Project Geosynchronous Orbit

[eflores]

Anthony will win that race. According the the original quote, it was intended to be a "race" for the slowest.



If you wanna have an actual speed race after our jeeps are done, I'll beat you. Smaller tires will let me go faster

U have to make progress for that thing to get done fool....

 

[foxwar71]

U have to make progress for that thing to get done fool....

 

[MoparManiac]

Finished seamsealing and cleaning the wheel wells this morning and made some rear bumper mounts.

The cutout in the middle is for the dimple in the frame. I plan on adding more to these to grab the bottom 5" of the bumper.

Here's the big X crossmember I was trying to describe to you Bill.

Looking perpendicular to the pass side rail.

Looking straight up.

Fully boxed. Just as thick as the frame rails themselves.

Looking towards the front of the jeep from the rear bumper.

 

[cmelo]

Not enough pics of the crossmember

 

[ridgerunner97]

This is goin to be one bad mother when she is finished! Keep up the awesome work.

 

[MoparManiac]

I can take more for you tomorrow Carmelo

This is goin to be one bad mother when she is finished! Keep up the awesome work.

Thanks. If you had asked me 2 years ago if I'd ever even learn how to weld I'd have probably just laughed :laugh:

 

[JrTxJ]

Can't wait to check it out in person!

I was told you should let your brother paint it for you when it's done.

 

[Begster]

I was told you should let your brother paint it for you when it's done.

Hell ya, Colin let Rick paint it the same color as his RoadRunner.

 

[MoparManiac]

Hell ya, Colin let Rick paint it the same color as his RoadRunner.

He has 0 tools for painting. If i wanted to paint it that nice I'd just ask Gary myself.

Got the rear bumper 90% done today. Just need to add a hitch receiver in the middle and shackle hangers.

Also painted up the wheel wells while I was doing the bumper.

 

[asp]

I bet the fumes in your tent were awesome. Welding gas, spraypaint, great for your respiratory system!

 

[foxwar71]

I bet the fumes in your tent were awesome. Welding gas, spraypaint, great for your respiratory system!

Better then cancer-causing vodka-made cutoff wheels.




Colin, was it fun cleaning up that 2x5x.250 tubing too? :gee:

 

[MoparManiac]

Better then cancer-causing vodka-made cutoff wheels.




Colin, was it fun cleaning up that 2x5x.250 tubing too? :gee:

Haha I actually wore a surgical type mask and had a fan going so it wasnt too bad.

Meh, thought it was going to suck but only took me about 20 minutes with a 40 grit.

 

[eflores]

Nice progress....now to walk across the street to ross's so called build thread and see what he got done

 

[MoparManiac]

Welded in the hitch tubing after recessing it into the bumper. I don't think it will be a rock anchor.

 

[asp]

:thumbup: Much better than it hanging down from underneath the bumper.

 

[foxwar71]

Youre gunna get hung up on it and be unable to reverse out.

 

[Begster]

You probably have thought about this, but make a nice little "runway" for the front of the receiver that hangs below the bumper. Piece of plate from the edge of the receiver angled up to the bumper, and it will slide over stuff with ease.

 

[cmelo]

Hangs too low, cut it off, make a new a bumper, scrap the comanche, buy a corolla.

 

[XJLI]

Hangs too low, cut it off, make a new a bumper, scrap the comanche, buy a corolla.

x2

 

[kastein]

ignore these fools, wheel the crap out of it, if it gets stuck slam it into the rocks harder till they let you by or the metal gets shaved down till it's a smooth slope that slides over rocks easily