cherokee chop any sugestions on filling in the back

[badazzcherokee3]

Here is mine now getting ready for exo I have started to clean up the unibody cuz i am plating the unibody to make it stronger

 

[WrenchMonkey]

Not to Hi-Jack this post, but what is the advantage to doing this?

I'm with jeff... If you want a weather-tight daily driver, leave the roof on it.

The only reasons I see to chop it are for ventilation and visibility. Box it back in and you're right back where you started...

Robert

 

[Comanche Devil]

Here's mine something like your thinking from one picture you posted.

 

[mcraindog]

I'm with jeff... If you want a weather-tight daily driver, leave the roof on it.

The only reasons I see to chop it are for ventilation and visibility. Box it back in and you're right back where you started...

Robert

the majority of people chopping them, are doing it on their trail rigs

 

[Wil Badger]

Most do it to be different.I've always liked the Cherokee/Comanche but I would kill for a Comanche extra cab.Hence I'm building one.

 

[Reichy]

93 Chopped XJ, with a 97 XJ hatch.

The rest of the build and waggy 44 swap.
http://trailkrawlers4x4.org/tkbbs/viewtopic.php?t=6464&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=0

 

[mcraindog]

i like...like how you kept the tag there

 

[Reichy]

Thanks. Its water tight and my DD, those pics are kinda old, i started my cage and put TNT stiffners on to get some strenght back in it.

 

[Kittrell]

Most do it to be different.I've always liked the Cherokee/Comanche but I would kill for a Comanche extra cab.Hence I'm building one.

Not that it will ever be finished..................

 

[jonnyghost]

how do you put stuff in the back without covering your license plate?

 

[Wil Badger]

Its not easy to finish something when your broke.

 

[vetteboy]

I'm with jeff... If you want a weather-tight daily driver, leave the roof on it.

The only reasons I see to chop it are for ventilation and visibility. Box it back in and you're right back where you started...

Yeah, I had no plans at all to close it back in again. The interior of these things is small enough as it is.

"Ventilation" is a little misguided though. I am actually really disappointed at how quiet and non-windy it is inside. I was hoping it'd be a little more drafty, but even with the doors completely off (all 4 are quickly removable), it's not much different than stock with the windows down.

I finally got mine moving again and put about 50 miles on it this weekend.

Still gotta finish some paint & body work - but at least it's wheelable again.

I definitely think caging or at least bracing the back behind the springs is crucial. When I first chopped mine I was amazed at how flexible the rear deck area is, especially once you start modifying the wheel wells too.

 

[sjx40250]

Unibody/2=flexibody

 

[Ba-Riedo]

Unibody=flexibody

Fixed.

-Alex

 

[Ba-Riedo]

Is that a custom rear torsion bar? Or just a sway bar?

-Alex

 

[vetteboy]

It's a Currie Anti-Rock swaybar. It stays on all the time...the increase in stability is awesome, especially on off-camber stuff. It doesn't hinder articulation at all either.

 

[xjcoupe]

DD driver to boot , off road rig, work horse in winter, clean chop top tonnel

http://www.cardomain.com/ride/3016241 sorry dont have enough posts, to post pics, im trying, guess ill just have to pay for a membership now, oh ya another sticker.

 

[Fryphax]

I don't know what you should do to close it off, however I beg of you - PLEASE Do not chop up an MJ for this!

 

[Wil Badger]

I don't know what you should do to close it off, however I beg of you - PLEASE Do not chop up an MJ for this!

Why not? If the MJ is in the scrapyard/Junkyard whats the difference.Its only going to be crushed or shredded at some point .So why not save what you can from it.

 

[Fryphax]

I've seen some perfectly solid MJs chopped and scrapped so someone could turn their cherokee into a ghetto MJ. Drives me up a wall coming from an area where finding anythink close to solid that is more than 10 years old is almost impossible.