Thanks. The original intent was to have a three sixteenths backer plate, but that didn't work out. I would recommend the backer plate but more care in measuring the mounting holes would be required. I have good size washers in place of a backer plate. Four of the bolts go through the floor and "frame" pinch seam. No alterations planned, I'll keep a close eye on the mounting bolts.
I did think about doing the front but the master cylinder and fresh air intake are in the way. The front articulation is much better than the rear; I'm ok with it.

seen the rig in action.. rear worked well.

Agree with the welding comment, and next time you see me at the Cove stop by with a few beeers and I will weld it up. I should be rocking the Enclosed trailer on the next trip.

Hey PingPong.
Thank you very much for the welding offer. I really want these to be a bolt in product though and long term testing is needed. I may take you up on your offer though for the next project. I'm looking at differential skids and would like extensions welded on to help protect the U-Joints. See you at Big Dogs.

Welding u joint protection onto your diff is kinda a tricky thing.. can be done... just requires preheat and ost heat cool down... which is a lil advanced for a campfire welding job.. plus best done with High Knickle rod.


I can do LCA skids if you want. But all the same see you at the cove.

Jim this is badass I just have one question do you think it could handle something like a coil over?

There's not a snow ball's chance in hell. No way.

I'm marginally concerned about it handling shocks.

For easy trail running it'll be fine. There's no way I'd consider having that hold the entire weight of the rear of the Jeep.

Hey patrick99xj how's it going? If I was going to convert to coil over suspension I would go for it. I would extend the length of the backing plates and ensure that they completely overlap the pinch seam between the floor board and (frame). You could also weld the extended plate to the (frame). You wouldn't be able to seal the hole with a rubber boot to get through State inspection would you? Also, with a three or four link suspension you will get more lateral movement so you would have to plan for that.

Lowrange2, how's it going? As described above, I would go for it. Now, I'm not a mechanical engineer but have you looked at the original upper mounting point for the rear shocks? Your right though that for a coil over conversion one should use more metal for attaching the towers to the Cherokee. Maybe even a Z shaped backing plate with 90 degree angles that could be welded to the (frame) or bolted where the factory fuel tank skid plate bolts. Hmmm!! What do you think?

How it looked like be for it went in to the garage

its all good workin on the xj i am going big la front and rear right now its in the garage right now trying to get money for my axles (and a welder and metal) i posted above how it looks now

I like the idea it's cool I'm just thinking something like a rectangle shape from one side to the other or a figure a way to tie it into a roll cage.

What you've made appears that it'd work well for shocks.

If you were to mount C/O's to that I wouldn't do any less than connecting them together and then continuing the cage to the rear to connect to it as well. I'd also have to extend the mounting plates a lot farther and weld them to the body. (Like you said)

Hey 87xj2. I think that you would be surprised just how rock solid they are. Most of the force that is applied to them is vertical not horizontal. Any other horizontal support would be way overkill, my opinion. Thanks for the comment and have a great day.

i like this but i would at least weld some plate to the floor under where the hoops mount to spread the area affected by the force of the shock. i just don't trust the super thin floor metal to keep that thing in place, it may work well for you though. good job man, i may steel this idea as i've been looking ways to do this for the longest time without tying it into a cage (i don't have one yet)...

Hey bheath. If you do decide to go for it, enjoy. I had a great time working this project just like all the others. For me, working on the Cherokee is half the fun. Of course the other half is putting dents in it.

No doubt about performance. The box I was talkin about was to protect the inside from gettin beat up bye w/e is in the back. Like almost a custom tool box that covers the towers an shocks.