got a lil more work to do on it but let me know what yall think about it ,...

 

Looks pretty good so far I like the way it swings out instead of down.

 

yeah i thought about makeing it a fold down but i thought it would take to much abuse like that .. i used some TJ hood hinges and cut them down for the hinges...had them on a scrap jeep in the yard still got a lot of work to do to it...a lot of grinding =....but thanks man

 

love it man you never see side swingin on chop jobs

 

Its different. It would be a little hard to open up backed up against the trees on the trails

 

^^^if your backed up against trees it'll hit anyway if it swings down. I think it looks pimp dont really ever see that.

 

I like it! But holy crap thats a bald tire!

 

thanks guys appreciate it ... yeah the tires r some bald ones that i put on since i pulled mine of to put on my dd right now ... gonna put them back on soon got some new ones comeing in soon ... they hold air for about 4hrs or so then go flat ...lol..... yeah the whole tree thing is that why would i need to back up against a tree and open it up ..lol... just pull forward and open it up

 

I like it, are you planning on filling in the sides?or leaving it like an air gate?

 

Lookin good!!!

 

looks good

 

i was just sitting here looking at your pictures a little closer and i think i decided on something i want to do to my XJ. i have been planning to chop the top, but was unsure on what i wanted to do to the hatch. i think i'm going to kind of steal your idea, but it wont say jeep, and i think i'll make it fold down and have cables like a pickup tailgate.

then for a bumper, i will probably tuck a piece of tubing up in that channel where the bumper brackets are and just put bolts through the tube into the stock mount holes and probably add a few extra bolts for strength.

 

not sure if im gonna fill it in or not my twin says i should but dont know yet like it like it is .... yeah i thought of the same thing but i throw my gate away and then saw a pic of it on NAXJA and was pretty disgusted with myself about it ...lol....guy used the same principal you talkn about but he connected it to the side of his jeep with some hood style latches off of an yj or so ...t-handle thingys ... i will post more pics when i get more done to it ..thanks for the feed back guys

 

i might have to copy this idea for my chop top

 

sorry, but can you post some more pics of your cherokee? it looks sweet and wanna see side shots and how you braced the chop