Started working on it yesterday....

before I cut...
http://forum.sanjuanrockcrawlers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=767&d=1179097139

How it sits now...

http://forum.sanjuanrockcrawlers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=807&d=1180499247

http://forum.sanjuanrockcrawlers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=810&d=1180499247

Done for the night...

Roof will be welded to the spreaders to get rid of the gap.

More tube and pictures tomorrow night....


http://forum.sanjuanrockcrawlers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=811&d=1180510800


http://forum.sanjuanrockcrawlers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=812&d=1180510800


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Your front fender bar at the wheel well wont do you much good, if you have it higher at the top of the fender that will work good for sliding through stuff. Are you adding another tube for the top?

Have you though about moving the gas tank through the floor and dove tailing the rear to make is narrower?

Have you though about boat siding it...

I Wish I boat sided mine and kept it narrower. Eventually Ill have cut it all off and start over.

I think it looks good so far. Atleast its not galv water pipe slaped together.

Definatly needs the cross bar over the cowl :) I'd like to see how you are tieing that front fender bar into the front end, when I do mine it will tie into the bumper and stinger.

Your front fender bar at the wheel well wont do you much good, if you have it higher at the top of the fender that will work good for sliding through stuff. Are you adding another tube for the top?

Have you though about moving the gas tank through the floor and dove tailing the rear to make is narrower?

Have you though about boat siding it...

I Wish I boat sided mine and kept it narrower. Eventually Ill have cut it all off and start over.

They'll be a bar at the hood line. Lower fender bar ties everything to the sliders and keeps the tires from getting cut up...

Gas tank will probably get moved at some point...

Don't really want to make the rear narrower. Need some storage and it will be protected...

Sliders are solid, so no reason to cut them off to boatside it...

End of tonight...

Rear's pretty much done besides an X and some spreaders...

I welded the body to the cage along the roof bars and the rear side tubes.

Good protection, strong enough, nice lines.........looks good.

Are you thinking of protectng the taillights?

i really like the start of the rear tubing. looks good. i cant wait to get my exo started this winter

I like how you welded the tube to the body.

just an idea, here is how i did mine. Worked pretty good if you have the correct front bumper to tie into.
http://www.rockcrawlersdigest.com/digest/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=1970

same here
http://www.rockcrawlersdigest.com/digest/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=2598

Looks great though, clean lines and clean looking fab.

Don't really want to make the rear narrower. Need some storage and it will be protected...
Sliders are solid, so no reason to cut them off to boatside it...

Sliders hit rocks the higher they are the less they hit.

My rear is narrowed and back halved (bottom cut off) and I have been wedged stuck from it several times.

I havent needed a narrowed front, but raised slideres and narrowed rear fits well on trails. Or do what ever you want...:flipoff2:

Sliders hit rocks the higher they are the less they hit.

My rear is narrowed and back halved (bottom cut off) and I have been wedged stuck from it several times.

I havent needed a narrowed front, but raised slideres and narrowed rear fits well on trails. Or do what ever you want...:flipoff2:

If I wanted a buggy I'd build it...It's just an XJ, can't forget that. Just something to have un with :D

Just got to shop...More pics tonight

Front will be similar to the rest of the trux I've done...Like this

Front end....

I like the front... nice work !

:smokin:

front tube works looks sick:smokin:

Looks nice, great work.

looks good...

Exo in progress

im sorry...

http://www.pirate4x4.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=310073&stc=1&d=1182042338

The front looks great... the rear sucks :flipoff2:

I would be concerned that in a roll the A pillar would just push the front fender bar forward which would allow the front corner of the roof to cave in. Have you thought of runnig another vertical down from the A piller bar to the slider like this?
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v126/offroader5/Just%20Some%20Pics%202/P1010424.jpg?t=1182207214

i really like the front

You gonna be able to use the doors with this set up?

im sorry...

It's ok...When you get to the point where you want to be as hard as possible on a vehicle and have nothing happen to it you will understand....


I would be concerned that in a roll the A pillar would just push the front fender bar forward which would allow the front corner of the roof to cave in. Have you thought of runnig another vertical down from the A piller bar to the slider like this?
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v126/offroader5/Just%20Some%20Pics%202/P1010424.jpg?t=1182207214


I might put a tube there. Door bars are still going on so i might just plate them and be done with it.

You gonna be able to use the doors with this set up?

Stock doors are gone. Would probably work if the B Pillar was plate or sunken into the cab. Would be cool, but this is just a beater, so I don't want to put that much time into it.

Looking real good

Looking good Kyle.

Dirk

Finally started working on it again. It's sat since the rubicon trip...

Put on windshield and drivers side door bars aswell as one of the roof spreaders...

I'll take better pictures next time I work on it. :mr-t:

That's probably one of the better looking exos I've seen, nice work.

Some old pics I never posted of the cowl bar...Hood fits in snug to there's no need for pins :smokin:

What happened to the windsheild?

What happened to the windsheild?

I wanted it out so I hit it with a piece of tubing...Then couldn't find a knife.

It cracked when we took it thru the rubicon, so it had to go.

Put an X in the back today. More work on it tomorrow. :mr-t:

Finished up the roof spreaders and started welding the cab to the cage. One big shear plate...Just a little thin :laughing:

Alot of tube, but it's going to get beat on if I don't sell it... :mr-t:

I'm normally not a fan of exos but that looks awsome:smokin:

Wow. Now if I could only find someone local to me to do the bending, I would say COPY THIS.

looks like a cool trail rig for sure

what is with the tubing under the front bumper? attached to the axle?

looks like a cool trail rig for sure

what is with the tubing under the front bumper? attached to the axle?

rock ramp :D

I didn't want to put money into hi steer for it so i put a tube and some plate to slide on. It still needs bracing.

I'll get some pics of it today. :mr-t:

rock ramp :D

I didn't want to put money into hi steer for it so i put a tube and some plate to slide on. It still needs bracing.

I'll get some pics of it today. :mr-t:

rock ramp....sounds like a good idea to me!!!

kind of thought so... just wanted to know more

I have seen one rig with one and it wasnt built very well or he used weak tubing and was a bad welder he bent it all the shit, pulled one end off and it seemed to hold him up more then get him forward

kind of thought so... just wanted to know more

I have seen one rig with one and it wasnt built very well or he used weak tubing and was a bad welder he bent it all the shit, pulled one end off and it seemed to hold him up more then get him forward

Here's some better pictures. I'm going to brace it off the sway bar mounts. It's taken a few hits. Kinda suprised it never bent.

Oil pan...not so lucky :shaking:

That looks pretty good, I think it would bend where you cut the tube to allow the steering to travel

could always do OTK steering with the stock steering to gain a little more room to brace that top again and extra bracing

you could make a skid that mounts on the back of the axle to protect from future oil pan damage

I know I know great ideas right :D

lol



Rockin a D30 too :smokin:

That looks pretty good, I think it would bend where you cut the tube to allow the steering to travel

could always do OTK steering with the stock steering to gain a little more room to brace that top again and extra bracing

you could make a skid that mounts on the back of the axle to protect from future oil pan damage

I know I know great ideas right :D

lol



Rockin a D30 too :smokin:

I put chucks of 3/8's where it's notched and the plate is 1/8". Shouldn't bend there.

I got a rusty's belly plate. Just alittle late.

I let everything self clearance.... :mr-t:

Made a skid plate for the transfer case tonight...

Welded it to the sub frame and crossmember. Not much support, but it'll bottom out on the tcase and be fine.

:mr-t:

Made a skid plate for the transfer case tonight...

Welded it to the sub frame and crossmember. Not much support, but it'll bottom out on the tcase and be fine.

:mr-t:

isn't this what you are trying to stop from happening with a skid?
That case (along with all cast aluminum cases) doesn't take abuse well.. I would think a little more protection could go a long way there...

Not much support, but it'll bottom out on the tcase and be fine.


Doesn't sound like that great of an idea to me...

isn't this what you are trying to stop from happening with a skid?
That case (along with all cast aluminum cases) doesn't take abuse well.. I would think a little more protection could go a long way there...

Doesn't sound like that great of an idea to me...

What I'm stopping with the skid is getting hung up on the case.

The weight will distribute pretty evenly. And when the skid folds up into the case, it will be a third leg. The skid won't wear through the case where it's going to bottom out for a few years.

Finished the bracing on the launch ramp. Bolted and welded to the stock sway bar mounts...

:mr-t:

I let everything self clearance.... :mr-t:


I think your muffler bearing is shot. Throwing a piece of tube through the windshield? Now who would do a thing like that . . .

I think your muffler bearing is shot. Throwing a piece of tube through the windshield? Now who would do a thing like that . . .

Muffler bearing is definetly shot...:laughing:




:mr-t:

Felt like flipping the jeep today...

:mr-t:

stock lower control arms :flipoff2:

looks good, that is one way to test a exo

Kyle, that thing is sick.....too bad the guys bagging on this thing don't realize that you have jack shit into the total build and it would probably out wheel them since you got a secret advantage over them....your lack of care for the rig. I will try to email you the video of flipping the rig back right side.

as fun as that sounds i wouldn't want to have to pull all the spark plugs just to pull it back in the shop :flipoff2: sweet rig... bet its a blast on the trail

stock lower control arms :flipoff2:

looks good, that is one way to test a exo


Stock lowers are the perfect match for stock shocks...:laughing:

Flex is over rated anyways... It's all about weight transfer :mr-t:

as fun as that sounds i wouldn't want to have to pull all the spark plugs just to pull it back in the shop :flipoff2: sweet rig... bet its a blast on the trail

Pull the plugs? Naw...it fired right up :smokin:

Felt like flipping the jeep today...

:mr-t:

Procrastination at its finest!

It got painted today...

:mr-t:

That thing is SICK!!!

Nice work... love white XJs for some reason

mean looking rig. now go wheel it

Was this thing up for sale on craigslist not too long ago?

Was this thing up for sale on craigslist not too long ago?

Yeah. Still for sale. I posted it here as well. $3000

I don't really want to sell it. But I could use the money for the buggy I'm building soon.

:mr-t:

It looks like a couple of pros painted that thing:laughing: Whats up with all the over spray?