DBMETALWORX

Well I rolled the silver bullet.. Think I'm gonna cut the roof off & replace it. And go doorless, but with door bars like a buggy.. No b-post & probably cut out the c-post as well.. Some pics of the damage in this thread below
.. What do you guys think?? It still works great.. Just needs some body work lol. I'll start a build thread soon. Already have a 2wd donor that was free.. Probably toss the dash & steering column and all wiring. And go back with aluminum dash & minimum wiring. BTW, it's the first few pics.



https://www.cherokeeforum.com/f33/we...e-pics-142460/

hi im adam

Personally I would rebuild and do what you wish you would have the first time.

but then again, I don't like trailers.

stang65

looks like buggy time

thatXJguy

If that happened to mine, I would truthfully take what I needed out of it, scrap the rest, and buy a new one and replace the stock parts with whatever I salvaged from the old one.

Sorry to see that happen to your Jeep. There was a moment when I was looking through those pictures of the roof view and I almost couldn't even tell it was a Cherokee.

johnydoe

x 2...cage it

DBMETALWORX

Well since it's always been trailered any way, I'm goin for the roof replacement. The fiberglass front fenders & hood are still good. It'll be a buggy I guess. The front of the cage needs redone. Winch bumper is still in the shop floor needing to be bent. Between this & building a new racecar chassis, I think the racecar is priority. Since we have the Parker 425 in Feb. But I may be able to get the roof done soon.

DieselD

Glad your OK.

I'm rebuilding from a front end collision, on the road not a trail...

Anyways, I'd say for the effort it would take to out a donor roof back on, and fix the roll cage anyways, I'd just lose the roof all together and focusing on building a solid full roll cage. You could make half doors, and skin the roof if you need coverage.

It just would be a lot of work to pit a roof back on, with the possibility of rolling it again and smashing all the work you did. If it was full roll cage no roof, a rollover wouldn't be as bad, damage wise, I would think.

DieselD

I like those lca skids btw, did you make those?

DBMETALWORX

Don't remember where I got the skids from. Have everything to manufacture them, just didn't have the time. lol.. BTW if you look on the 2nd page of that thread, you'll see the cage & how it's mounted. As far as the roof goes, I only need to have the windshield to fit. Took 6 months of fab work to get it like it is. I think it'll be less of a pain to change the roof, as I look @ it more.

DieselD

That's what I'm saying though, it got rolled once, it could happen again. I'd hate to have to put a roof on a second time, lol.

Can't wait to see the work either way...

CrawlinPepper

Def cage it if the frame is fine. Make something wicked.

DBMETALWORX

It's def going to be unique.