yesterday i went and picked up the material i needed for my home made roof rack and sliders, and today i started fabricating

let me know what you guys think as of now and if you have any questions ask away and ill do my best to help!

i didnt like the factory mounts for the roof so i made my own, 1x1 steel and cut out myself

sliders will start once i am done with roof rack, then the roll cage will come after and so will my winch ready bumper










then i got smart and stood it up haha

updates shall be coming soon

 

some updates!!!




to see how it looks and to make the brackets

 

looking good. if you wanna send a rack my way, i'll test it out for you.

 

X2. I got sliders but a rack would look good on my jeep. Throwing it out their. Lol

 

What kind of metal did you use on the sliders?

I would add a lot of support to the slider bars because it got obviously crimped when you "bent" it.

 

i know guys who wouldnt!! haha
i used 2x4 14 gauge and 1 1/2 13 gauge i think, and yes i am going to tab on 2 small pieces in the middle for support

i wasnt able to do much today but i was able to snap it on for a second to get the measurements for the mounts

 

That looks great. Where are you mounting them too?

 

Not everyone can afford the proper bender and not really justified for a few diy projects

Awesome job on the sliders

 

awsome job on the roof rack, may have to copy your design

 

Do you mind giving dimensions on the rack? lengths and what not. I wanna try it out and I like the shape of this rack good job!

 

Good job on the sliders, Digging the rack also.

 

Wait, did you say you used 14 ga on the sliders?

 

I thought it looked thin, but 14 gauge is way to thin for sliders. Those are going to fold after one medium sized hit.

 

Looks good!
But on a side note and I am not whinning but will you please shut the door or tie the dogs up in the 7th pics. Bet that boxer had a hard time sleeping that night.

 

ill post pics now but right to the uni-body
right when i am done, send me a PM and i will give you any info you need....i just might forget
i believe thats what it was i cant remember exactly
i think they were 14 not too sure, either way im not a huge rock crawler....im not going to do too much crawling till i get my dana 44's so they should last tilll then
i understand but dogs didnt have an issue with it surprisingly

and some pics of right now as im working on it



and im not a professional welder guys, im 18 doing work on my jeep