96xjclassic

And a little time for some of us to build up a little and add some sliders and armor!

DocOrng XJ

i could def use some sliders and 2 more skid plates for the next one
as a minimum of my next preperation

pulltabmike

That's no lie...working on the bumper/winch now, and hopefully new gears and lockers.....

96xjclassic

[quote=dukie564;1271599]You were 100% correct. I did not even come close to getting stuck. I didn't do any rock crawling or anything, but lots of mud and small obstacles.

pulltabmike

Thanks for reminding me....I need an oil pan skid
24' of 1 1/2 square tubing, welder and chopsaw and I'll have my sliders...don't want to mess up the pretty body work I did to my rockers last week

96xjclassic

For me its 1. New springs in rear followed by 2" spacers in front.
2. Sliders
3. As many skid plates as I can get. Lol.

96xjclassic

If you come up with a drawing for those, could I take a look see?

pulltabmike

By the time I get done adding steel to mine, I'm gonna need another 2" of lift to maintain ride height, and an extra gas tank to keep er moving

pulltabmike

Basing mine off of these drawings, dimensions ARE correct for an XJ



If I follow through with the plans I have for the XJ, I plan on cutting out the rockers and installing 2x6 tubing in it's place, capping and tapping them for onboard air reservoirs....

Veeb0rg

Gonna give you boys a little tip, Regularly check your lug nuts. I almost lost a wheel at 60mph tonight, Jeep started thumping and clacking and shaking bad. I thought I had blown a U-joint, turned out 4 of my 5 lug nuts on my drivers front tire weren't even finger tight.

I didn't even touch them this weekend, I did the rear brakes. Guess the front end got jealous. I was slightly paranoid about lug nuts before, I think I'm going to start sleeping with a tire iron under my pillow now.

LoveMy89Anya

given that i have absolutely no clue how to go about making these things or even attaching them, if yours come out ok, could i possibly get you to do some for mine? you tell me what to buy, ill buy it and you fab em up for me?

dukie564

These should help also. The second link is awesome

http://www.pirate4x4.com/tech/billav...rs/rockers.htm
http://www.jeepforum.com/forum/f11/t...57/index7.html

pulltabmike

Ouch...Didn't do any damage, did it??? I normally have the opposite problem, can't get the damn things off...

NewKindOfClown

Got me when we went out. Bohnett (I think) caught one of mine about to fall off, and I had a couple others that were finger-tight. That shouldn't happen the day after changing tires and torquing them all to 75, though...

pulltabmike

Your looking at roughly $75 for tubing, another +/- $25 for misc steel, and $15 for a roll of .035 flux core wire.
I'm figuring roughly 4-6 hours of cutting, fitting and welding to get er done