HD offroad frame stiffeners

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Nov 3, 2013 | 03:17 PM

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Atmos

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From: City of Trees, CA

Year: 93 2 door

Model: Cherokee

Engine: 4.0

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Originally Posted by ohio95xj

So atmos, are you saying the HD stiffeners would be good for me, I live in ohio, so there aren't too many rocks, although I do play on them when I can. But I'm also plnning on caging it soon after so if I do dent them, the overall strength of the unibody should still be good, right?

you could slap a piece of 3/16 on the bottom and armor your stiffeners, so to speak. that's what I had in mind. but if you're going to be bumping it up steep rock ledges and up over boulders you'll need something thicker. and as I mentioned, trying to make 3/16 fit to a dented frame might be a PITA.

HD is great. ruffstuff certainly isn't overkill as some may believe

Nov 3, 2013 | 07:12 PM

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93XJLI

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From: LI, NY

Year: 1998

Model: Cherokee

Engine: 4.0, bolt ons for days...

i follow the school of thought that thinner is better for one main reason... welding something thick to something thin is just that, and the thick metal (stiffeners) will deform/rip off of the thin metal (unibody) so i'm running the HD offroad ones. this way the two thinner pieces of metal behave as one.

does this really make a difference in 90% of situations? nope.