time to rebuild

[frontier13]

Originally Posted by babyhuey2

can you post some pics of the front axle brackets, i think i have mine figured out but i'd like to see what you came up with.

here is one more of the front hope it helps

[frontier13]

40' gone real quick and in a hurry....100' being delivered wednesday. decided to change some more stuff up so i wont be compromising the way i want it done. gonna hold off on pitures till i get some more done. so far i have about 20% done which is everything up to the back seat and gas tank remounted(starting rear working forward)

[frontier13]

I still sit with 40' done however its now fully welded out, gas tank is mounted, brakes bled, driveshaft in, buddy and i went and had some fun cruising around in it lol.. tubing order is now pushed back till next tuesday so no building this weekend..

lil teaser pic.. got a lil crazy but now i can build how i want

[babyhuey2]

this is awesome, your doing or have done everything that i'm going to mine. it's like having a crystal ball, i can see how your turns out and decide if i want to keep on going with my own plans or change them.

when you put your axle in did you ever measure your caster to see where it ended up? i can see you drive it on the road, how does it drive. i'm trying to keep mine as streetable as possible.

[GeneticDisposition]

LOL didn't see this coming the b pillars should have gave it away.

[frontier13]

I measured with a level on a stock dodge to the bump stop landing pad on the pumpkin and matched that..not scientific but it streets better then stock.. yeah man I just wanted a tube buggy for ever and didn't wanna tube the cage and always look back kicking myself..plus I bought a new sawall so lol

[frontier13]

well finally the stupid steel yard got us our tube....after sending 240 feet of square

no where near done but heres where im at so far

ihad to seam the a pillar didnt quite have the bender figured out..internal sleeved with 1.25" solid

[DRICH394]

looking sexy,,, you keep staying one step ahead of what my plans are,,, go to see it tried out on another heep first,, keep the pics coming...
got any pics of the tie ins to the frame?

[DRICH394]

What are you useing?? 1.5" or 1.75" - i stuck with 1.5"x.120--- i like the smaller/tighter tubeing..

[frontier13]

I'm using 1.5 .120 also. The main cab tubes are tied directly into my boat sides..they are .25 wall and supported by 4 1.5" .120 dom welded to the riff stuff uni body stiffeners..the rear I used some 2x .25 angle and welded it to the plating on the uni rail...but that's all getting cut out when I ditch the leafs.. everything under the gas tank will be gone.not sure if you can see it in the pics. Looks funny now but linking the rear is next on the list and I want a positive departure angle so

[GreatWhiteXJ]

Needs more triangulation.

No, jk. I know your not done but really good looking platform so far. Like what youve got done. Looks kinda like Richards old buggy.

Congratulations on owning a bender finally.

[DutchVDub]

I know you're not talking about mine, it was nowhere near that nice.

Rig looks awesome man, keep it coming.

[GreatWhiteXJ]

Originally Posted by DutchVDub

I know you're not talking about mine, it was nowhere near that nice.

No. Rich Gunthier SP?....... But honestly now that I look at it, it doesnt look anything alike. I must be thinkn of someone else.

[frontier13]

Thanks guys just waiting on my daughter to finish breakfast and were headed to the shop to burn some steel. Post pics up later

[frontier13]

made alot more progress.. pretty close to burned up the 100' of tube i just got. gotta wait for some cash to order some more.. i purposely made the cage lower and tight knowing m gonna drop some low suspension seats in the future...for now im just gonna lower my factory mounts. lots more to do but got alot done in 2 days

[DRICH394]

dude, this is turning out nice, and fast!!!, are you going to cut the rear frame out behind the back seats and rebuild with tube or jsut keep ?? -

[DRICH394]

Where at in Az are you located?? Got a buddy that i wheel with that lives in Phenix-

[frontier13]

The xj uni rail behind the seat is all going to be cut out when the leafs go away just gonna be tube..I live in show low about 3 hours away from phx

[DutchVDub]

Looking awesome man.

[mucovich]

i love this thing!

[frontier13]

Originally Posted by mucovich

i love this thing!

Thanks man all the hard work is def paying off its coming together nicely and fitting the vision in my head

[frontier13]

[ONEtonXJ]

looks great!!

plans for more triangles??

[frontier13]

Yes much much more triangles...however beer and bbq sounded much better then fabbin more today so lol well see what next weekends brings

[frontier13]

just a few bolt ons nothing major..some az pinstripping lol