Any pointers on chopping the back hatch?
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here is what I did yesterday evening so far with a WJ I got out of a scrap yard. More to come. Cool thing with The WJ is you can use the factory back hatch. I took mine off, cut it in half and am going to use the top half as my back goad that will be functional to open and the bottom half as my tailgate. We will see how it turns out when completed. Right now the neighbors are laughing about me cutting up a GC. LOL
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Whenever i do mine I'm simple going to cap the ends around the tail lights and fab up a Comanche tail gate to fit in. Obviously shorten the sides but I'm sure it'll look better with an actual truck bed tailgate. My own though
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[QUOTE=no rdplz;1238220]LOL, that third pics looks almost like a jacked up Subi Baja. I've seen a couple GC's chopped, but I think the WJ's look better than ZJ's. The XJ's look the best of all three chopped though. especially if it's done right. But for the XJ's, a 2 door chop to me is pointless. Just get a Comanche.
2 door chop being pointless...There are a few BIG differences between a chopped 2 door and a Comanche. Let alone it being hard to find a Comanche in decent shape without a ton of miles. Totally different ball game in my opinion.
2 door chop being pointless...There are a few BIG differences between a chopped 2 door and a Comanche. Let alone it being hard to find a Comanche in decent shape without a ton of miles. Totally different ball game in my opinion.
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I understand, it's just my opinion. Not everyone is gonna agree and I'm cool with that. I do agree that a good, low mileage Comanche is hard to find and that there are some big differences between them and a 2 door chop. But to me, the purpose of a chop is to gain a truck bed. What do you call a 2 door Jeep with a truck bed? A Comanche. But that's me. I've said it before and I'll say it many more times, To each their own, otherwise we'd all be driving the same thing.
LOL, that third pics looks almost like a jacked up Subi Baja. I've seen a couple GC's chopped, but I think the WJ's look better than ZJ's. The XJ's look the best of all three chopped though. especially if it's done right. But for the XJ's, a 2 door chop to me is pointless. Just get a Comanche.
2 door chop being pointless...There are a few BIG differences between a chopped 2 door and a Comanche. Let alone it being hard to find a Comanche in decent shape without a ton of miles. Totally different ball game in my opinion.
2 door chop being pointless...There are a few BIG differences between a chopped 2 door and a Comanche. Let alone it being hard to find a Comanche in decent shape without a ton of miles. Totally different ball game in my opinion.
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I understand, it's just my opinion. Not everyone is gonna agree and I'm cool with that. I do agree that a good, low mileage Comanche is hard to find and that there are some big differences between them and a 2 door chop. But to me, the purpose of a chop is to gain a truck bed. What do you call a 2 door Jeep with a truck bed? A Comanche. But that's me. I've said it before and I'll say it many more times, To each their own, otherwise we'd all be driving the same thing.
I get your point. Makes sense.
I understand, it's just my opinion. Not everyone is gonna agree and I'm cool with that. I do agree that a good, low mileage Comanche is hard to find and that there are some big differences between them and a 2 door chop. But to me, the purpose of a chop is to gain a truck bed. What do you call a 2 door Jeep with a truck bed? A Comanche. But that's me. I've said it before and I'll say it many more times, To each their own, otherwise we'd all be driving the same thing.
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