I think im going to try choppin the xj if it turns out good then i think I will sell the mj and zj and go all out on it if I mess it up I will just convert the mj and sell the zj and get a nice longarm and a good paint job

 

thats not a bad plan. but make sure your gonna have income and time is all I can say. then you can avoid most of the stress of doing all this.

 

here is mine, did it over the weekend. Cost me zero dollars!

 

Looks pretty good. I actually like that four door chopped. Nice job. Another full vehicle pic would be nice tho.

 

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Is there a build thread on this XJ? I would like to see more of how you did the back.

 

OK, I'll play.
Heres mine. It's not done but you get the idea.

 

heres mine, leaving hidden falls adventure park in marble falls texas.

 

I am going to chop my xj this spring. I think they look badass. I plan on moving the hatch "hoop" forward and welding after a make a rollbar hoop behind the rear doors and some downbars. Wantin to make a soft top to throw over the open so I can still drive in the rain

 

Looks good. What vehicle donated its frame to your XJ?

 

enjoy https://www.cherokeeforum.com/f46/so...j-build-59327/

 

everything about that are a win except the scout II frame and lack of a cage.

Those two make that a giant fail.

 

He is going to cage it if you read up on his build thread and he said he doesn't have a ton of money to find the perfect frame so got the scout frame, i say more power to the guy for building a monster like that on a tight budget. Not only that, but everyone does their own rig different so let them. Opposite of "giant fail" if you ask me.

 

Anytime someone slaps any vehicle on top of the frame of another thats just doing it the "easy" way. I don't know how he has the frame secured to the unibody of the XJ but 99% of the time its not done the right way and is very sketchy.

It would've been lighter and potentially cheaper(depending what he paid for the scout frame) to just beefy up the unibody frame rails of the XJ and then mount the leaf springs off of it. The other main issue that I see is the engine/transmission is mounted to the XJ unibody where the suspension is mounted to the scout frame.

Unless it were done right I see way too many ways it could go wrong.

 

should read instead of looking at pics. he had body mounts for the xj to scout. i would love to have mine on a frame a real frame, thats why i went and got a toyota.
now i do agree about the engine not being attached to the scout frame i dunno if it is as i havent read the whole post in a while since my last post in it.
mounting the drivetrain to the scout making it that low would put his weight way lower and better i do agree there. but then you dont have a nice flat belly. i see good and bad but i really dont think its a big fail.