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Just some recent progress pics (tie ins and door bars)
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I have always meant to tie my cage/rockers into the framerails of my XJ, but kept putting it off because I was lazy. After my trip to Moab and Colorado I noticed that I had hit my rockers hard enough to buckle my floor a little. So I have started working on tying the rockers and cage into the framerail.
 
I started out by making some wedges
 

 
The wedges will sit up against the bottom of the floor between the rocker and the framerail (which is plated with 3/16" steel).
 

 
I will have 3 of these on each side. The front and rear ones will bolt thru the floor and thru the plates welded to the floor that my cage is welded to
 


 
The middle one on each side will just be welded to the rocker and framerail
 

 
Once all the wedges are welded in place, they will be covered with 3/16" plate so the bottom is smooth and the wedges will not get caught on rocks, etc....
 
More pics as I progress


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I have landed on my tube doors too many times, causing the hinges to get messed up, preventing the doors from closing easily and properly......so it is time for them to go.
 
In place of them I am adding door bars to my cage. I started on the driver's side today. Here's a few pics.
 
from the inside

 
outside

 
i added 2 bends to kick the bar out as far as possible for maximum room



 
from behind


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finished the passenger side door bar today



kicked out for maximum room






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Before


After


I always hit my roller fairlead, so I wanted something smaller (besides, I had hit the roller one so much, that it didn;t roll anymore anyways).


Once I build my new front bumper later this summer, it will offer even better approach angle :D



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Added some gussets to my cage tonight, since I am waiting for some more parts and steel before I ca really get working on this thing again





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Looky what showed up today :D





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Looking awesome Randy


What axles do you have by the way and the High steer knuckles look nice.  What is next for the XJ



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d30 front / d44 rear


next for the XJ is finishing my steering and tying the cage/rockers into the framerail



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Is there a reason you went threw your seat belts? Won't you have to cut them to get them out at sompoint??

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Lead_Not_Follow wrote:

Is there a reason you went threw your seat belts? Won't you have to cut them to get them out at sompoint??

just looked better to me.  i may have to cut them out.....but the only reason I have to remove them would be because i installed different seats with a 5 point harness.....so it's not a concern for me :)



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oh yeah.....the new steering setup will include hydro-assist

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little more progress today.  ran out of wire, so I gotta get some before I can finish ;)


added the lower cross bar




also started adding a little triangulation to the lower half of the cage.  i am juts going to do an upside-down V





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Aside from paint, it's all done now



Knuckle installed ;)



Also found this (Passenger side Yukon alloy shaft):



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Looks good Randy. Just 1 question though, why did you tie the door bars into the bottom spreader bar and not the a-pillar bar?



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makes it a bit easier to get in.


plus, it connects right on top of were my rockers tie into the cage



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