Jason95xj

my rockers were shot so i got 2x4 box steel and starting cutting only got the passenger side done half way, the driverside im doin tomorrow, itll be worse cuz i only have bout half a pinch weld, i think i used about 59inches for the sides, mine only go under the front fender half way

Jason95xj

i dint get pics of this side before but i will get pics of the driver side its way worse, my welding sucks but im learning,

Jason95xj

just spray painted for now, when the floors are fixed im gonna bedline everything, no carpet either, but the floor will be one hell of a project

Grayguy

Looks like a decent start. I'll be doing this soon, but I plan on cutting the doors up as high as I can with the windows still working, patch those, then that will set the height of how high up I can cut my rockers/sills.

Jason95xj

yeah i didnt really wanna get into it that much my welding sucks, an the floors are next, i think ill just get whole new pans, theyre preetty nasty

Jason95xj

be careful when you weld, the jeep metal will burn right away

Grayguy

Im not new to welding/fabbing, just XJ's so I'm not too worried about it, but I should probably go out and buy a different spool, the .035 I usually run probably won't make it any easier.

Jason95xj

yeah i was gettin to much wire, i couldnt control how big the bead got

Grayguy

What kind of setup are you running? Overhead is by far the hardest way to weld for me. The miller180 I have hates doing it, but the miller210 at work does a lot better for some reason.

Jason95xj

its a miller wire feed, think its 210, i dont know a whole lot just teaching myself ha

Fugatt2DrXJ

can you explain more into detail where/how high up you cut out the stock rockers? im looking at doing the exact same thing b not getting into the doors.

metrofury

looking good

biggoofy

Looks like a good start I run .23 for sheet metal seems to work great I use the .35 for the thicker metals. How are these being tied into the structure of the jeep?

Lightfoot

When I did mine I used 3"x6" 3/16" wall tube for my rockers. It helps to keep mud from flying into the jeep.

When I did my floors I bought some repair panels. If I ever do it again I would just get some 14 ga or 16 ga flat steel and use that for the floors.

mcoughlin

Did you cut the entire outer rocker out and weld straight onto the inner piece? That's what I am thinking about doing to mine. I just bought my first xj for $200 that runs great but is a little rusted. And at 17 I don't have a ton of money so if ya don't mind me asking, about how much did this whole project cost you?