builtnotbought89'

TOTM FOR NOVEMBER 2011 QUARTER PANEL GUARDS!

TOTM (Topic Of The Month) is a group effort posting helpful info. Post what pics you have on the topic, as well as helpful info for people looking into these topics for their first time. The Idea is to have a less hardcore verison of pirates TOTM here on CF.

Let's see what you've done to protect the quarter panels; upper guards, lower guards, mounting hardware, after market, or home brewed?

Remember to update any of our older TOTM threads as you build, & help me, help you by throwing out some suggestions for future topics here. http:// www.cherokeeforum.com/f19/tot...gestion-93121/

JeepingDan

I made mine out of 11g steel.
First I made templates out of thin cardboard and out lined the sheet and zipped them out with a plasma cutter.

Now the rear quarters do have a slight curve to them..
I bolted them on top first and loosely all around and then snugged them all down and it took the original shape.
After I made the tail light boxes and welded them to the plate and bolted the insides to the existing tail light holes.

Tonight I started drilling a 2" hole for the marker light but the hole saw burned up lol.
So pretty much I spent $75 on a 8x4 sheet of 11g and barely used any of it. So I made out good.
The pig tails for the LEDS are spliced in with heat shrinking so wire corroding will not happen.
I'm happy with this and there is no way anybody can say they never saw my turn signal or brake lights cause they are highly visible even on a bright sunny day.

JeepingDan

Lights on.
Brake lights.
Turn.

builtnotbought89'

Those are sick! Let's see some more

Vincenza V

That looks so freaking awesome. I can't believe how professional it looks. Where did you buy the lights from? What brand if you recall?

billulsund

I have some that my friend made for me out of 3/16 plate. That stuff is way to thick to just take the shape of the body so he started with it in 2 pieces cut the long way. Then he put the pieces up to the side of the jeep so that they followed the curve of the quarters and tacked them together. Next he layed a bead all the way across them and ground it down smooth. To attach them we used carriage bolts. The hardest part was squeezing a wrench behind the panels to get the nuts tight on the inside. Mine were a prototype and did not originally include the tail light boxes so he made those later and welded them onto the guards. Here in WA the trails are really tight and I often hit my rear quarters (went through 3 sets of tail lights before I got these). Before I put these on my quarter panels were very dented and we had so pound them out a ways before we could even put them on. I have hit these things really hard and they dont show any dents at all.

JeepingDan

Dang that's some beef!

billulsund

They need to be beefy cause I beat on em pretty hard. Right now my friend is making some 1/8" door armor for me. Ill post up pics when I get them on.

Browny10783

Nice. I need some of those

JeepingDan

I prolly should do the doors to. I just replaced 2 of them.
They were pretty beat and bent up. I'm on my 3rd driver door lol

sandaddik2

not complete quarter panel guards but it might still help someone out.

11 gauge sheet metal i folded with a hf press and cut with a plasma cutter. a grinder would work just as well, then used a 4.5 inch hole saw to cut the holes for the lights. cost me about $30 and a day to make both of them. i re used the stock hardware to bolt them on.

MUDRUNNER AZ

Here is how i protect the lower part of the panel. 2x4.5 1/4 in thick. It is heavy but have landed on it several times and it does the job just fine.

1989xj503

wow nice job

JeepingDan

Nobody else has any rocker guards or anything? lol

smoothlandin

CT = rust and rot.
Solution: cut it out and make it wayyy stronger, plus a little added security