Here we go i rolled my XJ labor day weekend. yesterday i got a chance to get it on the lift and look it over good other than the obvious the floor in the back right is buckled as is the roof the nose from the windshield forward is tweaked to the left about 2 inches the front frame rails are bent the motor is twisted to the right the radiator fill neck is snapped the water pump is bad and the serpentine belt is wasted and one trans line is leaking. also this is driven on the street some and most be street legal our club requires it.

http://i179.photobucket.com/albums/w320/alteredxj/Picture049.jpg

so what to do: start over thanks to good friends i now have a 1997 XJ Sport
its straight the rockers are rusty and will be fixed by boxing them. the rear hatch is rusty and will be replaced. i will be swapping over most of my lift both axles and the Tcase all skid plates and my roof rack visor. i plan to build new bumpers in a prerunner style it will have a full roll cage (even though it would not have helped us in the accident) i bought all the material for it before i found the new XJ most likely i will swap over my Leather interior. as for the paint i am thinking Blue but plans can change.

http://i179.photobucket.com/albums/w320/alteredxj/waylandjeep009.jpg

more to come

new progress i started with the rusty rocker panels. after cutting out most of the rust i made a set of new rockers and rocker skids in one. with most of the passenger side done i marked out for my bush whacker fender flares (if any one ask if they are rugged they survived the roll fine)
here are some pictures of the progress. more to come...

http://i179.photobucket.com/albums/w320/alteredxj/97xj001.jpg

http://i179.photobucket.com/albums/w320/alteredxj/97xj003.jpg

http://i179.photobucket.com/albums/w320/alteredxj/97xj004.jpg

http://i179.photobucket.com/albums/w320/alteredxj/97xj005.jpg

http://i179.photobucket.com/albums/w320/alteredxj/97xj006.jpg

http://i179.photobucket.com/albums/w320/alteredxj/97xj007.jpg

my passenger side rocker looked exactly like that. with the rusted piece in the rear by the tire. i boxed in my rockers this week also. i couldnt take it anymore it was bothering me. but i did not put support to the frame because i am going to reinforce the frame. but i built a whole new pinch seam.

this is the third xj i have done this on it works very well and will hopefully tie into the cage.

Sorry to be the one to tell you this but...........







1983 called and they want their Moonvisor back.

Hopefully you can swap that bad boy right on over to the new build.:D



































J/K. Looks like a good start.

this will be my 4th xj with a visor on it yes they are useless but oh well

this will be my 4th xj with a visor on it yes they are useless but oh well


For all that is holy, please don't put a visor on the new xj.

For all that is holy, please don't put a visor on the new xj.

x2

i will hang the hood and the visor on the wall of my shop

I say put the visor on if you want! :flipoff2:

I think you should do a chopped Comanche back so you can use one of these too:

http://www.truckaccessorizer.com/images/lund/lund_racerback

As you can see it goes with the visor!

:flipoff2::smokin::flipoff2:

ok so how do we do a poll to see how many would use the visor verses not using it

Why not? Bring on the poll!

i am not sure how to set it up if some one can please do