On the street...literally.

[RedChuck]

i need to see some progress! :wow: i'm starting to get the shakes from withdraw.

 

[ON_my_DOORS]

Dude its cold! lol My garage is heated, everyday I think I will get some time to work on it, something comes up. I did weld in the floors, and I picked up this...

I am going to section it, and remove the two horns closest to the middle. It will be sunk into the body and wrap around the fenders nicely. I love it

 

[Fastdemise]

lol, it looks so sad with the headlights just drooping like they are. Great work so far. Keep it up!

 

[Super mud]

Whats that bumper from?

 

[RedChuck]

that bumper makes me think of something old school like this
http://www.lowridermagazine.com/hotnews/1002_lrmp_socios_7th_annual_car_show/photo_08.html

are you going to cut it down?

 

[ON_my_DOORS]

Yes I will be cutting it down. It lays perfect under the grill so I will just be narrowing it in the middle and removing the two light horns in the middle and keeping the bigger ones.

Its the rear bumper from a 1964 Studebaker Daytona...word.

 

[REWSTER]

Its the rear bumper from a 1964 Studebaker Daytona...word.

Nice, so not only will jeep guys hate on you the Studebaker crowd will be pissed your chopping up there parts too. love it

 

[GSequoia]

Are you going to section it behind the horns or in the middle then re-chrome it?

 

[ON_my_DOORS]

I will be sectioning it in the middle with a "Z" cut and either rechroming it or painting it havn't decided. A little bit of chrome would be aight, but I havn't figured out my paint scheme.

I got a metal delivery so I had no excuses not to work on it today. I took a couple hours in the garage, it was good times :thumbup1:

I took this

and made it look like this

and then fitted it and fabricated the sides

This was the first time I've made anything like this. I am very happy with how it turned out. I obviously still have to tweak it a little, bang some low spots out, and bodywork. Its not welded to the truck yet.

Yay or nay? Ya'll like it?

 

[xjmonkey]

looks cool, nice job

 

[Super mud]

Looks sweet. Have you thought about shaving the window wiper arm and the square depression in the hatch? I've seen it somewhere before.

 

[ON_my_DOORS]

Looks sweet. Have you thought about shaving the window wiper arm and the square depression in the hatch? I've seen it somewhere before.

I've seen it too but I don't want mine to look like that.

 

[JeepRutz85]

Good stuff never seen a xj like this...

 

[VAhasnoWAVES]

I've seen it too but I don't want mine to look like that.

i agree... then itll look like a lego.

 

[RedChuck]

:roflmao:thats some funny ish i always thought the old style tail lights looked like legos

 

[Super mud]

:roflmao:thats some funny ish i always thought the old style tail lights looked like legos

yea, thats why I wish mine was a wagoneer, to have some bling to offset the brick factor

 

[ON_my_DOORS]

I like to mix up the smooth and boxy looks together. I have always hated the completely smooth "cali skin" tailgate/taillight fad in the custom world. I am keeping the stock tails for at least this season and when I drag my rollpan off and have to make another one (hahaha) I will do something custom with the tails.

 

[GSequoia]

I don't mind smooth but I've always hated the angled frenched license plate thing on all those mini trucks.

 

[Super mud]

I like to mix up the smooth and boxy looks together. I have always hated the completely smooth "cali skin" tailgate/taillight fad in the custom world. I am keeping the stock tails for at least this season and when I drag my rollpan off and have to make another one (hahaha) I will do something custom with the tails.

Caddy lights? Is this what you mean by the "cali skin?" oh and I got the tilted liscense plate in the picture too

 

[ON_my_DOORS]

I will not be doing caddy tails...everybody does that. And I don't like the angled plate box either.

Cali-skin is when they weld the tailgate shut, weld in tail light fillers, and a smooth rollpan all welded together and smoothed out. They use LED strips somewhere for tail lights (if any tails are used).