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Awesome, good looking bumper! I dig the side wrap around.

Why do you have shaft collars on the studs for the spare tire? Just needed a bit more space? (sorry if I missed an answer to that, I...

@Brucker - I fully believe in Tread Lightly, staying on trail and overall minimizing erosion and human impact. Similarly, I understand the impact that posting heavy-treading pictures has on the...

Test Run with Excessive Carnage

I took the rig up with two other XJs for a little test run and camping. We said we'd just take it easy, as all three had some kind of limiting issue.
(This post is...

Thanks Therese :)

"Something Crazy" completed. It's a duckbilled succulent planter, or something.
http://evanbeloni.com/4wd/trailpics/150614_ironclads/IMG_0783.jpg

Oh by the way...

"It's my birthday, I can weld something crazy if I want to."
(since the Jeep is out of the garage...)
http://evanbeloni.com/4wd/xjbuildpics/2015_cage/IMG_0722.jpg
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@dieseldoc - That gusset design makes so much sense. What I've envisioned is rooted in what I've seen in existing cages, so I defaulted to the inner gusset. However, the outside gusset is obviously...

That VF-2 is in a garage?! #dreamgarage

Looking good man! I like the idea of shifting the fenders back like that; I think all I've seen before is slit and bend like mine.



Oh yeah, duh. I can just max out the flex and see how...

@Brucker - By all means, Aaron, I'm always accepting advice from people with more or different experience(s) than myself, thank you. I have considered some of this:

0) The cage is somewhat a...

@xaza - Thanks, man. I haven't directly tried fire, but when I was plasma cutting it burnt big time. I bet you're right that fire would work, but I don't want to deal with a huge petrochemical fire...

This is another thing I've been thinking about doing. I haven't taken measurements, but just eyeballing it, it looks like if I move the mount up ~3" then I would need to either move the upper mount...

Cage-to-Frame Tie-Ins

Attempting to work around the asphalt situation, I continue work on the cage, which has been partially designed and built....

Good looking work! I'm also curious if you're doing a comp cut - my cut makes me want to do the axle move that you did. Looks like you could use a little more space back there...

I'm also...

@dieseldoc - The thin material hasn't been too bad on the new Miller machine, but I'm still doing a lot of pulsing in areas to minimize the burn-through.

A Massive Roadblock

...has been hit and...

Thanks guys!

@Paul and NativeTaco - I'm glad you guys asked about the tires - I strongly dislike them! I too have heard good things about Coopers, but that must be "good for on road longevity" or...

@dieseldoc - Do you mean water to put out fires ignited by shooting vaporized steel at flammable things behind the cut? I've never really had issues with fires before this project and this time was...

Chop Chop!!

I started chopping! Big things. I'm pretty stoked on how it's coming out.

http://evanbeloni.com/4wd/xjbuildpics/2015_choptop/IMG_0564.jpg



Wanna see something crazy? When...

Nice build! I was looking at those +2 perches as well, so I'm looking forward to seeing how they come out on yours.

Are you doing anything about a longer driveshaft, or is the spline slip long...

Awesome, that's pretty tight in there. Looks good!

@dieseldoc - best wishes, man, we'll get out and play soon.

Winch Control Hijack [part 1]

You have probably noticed those boxes on the top on nearly every winch out there. You may not have...

@Paul - Haha, yeah we do (see below). We're also more likely to include CAD drawings. Thanks!

@EKXJ87 - Plans? Ha! I'm going to draw a line and cut then figure out what to do next.


In all...

@EKXJ87 - Thanks man! I've been meaning to hit you up, let's run a trail sometime soon.

@dieseldoc (et alia) - This is the winch from the back. I was tired of that thing sticking out the back of...

It looks like you got that winch pretty tight up in there, awesome. Do you have a side view of the picture right above this? (like in post #8 but with the bumper on).

And that air is awesome. ...

Front "Bumper" and Transmission Cooler

I put bumper in quotes because it's really more of a winch mount than a winch mount bumper. It's just two 3/8"x4" plates to extend the frame and some...

He got the roof back up....:lmao:

http://evanbeloni.com/4wd/xjbuildpics/timsrig/IMG_0428.jpg
http://evanbeloni.com/4wd/xjbuildpics/timsrig/IMG_0422.jpg