- Location
- Torrance, CA
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Cage construction
- Thread starter Jump This
- Start date
- Location
- Bakersfield, CA
That's what I like.....commitment!
Hey, f^ck those guys giving you crap back channel, do what you want. If they can't dish it out here so we can have a chance to rag on them too, then they should be ignored.
Hey, f^ck those guys giving you crap back channel, do what you want. If they can't dish it out here so we can have a chance to rag on them too, then they should be ignored.
- Location
- Torrance, CA
Yeah, why would anybody give people shit back channel.
It's more fun to fling poo when everybody is watching1
It's more fun to fling poo when everybody is watching1
FarmerMatt
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Down on the Farm
Man!!! You're sooooooo close. Three more swipes with the sawzall & that corner comes off!!
BlackJax
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- FL, CO, and NC
FarmerMatt said:
Don't forget to those tail light boxes!
Jump This
Just another minion!
- Location
- Borrego Springs Ca.
FarmerMatt said:
Fat lotta' help you guys are!!
I'M NOT BUILDING A BUGGY!!
Rick
Mr.OverKill
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- the city of El Cajon
there, i fixed it for you!!Jump This said:Fat lotta' help you guys are!!
I'M NOT BUILDING A BUGGY THIS WEEK!!
thats next weeks project.
Rick
Jump This
Just another minion!
- Location
- Borrego Springs Ca.
Got more done on this this morning.....
From the top.....
I'll finish it up today.
Then onto bumpers and the like....
Rick
From the top.....
I'll finish it up today.
Then onto bumpers and the like....
Rick
Rawbrown
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Encinitas, CA
should have thought about removing more rocker panel... You call that a boat side?
Jump This
Just another minion!
- Location
- Borrego Springs Ca.
Rawbrown said:
Not realy a boat side, but its a lot narrower than it was with the rock sliders outside of the door line.
I still want to be able to use the doors so I couldn't go full boat side yet.
During the build up, there is time spent thinking about how to go about it if it was going to go full buggy. I'm hoping this one won't go buggy, I'd like to start from scratch.
Maybe an MJ based rig...
Rick
Rawbrown
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Encinitas, CA
C'mon Rick, get creative.
raise the lower hinge a couple of inches. Raise the bottom of the door a couple of inches and incorporate the door into the boatsides. That would super cool.
raise the lower hinge a couple of inches. Raise the bottom of the door a couple of inches and incorporate the door into the boatsides. That would super cool.
Jump This
Just another minion!
- Location
- Borrego Springs Ca.
Rawbrown said:
We'll do that on yours!
Rawbrown
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Encinitas, CA
I've gone permanantly doorless. I couldn't get em back on if I tried. And if I did manage to get em back on, they wouldn't shut. So to hell with that.
- Location
- Bakersfield, CA
Jump This said:Not realy a boat side, but its a lot narrower than it was with the rock sliders outside of the door line.
I still want to be able to use the doors so I couldn't go full boat side yet.
During the build up, there is time spent thinking about how to go about it if it was going to go full buggy. I'm hoping this one won't go buggy, I'd like to start from scratch.
Maybe an MJ based rig...
Rick
For leaving the rockers and doors on, it looks pretty good. You might end up wanting it to stick out a little further if you're wheeling with the doors on. Looks pretty strong and high clearance.
Jump This
Just another minion!
- Location
- Borrego Springs Ca.
Goatman said:
I have been tossing around ideas regarding wheeling with doors....
possibly some built in rails on the doors themselfs...? Or maybe a bolt on nurf bar?
I am looking forward to building the tube doors. Nothing like I have ever seen before, more like a desert racing set-up. Think full tube 'frame' with nets and some sheet metal.
I hadto get out of the garage, I was covered in grinding dust and the like and it was starting to get warm out there. All I have left is the plates for the rear section, some tube for the seat belt tie ins and some 1" bracing.
THEN....I can get to the bumper.
Rick
Jump This
Just another minion!
- Location
- Borrego Springs Ca.
This kinda' put a hurtin' on getting much done today.
But I did mange to 'finish' the cage. These plates cover the entire top of the rear spring mounts. It is also large enough to mount the spare tire carrier to.
I also started looking into options on finishing the rear quarters.
I do have wire for sheet metal work though. Maybe I'll have some time this week to get the quarters handled.
Rick
But I did mange to 'finish' the cage. These plates cover the entire top of the rear spring mounts. It is also large enough to mount the spare tire carrier to.
I also started looking into options on finishing the rear quarters.
I do have wire for sheet metal work though. Maybe I'll have some time this week to get the quarters handled.
Rick
Meeks
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Alberta, Canada
I love the constant updates man.. it really motivates me to get a welder, and jump right into it.
reliablestv
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- FORT MYERS FL
just wandering what wire you use? i use my mostly welder for work, and most is heavy guage. never bought anything besides .030. and what do you recomend for sheet
xjparts
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Your girlfriend's pants...
I run .023 or .024 I can't remember which one, what ever is the common one
Rawbrown
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Encinitas, CA
Rick, did you just weld that plate on top of the sheet metal or did you expose the frame rail. Cuz that sheet metal is only spot welded to the frame rail. for mine, I had to remove the sheet metal and get to the clean flat frame rail. the sheet metal on top was all un-pretty. cut off wheel, body saw and an air chisel got it out. To bad its all gonna come back out again. I just don't feel like working with the frame rails.
