Hi
Down here in Oz , XJ came standard with fuel tank skid plates , pretty solid as I had my xj rear in the air with the tank sitting on a tree stump and the fuel tank wasn't scratched.
I thought you guys would of had them.


The problem with you Yanks is you can,t build a vehicle , learn to put the steering wheel on the the right side

 

hahaha yeah a lot of xj's came with factory skids but its just thin metal mine unfortunately didnt come with one and i found out the hard way how important they are the only ones around here that come right hand drive is u.s. postal jeeps

 

well a little update on the rear bumper some home made 5/8" thick brackets and the flat bar across the bottom has 3 bolts that bolt through the gas tank skid too thats all tied into the unibody so it should be pretty strong itll look a little when i bend the tube for it next week but heres the sneek peak

 

make sure you go into the unirail. your tow points right now are basically 4 bolts thru 14ga steel.... which will rip easy

 

my gas tank skid is 3/16" thick and is bolted to the unirail with 4 bolts on both sides and my bumper is gonna be bolted with 3 3/8" bolts to the gas tank skid along the rear sandwiching the the bottom lip of the sheetmetal between the two thats what the 2" strip of 1/4" is going between the two mounting plates and the bottom tube is gonna be welded solid all the way across the 1/4" strip then bent around the corners and also might weld on some strips that go back and bolt on the unirail with the 4 bolts also theres no worry in my mind it will be built like a brick s@#$ house

 

got some more done on the rear bumper all tacked up just need to cut the ends and finish welding it all up heres a few pics

 

Rear bumper looks sweet!

 

looks legit what thickness is ur skids made out of? where can i get a cheap cheap winch?

 

Real nice work, make sure you keep dirt out of that gas tank skid to avoid a rusted out tank.

 

thanks!! ill have more pics up soon of it done and painted
gas tank skid is 3/16" thick if you want a cheap winch try smittybilt ,rough country or harbor freight
yeah very good idea i should probably drill some holes up higher so i can flush it out i already have some drain holes at the lowest point

 

well got some more work done on the heep tube doors are almost finished just have to make the latches and finally got the rear bumper painted and put on ill be getting rocker 2x6 shortly too!!!

 

well my steering box was leaking so i decided to replace it with a 99 durango box and figured i would make myself a inner steering box brace/spacer thing i used 3/16" plate and 1" 1/4" wall dom for the tube so basically just like all the aftermarket ones kinda lol and i made the spacers about an 1/8" longer for the durango box now i just have to go put it back together

 

got the tube doors done and painted heres a few pics we decided to just use 1.5" exhaust tube and latches off of s-10 tire carriers seems to work pretty well and they follow the body lines pretty good

 

ah more pics


oh also had a glass pack put on

 

your fabs are the business!