i cant convince my brother to give up on the jeep thing and build a toyota so ill try and help him out...:flipoff2:

hes lookin at aftermarket frame and wants to build a cj6(kids) with a fiberglass tub and use his existing 72 cj5 as the registration and running gear with a klune V? would he be better off getting an experienced fabber(talked to 66cjdean about this) to build a frame or are any of those aftermarket units acutally worthy of rockcrawling?

FiberGlass will bust on the first run:flipoff2: :mad3: You can make anything with a chop saw, sawzall, some steel and :beer: and welder. But some arnt so talented. Tell you brother to quit dreaming so big get realist and do something he can do and move bigger later:crybaby2:

I just built a cj6 + length frame ;) took a day. Matkins is a nice frame but pricey. I say use the pre-smog reg and fab it up

I put a Matkins level III frame under my CJ-7 last year. It does have its good points and it did have its bad points. It did take so thinking to figure out and fix the bad points. As far as price goes I looked at the new Jeeps and laughed at what it was for the price. So I bought the frame and a new lift and had more for less than a new one.

Look at JP aluminum bodies they are much stronger than fiberglass.

If you have a frame built and have the rollbar tied into like you should fiberglass wont be a problem. The JP bodies are awesome but very spendy of course. If you wanted something that would last that would be the way to go though.

or you could just buy my 6 and fix it up

here it is

http://www.pirate4x4.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=90780

willy's overland was shown with a stack of surplus CJ-6 frames out back in some magazine. or get a YJ or TJ frame and stretch it. www.car-part.com
http://www.willysoverland.com/partsdept.html

The first thing to do on a frame up is start with a new frame. Jeep frames are junk and are not worth the time spent to box them in. My .02

I repaired and boxed my old frame on the last frame up. Took me a couple days to clean the frame to bare metal, then a day or two to make all necessary repairs and box the thing. I built a frame last weekend in a day. so much easier starting from scratch. Dean is so totally right on the money. It's simply not worth trying to fix an old jeep frame

Originally posted by 66CJdean
The first thing to do on a frame up is start with a new frame. Jeep frames are junk and are not worth the time spent to box them in. My .02
I would agree with this after I got my new frame under mine I used a saw z all on my old frame. Ten minutes later my old frame was in six pieces and it was like sheet metal.

JP body all the way...if you wheel one time with this body, you'll recognise it's an investment! This body holds up so well and takes minutes to repair after major rock bashing that would crush a steel or fiberglass body...really, the price will pay for itself in the long run in time and headache saved...on top of that, it looks cool!
As for the frame, Advanced FrameWorks does a super nice job if you are not into doing the heavy labor yourself. This route will give you the time to wheel instead of build, but then again, riding around on your self-built frame makes for good stories over a coldie and saves you the all important $!

Originally posted by TuffTruck
FiberGlass will bust on the first run:flipoff2: :mad3: You can make anything with a chop saw, sawzall, some steel and :beer: and welder. But some arnt so talented. Tell you brother to quit dreaming so big get realist and do something he can do and move bigger later:crybaby2:

Anybody can torture metal. Just bring the welder with you on the trail. That is why I love on-board or oxy.

Tim

Originally posted by Tim Smith


Anybody can torture metal. Just bring the welder with you on the trail. That is why I love on-board or oxy.

Tim A can of fiber glass resin is cheaper and easier to carry.:D :flipoff2: