Fun with plasma (and some welding, too)

[AzRick]

Did you consider plastic skins over the top?
Billy

No......my wife's tubes are tied

Plastic's for cutting boards.

Rick

 

[BrettM]

Polyurethane.
Hmmmm

no, latex

 

[OT]

No......my wife's tubes are tied

Plastic's for cutting boards.

Rick

We'll see what is for cutting boards!

 

[Paul S]

I don't see why not, but I remember in JV last november there was much talk of boatsides after seeing Matt's CAT walk some lines, and I remember Richard saying he wouldn't do it cause he wants to keep the doors...?

You can say that again. Dave & I both had our rockers cut out days after returning home.

Looks good Rick.

Paul

 

[Capt. Nemo]

Very nice Rick. Seems we were both busy this weekend.

I'm still retaining my mall crawler status, however.

Eric

 

[AzRick]

Very nice Rick. Seems we were both busy this weekend.

I'm still retaining my mall crawler status, however.

Eric

Nice!

I do like the way they looked before, sorta like yours, but I like how they work now.

 

[lugie]

I'm thinkin' giant Mastercraft Boat stickers on the new rockers would be cool

Rick

What color do you want? I should be able to take care of ya. Or maybe some Air Nautique stickers

 

[Weasel]

KazMan covered his with UHMW plastic I think. Was going to do the boatrsides on mine but was told that it's better to be able to pivot off the rockers then have them slide of everything.

 

[Goatman]

very cool mod, now it's up to someone (richard?) to figure out the boatsides and keep the doors.

Funny that this just came up.........I was thinking of this very thing this evening. Debating the feasibility of cutting off the bottom of the doors so the rockers could be raised. Of course, just using tube doors would make it easier, but it would be a fun challenge to modify the rockers and doors to work. If the rockers are cut high enough then sufficient door protection could stick out.

I keep trying to come up with a scenario where I'd even want the full doors on there again. Being able to lock it up while traveling in Mexico is about the only thing I can come up with.

I do, however, like my half doors for most runs but who cares if there hollow on the bottom.

 

[BrettM]

DO IT!!!!

 

[Ramsey]

They would work just fine. The problem would be that your doors would be beat to hell once done with a hard trail. They offer no door protection.

well i wheel doorless so it wouldnt be a problem, this just might have to be a mod in the not too far off future.

 

[BrettM]

well i wheel doorless so it wouldnt be a problem, this just might have to be a mod in the not too far off future.

you get hung up on lots of waterfalls our there in LA?

 

[Ramsey]

there are 3 rocks in LA, one must travel to find the rocks.

 

[Jeff 98XJ WI]

I like how Rick has done his, however, if one makes some small changes, this can pretty much be done and keep doors. Here is a link to an article where a friend of mine cut the rocker out all the way to the door sill and then cut the bottom of the doors so they would clear the new steel. http://www.madxj.com/MADXJ/technical/technicalfiles/ARrockerPanels/RockerPanels.htm This doesn't look much different than what Rick did except he ran some supports between the bottom of the tube steel and the frame rails and then covered that with sheet. Granted Andreas rectangular steel sticks out to the side more than Ricks, but that also helps protect the door and is just as high up as Ricks. Jeff

 

[Goatman]

I was out crawling around the Jeep this morning and determined that the rockers could be cut to the bottom of the door sill, and then only the outside bottom part of the doors would have to be removed, not getting into the flat bottom part of the doors. Now I see Jeff's post of what Andreas did, and that's exactly what I was thinking this morning. I now have my next modification (after the new bumpstops in front). I figure I can pic up about 3" more clearance from the bottom of my current rockers, and still keep the doors when I want them. The challenge will be to do the boatsides like Rick did, yet add some protrusion just under the door to keep the body a little away from the rocks.

Hmmm, is there anywhere near enough time to get this done before BOTW? Only have a month, and I already have a list. Probably not, but it will be a summer project.

 

[Jes]

Hmmm, is there anywhere near enough time to get this done before BOTW? Only have a month, and I already have a list. Probably not, but it will be a summer project.

:looser:

 

[Lincoln]

I know Richard is all about being a hack so I'll throw this out there.

What if you added a couple of round reciever holes in the boatside itself. Then when you were running doors you could slip a more standard rail to gain some door protection. It would make the structure behind the boat sides a little more important but you could just let the bottom edge of the door hang below the upper lip of the boat side.

 

[Roxtar]

Rick, I love the diamond plating protecting the last bit of sheet metal left on the rig.:cheers:

 

[Zebaru]

I am just using the skins, and know you guys want to keep full doors, but I think this could be made to work with full doors and a little sheet metal work.

I am not sure the windows would be able to be fully rolled down with this drastic of a cut, and that may be a showstopper for alot of folks, but other than that, I think it is totally workable. The lower hinges would have to be re-located to go this high, but you pick up some 4" over the bottom of the door.

The 2x4 sticks out about 1/2" from the door bottoms, but I'm not sure how connecting to the b-pillar and rear wheel opening would affect that positioning. 2x6 would almost certainly stick out far enough to basically protect the doors.

Travis

 

[Ramsey]

Step 1.......start cutting.......

Step 2........add new cage supports.......

Rick

was it neccessary to cut all the way into the interior to do this?