DanB98TJ

Figured I'd go ahead and throw up some pics of my rocker build while I was at it...

Rear mount:


Front mount:



Pinch weld brace:



Mocked up:



Rear mounting leg:




Front mounting leg:



Done!

Jeffvador

build me some

DanB98TJ

Wish I had time! It was all I could do to get these done and my bumper started (trying to juggle work and keep up with a 2-year old takes most of my time...).

zwhiz

good work man, looks sweet

d50

those look great. howd you get nuts on those bolts going through the unibody? or do they go all the way through?

DanB98TJ

Thanks - the bolts are self-tappers. I have used them in the past and they have held up well. If I ever decide to add some stiffeners to the unirails I'll weld them at that point, but for now the self-tappers should be sufficient for the wheeling I do (they've already been tested...).

Loizzo

Those look great, simple and they protect. I would weld those mounts sooner than later or at least find a way to get high strength bolts, it may be fine for now but that's only until it isn't.

farmerjohnson

Looks good man! I like them.

DanB98TJ

I used the same bolts to attach the rockers on my TJ - four up front, four in the rear, with the rails attached at the center body mount (Turbo City rockers - bought them before I started building my own stuff). They held up to extensive abuse without ever coming loose. The only problem I had was from over-tightening them, and I learned my lession quick on that.

To clarify how the XJ rockers attach: each side has four self-tapping bolts at the front leg, two at the rear with an additional 1/2" grade 8 bolt to the front leaf spring hanger. Plus, there are 10 1/4" grade 8 bolts attaching the entire length of the rocker pinch weld. I'm pretty sure they aren't going anywhere. The XJ will not see near the abuse the TJ did, so even with the thinner wall of the "frame" rails they should hold up just fine.

snopro700

looks good!

peep

Good clean fab work, looks great, congrats!

BicycleMafia

Woh this just motivated me to build a set myself. These look awesome. How much did you spend on material?

gone4x4

--how much to ship the 2yr old to me,build me some rockers (2000)-ship em to me and you get the kid shipped back upon arrival of my new rockers?-

Jeffvador

I know exactly what you mean, I have a 2 year old myself.

gone4x4

^-same offer goes too you if ya fab me up sum rockers!!--