Alright here we go. I always see people asking about Steering box plates, unibody reinforcing and bumper mounts. I'm gonna do all 3 at once to my 92 4 door XJ.

The reason I even decided to do all of this was that my XJ has over heating and I ordered a CSF 3 core radiator. So I decided that while its apart I will add some weight.

First was disassembly




I decided I didnt like the thin front end of the frame



Started on the steering box



Outside is 3/16 thick



Inside is 1/4. Gonna have to shave down that spacer and get some new bolts.



More to come...

 

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get rid of that stock spacer and build yourself a new one out of steel

 

x2 those stock ones crack all the time.

 

Yeah once I looked at trimming it down I decided to just weld on some spacers to the inside frame support. Thank you for the input.

 

Got the new CSF rads in yesterday. 1 for me, 2 for friends.

 

looks good so far. makes me with i had to replace my radiator just to give me an excuss to do this. keep the pics coming.

 

WHy did you cut out the center section of the frame?

 

Its probably only a 1/16th of an inch thick. With a bumper mounted and a good yank from an angle, it seems like it would just tweak that front end. I'm gonna tube that front end that I cut out with 2" square tubing.

 

no prob. I like where your build is going

 

I ussually just use the stock center frame section as reenforcement for the 1/4" plate.

 

Yeah I almost did that. However the stock one is pretty tall and with with two 2" pieces of tube to replace it, my approach angle will be just a tad better, and there will be a little more room to work.

 

Ditched that old spacer. It was 1/2 inch thick, so I used 1/4 on the inside plate alond with some squares cut out of 1/4 also to make the half inch needed for the spacer. I cut holes and welded them on top on the spacer.




Then started on the other side







I'm boxing in the ends now.

 

Looks great!! I can't wait to see how it turns out. Keep us posted.

 

I wanna see how this turns out. Subscribed.