the cage is in

[Smittty9785]

Finally got the cage in yesterday. Its all tac welded in i just need to go around and finish the welds up.

didnt know the pics were gonna be so huge. oops :doh:

 

[Monkey55]

Very Cool.. So, what are you going to call it?? Rub-Manch-okee

So, what's on your To-Do list??

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[Smittty9785]

to do list would still be to install the 44 and 9"

 

[Ramsey]

and add more tube

 

[Smittty9785]

yes thats a givin

 

[userbmx1315]

how do you paint a cage after its in?

 

[Smittty9785]

very carefully. rattle can spray away

 

[userbmx1315]

kinda what i thought. but personally i like exo's. i love mattyj's cage bumper set up. but either would save my @$$

nice cage. you build it or was it in a box?

 

[Smittty9785]

it was pre bent and notched from D & C extreme. I heard if you want to do an exo your better off starting with a interior cage first or else the uni body would twist. someone help me out on this one. am i correct?

 

[swbooking]

I've been wheelin mine for about a year and its been great. No probems. Im completly tied into my unibody, and front and rear bumpers. I will add a small interior "cage" (just some b-pillar tie-ins and a bar for harnesses) but that should do it.

and good choice on the D&C cage. Damien makes some nice quality stuff.

 

[Gerr]

looks pretty good

 

[Twicepardoned]

very carefully. rattle can spray away

I was thinking it would be cool to brcuh paint some bedliner on it

 

[Smittty9785]

i already got bedliner on the bumpers, floor board, side panels and i dont want to go too overboard.

 

[Jes]

Is that bedliner where the taillights are? If it is that stuff looks awful.
Spray paint the cage, it really isn't very hard. Just mask stuff off as you go and take your time.

 

[Smittty9785]

Is that bedliner where the taillights are? If it is that stuff looks awful.
Spray paint the cage, it really isn't very hard. Just mask stuff off as you go and take your time.

yes it is. i had the roller sitting out for a bit and it dried up on me and wouldnt roll right. You really cant tell from 5 feet away but the camera kicks A$$ so it shows every flaw.

 

[Phil]

yes it is. i had the roller sitting out for a bit and it dried up on me and wouldnt roll right. You really cant tell from 5 feet away but the camera kicks A$$ so it shows every flaw.

No, it looks awful because it's bedliner and that's the outside of the Jeep.

 

[Smittty9785]

No, it looks awful because it's bedliner and that's the outside of the Jeep.

you know what? its not supposed to look pretty. Its gonna get banged up. Its not a "hot wheels" jeep. its my toy.

 

[mattyj]

it was pre bent and notched from D & C extreme. I heard if you want to do an exo your better off starting with a interior cage first or else the uni body would twist. someone help me out on this one. am i correct?

I really feel that a good exo needs to have lateral support, the only real way of doing this is going through the roof & connecting it to lateral/diagonal bars inside... otherwise in a hard roll there is nothing stopping the exo from being pushed sideways. JMO

 

[xjeepers2]

i just finished putting mine in about three weeks ago and i added a bunch. what r u thinking for more support?

 

[Twicepardoned]

Heck I say brush that bedliner like it's paint! hahaha seriously... I personally think and entire vehicle coated in bedliner would be cool... hmm mabe I will.+.?.?