You all said it had to be done to fit coilovers so I did it!

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TPIJeep

Discussion Starter · Mar 8, 2003

Taking the advice of the POR gurus I notched the frame of my CJ-7 to make sure I have room for the perty new set of Fox Coilovers. Is this a functional splice or is it going to break!

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emsoffroad

· #2 · Mar 8, 2003

Looks like it will hold. The only thing that I would have done would have been to skip the 90* cuts. I would have tapered them, mainly just for the smoother, cleaner look.

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Po' riggity

· #3 · Mar 9, 2003

I will say you have bigger balls than I, for cuttin up your frame like that.
Scott

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jeepdaddytj

· #4 · Mar 9, 2003

the steel on the inner part of a cj frame is thinner then the outer, you may want to tie the outer part to the gussit a little more

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TPIJeep

Discussion Starter · #5 · Mar 9, 2003

Planning on more gussets, want to set the 4 link under there and see where I can add them..

Also doing something for a little cosmetic improvement...

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Mo

· #7 · Mar 9, 2003

1badPOS said:
I will say you have bigger balls than I, for cuttin up your frame like that.
Scott

to quote Jerry Caesar in Dragnet:

Reverend, you've got balls the size of church bells

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TPIJeep

Discussion Starter · #8 · Mar 9, 2003

emsoffroad said:
The only thing that I would have done would have been to skip the 90* cuts. I would have tapered them, mainly just for the smoother, cleaner look.

You mean like this? took long time by sawsall!

Going to weld a plate on there in the AM...

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emsoffroad

· #9 · Mar 9, 2003

That's what I was thinking.

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SHERPA

· #10 · Mar 9, 2003

BUTCHER-! BUTCHER-!

JUST KIDDING.

I'm wondering if I'lll need to do something of the same effect

on my junk.

--Sherpa

how wide are your axles going to be-???

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TPIJeep

Discussion Starter · #11 · Mar 10, 2003

Better FAWKERS :flipoff2:

Sherpa, I will pull the tires off to see how wide I will be going with the new HP60 rear seems like about 8" wider then the original CJ-7 track width..

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RoCkSkuLLz

· #12 · Mar 10, 2003

why not just run them inside the frame rails??

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sw99

· #13 · Mar 10, 2003

:flipoff2: Krazy Fawker

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SHERPA

· #14 · Mar 10, 2003

Rockbuggy said:
why not just run them inside the frame rails??

running them inside the rails causes 2 issues:

the side-to-side efficiency goes way down, and it takes up

alot of space inside the tub. also might complicate gas-tank

routing, and other misc stuff.

--Sherpa