jmaxj

not really, then you gotta add in roughly another 100 bucks in foot plates and misc gussets and tabs also.
thanks! why spend that much money on something your gonna use a few times. i borrow a friends whenever i need cause he's done with his buggy

Brandana

Yeah that cage is soooo dope I want to see a two door with a choped top and some tubes $500 eh.. how much wouldyou figure for a cage for the fenders and hood? Maybe a stinger involved

jmaxj

google C-roks xjs and look at his two door, its all tube with XJ skins on it. greg did a great job with it up until he went and put airbags on it, now its useless. if i wasn't on my phone at the moment i could show you pics of many friend of mine with 2 door chopped and caged XJ's. if i build me another one its gonna be a 2 door

and i would say around 800 for all the tube, tabs, gussets, footplates and other misc items like bolts and such. that would be enough to do a decent cage and fenders with bumper tie in. thats about what my buddy is into it at the moment, but remember thats just parts(i.e. tube and such) add in labor and goes up a lot more, this cage is about 3 weeks (give or take a couple days) of around 4 hrs a night plus 1 1/2 weekends on it.

now shop labor rate is about 75-150 an hr depending on the shop. i'll tell you right now i'm not charging him that but i'm not doing this for free either.

customzj73

Ha ha ya to bad I don't know any one that has one

jmaxj

i'm sure you could take the 2g's you'd spend on a bender and put it towards a cage, i'm sure we could work something out

customzj73

Ha ya but I wanna be able to say I built it otherwise id send it your way,plus were gonna be building my buddys yota here soon so it will be used at least twice..

jmaxj

can't argue with that. just remember tube work is a PIA so spend the money on all the right tools to make your work easier.

customzj73

Ya I hate it, if I change my mind ill hit you up

FloydXJ

I need to go wheeling soon. The last couple days, I have been roaming empty parking lots after work, looking for something to crawl onto with the Jeep that won't get me in trouble...

If all else fails, I guess I can bust out the 1/10 crawler and get things done the cheap way this weekend if i can't get out to something real.

Brandana

Yeah I understand. No one works for free haha I'm just getting prices for the distant future, wayyyy distant haha but I'm on my phone aswell so ill have to check out the two doors you stated. But where are you located at on utah

jmaxj

oh i know i was just giving you better numbers also if you get on xj database (XJDB.com) there are a TON of pics of chopped caged jeepspeed KOH pretty much anything you can think of being done to an XJ or MJ, search jes on there his 2 door is one of the sickest i've ever seen and i remember when he ran it stock 10 yrs ago lol

i'm out in herriman.

slcxj

Out by fruitland for my spike. By millhollow with my muzzleloader

Desert Rat

I feel you, I'm suffering from a the lack of wheeling as well, seems the poor economy has dampened the festivities this year.

customzj73

At least your guys rigs are able to go wheeling... mines all tore apart

alwaysxj

so anyone need a RC Crawler? I got a axial A.T.R ready to run with up grades. comes with charger for $200 hit me up, I can text pics if needed. 435-512-2525