Boatside thread

[Jeff 98XJ WI]

Thanks for the shots Dave. Do you have a link to the album showing all the shots you have of the tube project? How about the rear suspension links? I would like a closer look. This is very good tech. Jeff

 

[BrettM]

Some of these rigs and others on this board are nothing but tube...I think it would sometimes be easier just to build an entire tube chassis from scratch.

plus, building from an existing vehicle means all the electrical, dash, etc is already in place. that stuff takes a suprising amount of time and money on a tube-chassis.

though the main reasons are typically (1) to keep the XJ heritage and (2) because these tube XJs ended up that way one stage at a time, not a complete buildup like a tube-chassis.

 

[AzRick]

Here's link to mine:
http://www.naxja.org/forum/showthread.php?t=81649

Rick

 

[David Taylor]

Thanks for the shots Dave. Do you have a link to the album showing all the shots you have of the tube project? How about the rear suspension links? I would like a closer look. This is very good tech. Jeff

I never seem to take good pics along the way. I will try and update this
album.
http://davidtaylor.funtigo.com

Look in the"rear link" album.

 

[Ludakris]

But then they are not cherokees.... Plus most all the ones you see tubed are in Cali, we keep them registered and smogged for use "on the street".

It always cracks me up when I see the license plates on these "truggies".. I think I would get pulled over in my driveway...

 

[BrettM]

It always cracks me up when I see the license plates on these "truggies".. I think I would get pulled over in my driveway...

mine isn't as much tube as some, but I drove this 1100 miles roundtrip to JV with no problems:

 

[Ludakris]

yeah.. dont come to MD...
My heep is very mild.. and has most of the body... with 34's and 4.5" of lift... and I am nervous about getting pulled over..
One day though, I am sure I will be "testing the waters" as well...


sorry for going off-topic.. but I am trying to plan up my boatsides as well...

 

[Zebaru]

Well, I finally got it put together enough to get it out and test it...

This was on the Barrett Lake trail. I know the pictures aren't exciting, but they show the sides the best. Again, this is stock springs (very sagged in rear BTW). The rocker is just a little higher than rock rail on the Blue XJ you can see in the front of one of the pictures, and he is on 35's with about 6.5" of lift. Combining an extreme boatside like this with 4-6" of lift would yield insane rocker clearance...

You can see where I drug the sides past rocks, and they worked very well... The plastic (1/2" UHMW) did not scratch much except at the extreme edges, and it did not obviously dent or anything like that. Perhaps a very hard side falling hit would mess up the underlying structure, but sliding is certainly no problem, and dropping straight down is generally a glancing blow, which softens the impact alot.

And yes, I drove it like this from the Reno area to the trail (about 100 miles each way), and had several cops pass me without so much as a pause - and the registration is even expired...

Travis

 

[BrettM]

very nice Zebaru. you gonna throw a small lift on there? 2" would probably be nice.

 

[53guy]

yeah.. dont come to MD...
My heep is very mild.. and has most of the body... with 34's and 4.5" of lift... and I am nervous about getting pulled over..
One day though, I am sure I will be "testing the waters" as well...


sorry for going off-topic.. but I am trying to plan up my boatsides as well...

i don't understand, what's so illegal about boatsiding your jeep?

 

[BrettM]

i don't understand, what's so illegal about boatsiding your jeep?

I'm guessing it's a doors issue. I'd love to see someone do an agressive boat-side job like Zebaru and modify the doors to still fit.

 

[David Taylor]

I'm guessing it's a doors issue. I'd love to see someone do an agressive boat-side job like Zebaru and modify the doors to still fit.

What are doors good for ?

 

[BrettM]

What are doors good for ?

1. cops (in some places)

2. people who don't live in So Cal, Arizona or New Mexico

 

[OT]

Or Oklahoma, apparantly.

 

[vetteboy]

Well, I'll still have doors. But the boatside rockers won't be as 'extreme' I guess.

It'll be like...the usual 2x6 tube, but a piece connecting the bottom of the frame rail to the corner of that 2x6.

 

[JeepFreak21]

I'm guessing it's a doors issue. I'd love to see someone do an agressive boat-side job like Zebaru and modify the doors to still fit.

Do the doors have to open still
Billy

 

[53guy]

Do the doors have to open still
Billy

well, seeing how the beau duke hood slide is out of the picture because of height, it might be hard to get in with a lift and welded doors.....

 

[hadfield4wd]

I'm guessing it's a doors issue. I'd love to see someone do an agressive boat-side job like Zebaru and modify the doors to still fit.

I think it may also have to do with uncovered tires. Removeable fenders would be an option.

Matt

 

[JeepFreak21]

well, seeing how the beau duke hood slide is out of the picture because of height, it might be hard to get in with a lift and welded doors.....

Welded half doors?
Billy

 

[53guy]

you'd have to have welded half doors, and a good amount of width on your rocker protection to act like a step, then you could do it!!