XJ&CHZ4ME
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- Location
- Unionville, MO
So, this project is finally coming to an end so I thought I would throw the pics in a thread to show the progress. I, like so many others, have been battling rust in the rockers since I bought my rig. I did some not so fancy body work at one point just to have the rust come back again. I had ran the Rough Country sliders for a season and then scored a deal on some JCR stage 2 sliders and while this protected my rusty rockers but did not fix the rust. I decided one afternoon after browsing the advanced fab forum that it was time to tackle this project. My only regret is that I did not run the new rocker/slider under the remaining front fender, but oh well, it has not been an issue yet. This is what I started with on the passenger side:
and on the drivers side the slider actually pused up into the rocker causing this damage
next I cut out the rockers (note all the dirt on the ground that came out of the rocker)
Next was time to cut and fit the new 2x5 rockers
I tapered the back side in case of a clearence issue or if I wanted to go w/ larger tires in the future (yes, I did trim the piece of sheetmetal from the body to match the angle of the slider)
I did not take any close up pics as of yet of the final install. I do have this one of the sliders installed and painted and they have worked great. I am going to install a brace/support from the sliders to the unibody rail for added strength due to the repaired rust spots in my floor boards being a spot of weakness.
Last pic of them installed
When I got done w/ the slider project I got a wild hair and thought that I could build my own set of tail light boxes, so I did. It was a project that I messed around with off and on for about 2-3 weeks and I finally got them done and installed yesterday. Here are the current pics as well as a few build pics.
all guess work and cardboard cut outs/templates
My welds suck and are not pretty, but they held well enough that they passed the smack it with a hammer test
I welded both inside and outside and focused on the appearence of the outside and not at all about the inside as most can see
final product
note the nacho machine in the background :chef:
I think they turned out pretty good for a first time project. Not shown in the pics is where I double walled the outter piece of steel and plug weleded the two pieces together as well as making a few recessions along the inner piece for more welding surfaces and points of penetration. It is probably mass overkill, but seemed like a good idea at the time.
Cheeseman-OUT!
and on the drivers side the slider actually pused up into the rocker causing this damage
next I cut out the rockers (note all the dirt on the ground that came out of the rocker)
Next was time to cut and fit the new 2x5 rockers
I tapered the back side in case of a clearence issue or if I wanted to go w/ larger tires in the future (yes, I did trim the piece of sheetmetal from the body to match the angle of the slider)
I did not take any close up pics as of yet of the final install. I do have this one of the sliders installed and painted and they have worked great. I am going to install a brace/support from the sliders to the unibody rail for added strength due to the repaired rust spots in my floor boards being a spot of weakness.
Last pic of them installed
When I got done w/ the slider project I got a wild hair and thought that I could build my own set of tail light boxes, so I did. It was a project that I messed around with off and on for about 2-3 weeks and I finally got them done and installed yesterday. Here are the current pics as well as a few build pics.
all guess work and cardboard cut outs/templates
My welds suck and are not pretty, but they held well enough that they passed the smack it with a hammer test
I welded both inside and outside and focused on the appearence of the outside and not at all about the inside as most can see
final product
note the nacho machine in the background :chef:
I think they turned out pretty good for a first time project. Not shown in the pics is where I double walled the outter piece of steel and plug weleded the two pieces together as well as making a few recessions along the inner piece for more welding surfaces and points of penetration. It is probably mass overkill, but seemed like a good idea at the time.
Cheeseman-OUT!
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