SWC custom

dose anybody have any pics or wright ups about there home made entry gaurds.. thx i plan on using diamond plate from an old truck tool box..LOL

hedbutter

I haven't done it, but im pretty sure you would just measure the size you want, cut it and line up the holes to drill it. Shouldnt be that bad

SWC custom

i was going to use self tapping screws and make them a lil bigger than the stock plastic ones so they are like a enrty/toe kick gaurd..

00XJ

sounds cool i got one of them truck bed boxes and have been tring to figure out what to do with it. i might make a switch box out of some of it, or make a splash guard. but if i were you i would make shur it aint to think befor pitting it in so it wont get in the way of the door.

SWC custom

yeah ik im getting a truck box tonight for the side handles, 3 homemade CDs, and 10 bucks well worh it cds cost me like nothing and th handles prob wont be used anyways...

00XJ

so are you just making entry guards or do you got extra plans?

SWC custom

umm im not sure yet but ill prob make something else y do u ask.. i just got my tool box fyeah $200 box a lil banged up for 3 cds, 5 bucks and a lil heavier pice of diamond plate or something else, idk yet..

00XJ

cause im trying to figure out what to cut mine up and use it for hahaha. i got a big dimond plate steel truck box and it aint being used. i was going to sell it but now that i think of it im shur i could cut it up and use it for jeep stuff. i just dont know what yet, so i was seein if you had any ideas.

SWC custom

i was thinking a 2 sided box with the front flipping up on hinges so tht my tools are out of the way. it would be pushed against my back seat so tht i could get in to it from there too. and mabey a gas can holder so tht my gas cans dont tip over but idk if i have enough material to do it yet.. iv just got to be samrt about where i cut it from.. if i was smart id make 2 can holders next to my tool box thing and hold it together with pop rivits and eather self tapping screws to the floor or pop rivits or make it so tht it is removible.. idk yet ill know more after i make my entry gaurds..

00XJ

haha ya i going to make a bumber soon but out of regular plate steel and i was going to make a switch box out of the dimond plate i just thought it would look cool and not take much metal. but i just got to practice welding first i aint never struck a arc

SWC custom

ohh yeah tht takes time lol thts y i had my dadf help me with my bumper and rack.. cause i wasnt to into welding then but iv gottin a lil better need to be great for wht im going to go to school for (auto body) lol.. but yeah it dosent have to be perfict ull prob grind all ur welds out smooth after like every body else dose but the only prob with tht is tht u lose some of the bead so try beveling ur steel and then welding in the grove of the too to get the most bead left on ur metal after grinding it all out and making it look all pretty.. LOL

00XJ

ya when i make my bumper i was going to weld both sides but i want it clean looking so ill have to grind the welds but i dont wanna make them week. i probably take a shop class in the fall semester some time.

SWC custom

yeah tht would prob be the best thing and u could mabey if they let u do projects build ur bumper lol

00XJ

ya that would be awsome but i dont think we will have to many projects if we do ill buil sliders cause of pipe bending

SWC custom

yeah mine are cutt and sectioned then welder thts the way my bumper and rack are too..