Jumping on the build wagon

[riverfever]

aye -- I'm a scot from Greality, flores and I would speak the same spanglish.

Shime on ya muchacho.

 

[eflores]

 

[eflores]

time to start on the rear bumper
big big big thanks to DesertRunner @ Dirtbound for his half hour of talking me through the rear bumper build and getting me setup with the right swing out tire carrier for my specific version of their cut and fold rear bumper

 

[eflores]

oooooo christmas finally came to me!





yep, yukon energy drinks.....
oh ya and a d44 zip locker



however progress wasn't really with me tonight


i did get both sides cut out and mocked up

 

[riverfever]

Clean Flores.

 

[DutchVDub]

Why didn't you notch out the bottom of the fairlead plate for the shackle clevis? It would've kept the angle transition all the way across to the side plates.

 

[eflores]

i actually moved the fairlead plate out this time. it sits forward of the wind ends one extra thickness
i had a little trouble fitting every thing on the last one i build so i moved it out
i did however smooth the bottom of it into the main skid

 

[eflores]

Back to building this thing
Hopefully we'll get the paint worked out today

 

[eflores]

so took it up to dale's and met with Jim (seeingspots) and Jim, guy who works there to get paint for the clip lined out



girl got some sun



and then back in the cage





lovin the stance



got some more bumper done

 

[eflores]

looks like i need to up the resolution on my new phone...lame

 

[xj-grin]

wazzup with the smooshed 5.0?

 

[Fred]

And what exactly did you do today, aside from loading the jeep on a trailer and hauling it around? I don't see any difference, and taking it to dale's means nothing to me.

 

[eflores]

Sean ran it into the back of a corolla

Nah didn't get much done yesterday really

 

[eflores]

Just a quick fyi
Rusty's gas tank skid that iS said to fit 84-01 xj's doesn't fit..... Wait for it.....97 and up.... More on this to come

Fixed it

 

[eflores]

what a hunk of shat
the one part i actually liked that Rusty made....











night night jeep

 

[D.W.Tim]

So you had to cut the back section off to make it fit? WTH Rusty's? Liking that rear bumper.

 

[eflores]

Thanks, I've still gotta do the parts that go under the cut and fold and I'm waiting On the tire carrier section to show up. And ya it's Rusty's junk what did I expect

 

[Hypoid]

90% of that skid fits, that is a good start. When gas hits $5/GA (again) you'll want the other 10% of a tank skid to keep thieves away from your XJ.

 

[in4aride]

Shaft bolt in???

 

[COjeeper]

Bumpers turned out nice. You should somehow integrate that left over piece into the jeep to show your fondness for Rusty's.