CameronB
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Tacoma, WA
Running an early Trailready rear bumper with factory '95 gas tank skid and extra bracing inside of rear frame rail for rear bumper. Took a VERY hard hit (20mph?) to rear driver side bumper (rock wall) and taco'd the whole jeep a bit. The main damage is to the frame right in front of the the gas tank skid/bumper mounting strip.
My frame was folded over itself there, and so I pulled it out (stump, chain...) so I could open my doors etc. Doing so opened a nice tear that needs to be fixed.
I still need to pull the frame out a little more and once complete, to properly fix this, I was thinking to install frame stiffeners along the my frame rails, front to back (focusing on the the rear obviously.) Searching shows that HD and Roc Dog offer full length stiffeners, but they're only an outer plate.
Any advice?
'95xj d30/8.8' 4.88s, lockers, 37" km2s, RE DBs, 5.5", 4-bolt YJ box w/TnT kit going on very soon (my box is shot) No sliders yet, planning a mild boat-side to the door bottoms.
My frame was folded over itself there, and so I pulled it out (stump, chain...) so I could open my doors etc. Doing so opened a nice tear that needs to be fixed.
I still need to pull the frame out a little more and once complete, to properly fix this, I was thinking to install frame stiffeners along the my frame rails, front to back (focusing on the the rear obviously.) Searching shows that HD and Roc Dog offer full length stiffeners, but they're only an outer plate.
Any advice?
'95xj d30/8.8' 4.88s, lockers, 37" km2s, RE DBs, 5.5", 4-bolt YJ box w/TnT kit going on very soon (my box is shot) No sliders yet, planning a mild boat-side to the door bottoms.