zahra2325 said:Has anyone ever taken out rear plastic quarter panel and seen how much room is back there?
I'm thinking of making a tool / gear box to fit in that spot and extends over the wheel well? Anyone done it? Ideas ? Drawbacks?
Kejtar said:If you do make something tehre, make sure not to remove any structural parts. If you do, provide reinforcements that bring back the strength to same or better.
Also you might end up getting more noise from the outside.
What I built was something like this. Since the time I built this one, I had to replace it with another one because it no longer fit with my cage (too wide in the rear). THe one I've made is nearly identical, with the exception that it ties to the cage supports on the sides and it is slimmer (side to side)5-90 said:Yeah - that's why I brought up the raised deck idea - didn't you do something like that?
I just don't like playing about with structural things if I can avoid it...
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Why not go to a college or something and have people in the welding class weld it up for you (the aluminum that is). I'm taking a welding class now and couple guys there are looking into playing with aluminum, so if you look around locally you might get lucky.RichP said:I built a tool box out of some aluminum flashing that went in the spare tire, mostly just a model to see if it would fit, made an extension of the bolt that the spare tire bolts to that went thru the round tool box and used a big wing nut to hold it in place. Tried using pop rivets and the aluminum was just not strong enough. If I try it again I'll use sheet metal and take it to somone to have it welded this time. You can build a pretty big round can to fit inside that wheel.
Kejtar said:Why not go to a college or something and have people in the welding class weld it up for you (the aluminum that is). I'm taking a welding class now and couple guys there are looking into playing with aluminum, so if you look around locally you might get lucky.
Fuel filler neck, spare tire rod attach brace, and lots o wires. I removed the spare tire mount, mount. Then slapped in an 8" sub on that side, and built a box in the other side for another 8" sub. It's not like the spare tire mount was doing my 33's any good anyways. Not really room for a tool box I don't think. I'm going with the raised floor idea I think.zahra2325 said:What's behind the side spare tire side?