
realy well, there are a couple of spots on the edge of the doors where it was opened numerous times into a metal cabinet when we were working on the cage and finally chipped it away but with some black touch up paint u cant even tell, other than that no issues
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Old Apr 6, 2014 | 02:03 AM
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Old Apr 8, 2014 | 12:01 AM
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Awesome I can't wait to see this beast back out on the trails.
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Old Apr 8, 2014 | 01:10 PM
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What are you going to do when you roll this thing?? Cuz you like your **** nice haha
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Old Apr 11, 2014 | 10:01 PM
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What are you going to do when you roll this thing?? Cuz you like your **** nice haha
cut the top off so everyone can see my nice ****!
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Old Apr 23, 2014 | 10:10 PM
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this monster is is getting there. any updates?

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Old Apr 29, 2014 | 07:59 AM
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I got the seats and belts mounted up, i painted the front section of the cage and also the rear tube around the fuel cell i painted it dark grey. I used rustolium hammered in a quart and applied it with a foam brush. It is a oil based paint with 2 heavy coats it looks like base clear! The shine is unreal and self levels realy well, i did the whole cage in it and it all looks even without any brush strokes. Other that that i haven't made any other progress, i was involved in a car wrench and am on the way to have surgery this morning. I need to get my back better so i can start useing my piece!
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Old May 2, 2014 | 12:39 PM
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Sick rig man.
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