BajaCrawler

Plans are to throw a 3 link 9 inch rear end i got and chop the back off make it into a truck and exo it. any tips are apreciated.

Here's how it looked when i got it.


Here's it now.

zwhiz

nice looks good so far!
to make it a truck i chopped off the top of the rear hatch and just scooted it up. cut out a piece of sheetmetal to fit around wheel wells and under window. then i just got strips of sheetmetal and screwed it into the sides and roof to hold it on...kinda ghetto but it looks aaaaight. good luck!

BajaCrawler

Thanx for the info and pics. that'll help a lot. the only thing i gotta find out now is will i have to suport my under side with mine being a 2dr. wonder if a roll bar from b pillar to back will do it.

Zackqb2

Dang that jeep looks just like mine did when I bought it.

Before:


After:

ironmanandy

Hey man Im always a fan of the back-off guys with 2 door Xjs. You may have seen this before but this is how i did my old Xj 2 door to re stiffen the body with no roof


I integrated as much tubing and material as possible and centered the sheet metal on it so that it could be stitch welded.



anywhere I cut sheet metal straight off I capped. welded and then attatched to the structure.



I fully welded the rockers to the door seams and the pinch seam to beef up that flexy mess.



weld every structural part fully to the sheet metal

The key with re structuring an XJ is the more surface area you can grab with welds or rivets etc the tougher it will be.

Im looking forward to see how yours comes out. Good luck keep us posted man!

Andy
Ironman4x4fab.com

ZachsXJ

Dude, Andy do you have more pics of yours? thats almost exactly how I want to do my 2dr except retaining the roof(unless of course you had some awesome soft top on it)

BajaCrawler

that strengthening job is genus! i am so doing somethin like that.i started puttin a 6.5" lift kit on it tonight will get pics up tomorrow.

ZachsXJ

There's a reason he now either works for or owns(I think he is the owner) of IronMan4x4 and builds Jeep parts

BajaCrawler

yeah i checked out the site. pretty good site. Had my rear driveline fall off too. what other vehicle would use similar driveline to replace mine. or should i have my friends dad that does metal fab extend mine then have it balanced what do you guys think?

ironmanandy

Thanks man, I actually sold that XJ to start Ironman. I put my heart and soul into that. I used a bikini top and it worked great. Not much of a winter vehicle. Look up Ibuildbigtoys on photobucket and you can see a lot more pics of it. If you want to keep the top I would suggest modding in a YJ front windsheild into the back. It is steel and easy to work with.

BajaCrawler

fixed the driveline made mine longer. but my angle is f'd.

BajaCrawler

and your welcome ironman. haven't seen anyone do that yet. you should make that into a kit to sell on your site. it would work great as a skid plate/trans drop kit. i'd buy it. oh and on the bottom right view what size channel did you use if thats what it is.

BajaCrawler

Well here's new pics

this is it with a 3.5" front lift and a 6.5" rear lift. Will finish later. Twisted wrong way while installing leafs and tweaked my back.


Here's the new longer driveline. Need SYE kit really bad so anyone that has one lying around or know where to get one dirt cheap or junkyard stuff that'll work.


It lifted my rear closer to 8" though anyone know why?

ironmanandy

The rockers and parts for the bracing were made on a press brake. sadly i wont be able to repeat them.
Id like to be able to. I dont have access to that equipment any more. I just scored another 2 door 5 speed from a buddy though so I will be making some more parts along the lines of what you see.

BajaCrawler

very nice hope that project goes well let me know when you start posting stuff for it.