not what i was expecting when i read the thread title... looks cool...

 

I never use drive thru's so that won't be an issue.

 

Good, that's probably best.

 

very interesting idea and design long as its street legal then who gives a flying f*uck as to what anyone else says or thinks about it. keep up the good work with a wild imagination man!

 

Why even have a skid on your xj if you dont wheel it? That would get destroyed so quick on the trail. but hey, perfect for a mall crawler.

BTW our 4 wheeling club requires the use of CB's for communication, Snorkels are also very helpful when crossing s creek or large mud hole. So no they are not stupid, they just have no use on a mall crawler.

 

What makes you think I don't wheel it? Its already been on a few trips and its holding up fine. I'm mostly in mud and trails, we don't have much for rocky terrain here in Michigan, at least not near me.

I'm not in your little club so, what does that matter to me. I'm rarely in water past my rockers so I have no use for a snorkel. Plus, I just don't like how they look. Mall Crawler....whatever.

 

Question.

The factory plate has a flange and piece of angle iron welded on the back edge for strength.
Looks like you cut the flange completely off and interrupted the angle iron in several places.
Is that the case ?

I cannot imagine it will take a good hit from a boulder well !

I have smashed mine real hard on several boulders.

You should try Rocksand Valley's up in central MI, lots of boulders.

Cool look, questionable strength for hard core wheeling.

Keep up the good work.

Nitro

 

My pink pantys are caught in my little...

 

WOW, way to be an A-hole...
OP i like what you did a bit of going on... little bit of car art to show who you are, rock on bro

 

I don't understand why everyone is rippin on it, I dont even have a front skid. This thing has to be better than nothing, maybe the guy just likes to fab metal on his spare time, I know I do. If its not your style thats cool, just keep quiet

 

Un-called for and very childish post. I've reported this post to the mods

 

This coming from a dude that rides a Ninja 650? What is that, your sister's bike?

Tough talk over the internet.....he must be from Pirate. Whatever jerk job.....

 

Yes, I did in fact remove that cheesy, spindly piece of angle iron from the back side. However, I replaced it with 2x2x1/4 angle iron. I cut some gussets for it too but I got too antsy and threw it on. When I get a minute, I'm going to weld those in and finish up the quick disconnects too.

I wanna get up to Rocksand, just haven't had time. I've had it at The Mounds,Bull Gap and a ton of cool gravel pits/trails around Oscoda. Also, I live on 10 acres. I had a pretty legit motocross track back there growing up. Its now my personal after work backyard offroad park. It's nothing too crazy but its fun for blowing off steam after a long day.

 

Thank you.

 

It protects my steering components and keeps water from drenching my engine bay, that's all I expect out of it. If I did a bunch of rock crawling, I'd probably beef it up more but I hardly see large rocks.

And yeah, I do metal sculpture in my spare time. I don't claim to be some off road fab wizard, I just do it for fun. I dig it, it serves its purpose. That's all that matters to me.