bad_idea

Some nice work there.

SteveMongr

Great build! Awsome skills, ideas and knowledge. Glad you are a part of CherokeeForum.

aka"dude"

Tbone289

Wooeee... Nice work!

2drx4

Thanks guys. I appreciate it.

I have a little more to update, but got some bug that's kicked my ***... I'll try to get the rest of it up.

R/T_Fire

Very nice work!! Makes me want to get working on mine... Few questions, does the back seat still fit and did you stretch the rear axle back? if so how much and with custom springs or reversed springs?

2drx4

I don't know if the back seat fits, I cut off all the brackets for it and used two of the attach points for eyebolts to secure cargo, as I never intended to run it and threw it out. It probably could be made to fit, one might have had to put the shock towers a little farther back or on an angle to do so, there's nothing really modified about the interior forwards of that point, so I don't see how it couldn't be made to work if that was the intent with the build from the start.

The rear axle is only back 1". Or maybe 2". This is a trail rig, and I want to drive it on the street, and sleep in the back, so I wanted the gas tank to be basically where it was before. I wound up moving the gas tank back a fistful of inches, until it was basically against the rear valence panel, as that was the only way to get the 14 bolt and cover to clear it. If one was running flipped springs, redrilled springs, or new hangers, there is likely not way you could have got the gas tank to fit. That said, with a different diff cover it probably didn't have to go back as much, the Ruffstuff covers really stick out a long ways and cause all sorts of problems, but it wouldn't translate to a huge difference in how much wheelbase could be gained while maintaining a safe clearance between the tank and axle.

It would have been easier to cut enough material out of the rear wheelwells on a 2dr, and I do regret not building a 2dr. I used this thing because I had it, which was a bit silly.

2drx4

Front bumper is done.









I really debated doing a hidden winch, but at the end of the day I'd rather be able to see the cable spool and get at the winch easily, plus there's a lot of brush around here so the bumper does need to protect the sheetmetal a bit.



Video for people that like watching them:

bad_idea

I'm usually not one of those guys that likes videos but clicked on it because it happened to be there. Nice production quality. I learned a couple tricks and it was interesting to watch. Thanks for taking the time to tape it as you went. You run an off road shop or something?

2drx4

Thanks for watching the video. And no, I fix helicopters for a living, I just like fabrication and tend to build things rather than buying them. I started to film stuff because I thought the production quality of most of the Youtube Jeep/Offroad channels absolutely terrible and figured I could do better. Basically I've learned why that is though, since it's actually really hard to actually film and edit this stuff into something that is actually watchable, not to mention the time invested to do so is quite high.

MWMahoneyJr

Very cool build. Can't wait to see more.

SatiricalHen

I am glad I stumbled upon this. Beautiful work, but I am still curious about one thing. When are you coming to do mine?

unidentifiedbomb

This is awesome! Keep up the posts