Chop top Cherokees
05-07-2014, 12:37 PM
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Year: 1998
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Do you have any more pictures of that front bumper? It's sweet! Deserves a thread of its own. It reminds me a lot of the ORS Fab bumper with wings. Did you notch the front crossmember to clear the winch?
05-07-2014, 12:45 PM
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Yes, I had to notch the OEM cross member.
05-11-2014, 01:05 PM
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05-13-2014, 07:44 PM
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05-13-2014, 09:42 PM
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Year: 1998
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Engine: 4.0L
For the back of the cab i repurposed the factory back hatch and a section of the roof..
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05-18-2014, 04:11 PM
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In the middle of my chop as well. The bar in the back is a YJ bar cut down and mounted to mounts welded to the wheel wells. It's not a permanent solution, only a temporary one to brace the rear end til I have the time and money to do a cage and get to a point in my build where it makes sense to actually put a cage in. I'm planning on Dana 60s and a rear stretch/comp cut and tying the cage into 2x6 rocks and my rear bumper and can't do that yet. Regardless it's stiffened things up quite a bit in the rear.
05-21-2014, 12:47 AM
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In the middle of my chop as well. The bar in the back is a YJ bar cut down and mounted to mounts welded to the wheel wells. It's not a permanent solution, only a temporary one to brace the rear end til I have the time and money to do a cage and get to a point in my build where it makes sense to actually put a cage in. I'm planning on Dana 60s and a rear stretch/comp cut and tying the cage into 2x6 rocks and my rear bumper and can't do that yet. Regardless it's stiffened things up quite a bit in the rear.
05-22-2014, 08:09 PM
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Well aware. Like I said, it's temporary to brace the rear end to compensate for the chop for now. Regardless, between how my rear bumper is tied into the frame rails, the roll bar, and the added steel from the tailgate (which ties into the roll bar some) the rear end is a lot more rigid than it was stock.