Custom Hatch
12-29-2011 | 10:45 PM
#17
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From: Allentown, Pa
Year: 1994
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0L HO
Originally Posted by nicksdsm
Never mind I stand corrected, I just went out and put a magnet up to it and it stuck.
12-29-2011 | 10:54 PM
#19
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From: Charlotte/Raleigh, NC
Year: 1999
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0 MPI
You can cut the metal hatches BUT you will have to fab in some sheet metal because the place to cut it is on the body line bend. When you do this it seperates the inner skin from the outter skin and then the inner skin has a large cut out in the center for the workings of everthing on the hatch. The other thing that I found is that the button to lift the glass is on the lower half and if you cut the hatch in half you will not be able to use that button to operate the back glass. I cut mine in half for the chopped top and am having to do some fab work but if you are of fabbing go for it. Oh yea, and you will have to find something to use for the upper half to brace under the window kind of like some angle or square tubing. This is the stuff I ran into. Shoot me a PM to remind me and when I get back to the garage I'll take a couple picks to show you what I mean.
12-30-2011 | 12:58 AM
#20
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From: mantua ohio
Year: 96
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0L
when i go to the pull-a-part this weekend, ima pick up a secound hatch and start cutting and fiberglassing,and pick up the hinges and locking mechanisms out of a blazer for the lowerhalf if i can get em to work, ill run a double set up,lol
12-30-2011 | 07:52 AM
#21
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From: Racine, Ohio
Year: 1999
Model: Grand Cherokee
Engine: 4.7
LOL!!! Sorry was just visualizing a guy walking away from his comuter, going to the fridge, taking his wife's Aloha magnet off and standing out by his ride sticking it to the body in amazment!!! LOL!! Good stuff right there.
12-30-2011 | 02:22 PM
#22
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From: Warrenton MO
Year: 2000
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.7L I6
id like to see a pic of this. im chopping the top and making a custom slant back hard top so i need to know how to make the lower hatch similar to a tailgate. otherwise ill have to make the slant hardtop cover that are and get longer arms to hold it up higher.
hope you could visualize what i was talking about lol
hope you could visualize what i was talking about lol
12-30-2011 | 08:53 PM
#23
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Originally Posted by ol'DixieJeep
id like to see a pic of this. im chopping the top and making a custom slant back hard top so i need to know how to make the lower hatch similar to a tailgate. otherwise ill have to make the slant hardtop cover that are and get longer arms to hold it up higher.
hope you could visualize what i was talking about lol
hope you could visualize what i was talking about lol
even thought about what windows...like a crx back glass to still have defrost and cavalier 2 door side windows
12-30-2011 | 10:05 PM
#25
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From: Racine, Ohio
Year: 1999
Model: Grand Cherokee
Engine: 4.7
id like to see a pic of this. im chopping the top and making a custom slant back hard top so i need to know how to make the lower hatch similar to a tailgate. otherwise ill have to make the slant hardtop cover that are and get longer arms to hold it up higher.
hope you could visualize what i was talking about lol
hope you could visualize what i was talking about lol
12-31-2011 | 11:06 AM
#26
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From: Warrenton MO
Year: 2000
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.7L I6
yes like a lift up military humvee top. im doing it with diamond plate and rhinolining it. im putting a vertical panoramic style window in it.
ill do some ms paint magic and see if i can show what iot looks like
ill do some ms paint magic and see if i can show what iot looks like
12-31-2011 | 06:14 PM
#27
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From: Illinois
Year: 1995
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0 HO
the thread i will leave a link to is a chop top but it really is a removable top kinda like the old Bronco's had. its a fiber glass hatch and he makes it so the top half lifts up and the bottom folds down like a regular tail gate. that way he has a gate when the top is off but a full hatch if wanted when the top in on in the colder months.
i think itll give you the info you need.
http://www.pirate4x4.com/forum/showthread.php?t=557715
i think itll give you the info you need.
http://www.pirate4x4.com/forum/showthread.php?t=557715
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