Diamond Plating Side Moldings/Protection

[XJVenom]

I recently pulled off the old beat up stock side moldings and replaced them with these. I bought a sheet of diamond plating and went from there. I'm not sure if I like it or not. Let me know what you guys think.

 

[XJVenom]

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These pics were taken with my camera phone so sorry about the quality.

 

[afd516]

I think it looks good! What kind of metal steel or aluminum and how thick is it?

 

[Silverstreak01]

looks good.. does it got under the jeep at all?

 

[redxj90]

That looks really good. The only thing I would do is paint over it and cover up those screw heads. But thats my opinion, It looks good how it is.

 

[cablesmurf]

Looks good! Now, go make me some! (seriously...go...now.)

BTW...I think they are rivits...not screws.

 

[88flexj]

Those look sweet!

 

[mack]

i like the look of the smooth steal too, i went with a set from cagedxj.

 

[XJVenom]

The plating is 14 gauge steel, which is basically between 1/8 and 1/16 inch.

It doesn't go underneath unfortunately.

I've considered painting over the screw heads but I'm not sure just yet.

I still have a couple sheets of the diamond plating in case anyone wants to buy some.

Thanks for the input so far guys...

 

[XJVenom]

i like the look of the smooth steal too, i went with a set from cagedxj.

Yeah that smooth style looks great too mack. I've never seen that before either.

 

[BSH]

That is a sweet mod, very sweet. I want to know how to do that - post the details. Did you cut all the diamond plate to shape yourself? With a bandsaw? Just slap'em up & rivet'em in place? Very cool.

 

[Roll-over]

Do something about the screw heads, otherwise it looks great.

 

[sams88]

Look nice to me!! I don't think that the rivets/screwheads detract from it either.

 

[rockwerks]

Do something about the screw heads, otherwise it looks great.

dude its part of teh tuff look, this aint for street type mall crawlin jeep but for those who actually wheel

 

[JAGx1414]

where did you get that at? did you have to bend it? and im confused how it is screwed on just screw it into the door an under door pannel?

 

[JLane99XJ]

Do something about the screw heads, otherwise it looks great.

x2, or how ever many have said that,

i used thicker plate and using a uni-bit i countersunk the screws & also used flat topped screws so they are flush w/ the plating..
on the gas tank cover and rear quarter panels i used pop rivets also slightly sunk

 

[Roll-over]

dude its part of teh tuff look, this aint for street type mall crawlin jeep but for those who actually wheel

Sorry dude, I just meant get them to look a little less like BLING!

:laugh3:

 

[XJVenom]

where did you get that at? did you have to bend it? and im confused how it is screwed on just screw it into the door an under door pannel?

Yeah I cut and bent everything myself.

I used medium duty hollow wall anchors from Home Depot to attach them to the body. It worked suprisingly well. Those panels aren't going anywhere.