Sooooo....... I get a call on my way home from work last night... honey the power just went out in the middle of making taco's for dinner. Son of a b**ch! My wife never cooks, so I take the good meals when I can get em! So cold cereal for dinner, and mowed the damn lawn last night. Good news, power is on and better stay on for tonight! I gotta get these rockers welded up so we can weld some tube to them on saturday.

Seats came yesterday... decided on these for simplicity plus they bolt right in, and i like em'.

http://www.seriousoffroadproducts.co...ducts_id=59548


Need to get some harnesses ordered now.

 

Started on the rockers last night. Got a couple braces on the drivers side. Still need to add another brace or two then plate the boat side.

 

looking good man!

 

So it begins.... finished running braces from the rocker to the 'frame' on the passenger side. Got the B Pillar bent up and tacked in. Then started working on the A pillars. These took a while as we kept them close enough to the windshield frame that I can weld the sheet metal to the A Pillar tube for strength. A and B pillar's are pretty much done. Few pics...

 

That looks really good!

quick question what is the measurement to the top of the cage and your belly pan height??

 

I'll have to get some measurements tonight, i'm at work today. Just curious why do you ask?

 

your on 37's and the top of your cage is still shorter than the people standing around it (or so it seemed) so I am just curious really.

not in any rush so no worries

 

Gotcha, it's fairly low for a Cherokee on 37's I think. But i've cut a lot of sheet metal and stretched the rear wheel wheel opening. Actually it's a tad higher right now, i think it lifted an inch or so when I removed the doors/hatch/roof. I will measure tonight, cause now i'm curious.

 

dam looks good, after your done wanna start on my cage??... haha jk but really i thought it looked badass before you cut the top off, and that was as good as it would get... Now its moving up to "holy **** look at that jeep" status -good work man

 

Hell ya! Can't wait to see the layout for the back half!!!! Get on it

Any plans to dove tail the back?

 

So just for reference

I am about 75" s to the roof (eye balling it)

25.25" to the bottom of the uni rail

21" to bottom of the johny joint for my long arms

all measurements taken with 15psi in the tires (33's)

 

Thought about it, but I spent too much time putting the rear wells back together to cut it all out again. I want to keep enough room in the back for the food/whatever container, the cooler, and tool bag, it's the perfect size right now. That's one of the reasons I relocated the gas tank instead of putting it through the floor in the rear. I'm thinking the back is just going to get boxed in like a little truck bed sort of.

 

what about finding a steel hatch to chop up and use that?

then hinge it like a tail gate

 

We were talking about that last night. Building some sort of tailgate or something maybe.

 

Richard is 6'6"... the rest of us normal humans are dwarfed by that skyscraper cherokee jus kiddin'

It was fun, thanks for letting me eat you KFC, bend tech is pretty cool!