Recent content by bty34

Pulled the bolts out of the rear stiffener. The aluminum plate is bent, but pretty minimal. Modified the rear brace for the skid with another piece of angle I had laying around. Also added 1/2" of drop in the center. The aluminum should accommodate that without remaking the plate. Should by...

Here's what I'm thinking. The 3/8" 6061 is pretty strong (2400 pounds) but deflects 2.4" with that load. It should spring back though on its own. With the steel brace added, it adds some strength, but also permanently deforms at much lower deflection. I need to pull the rear brace to confirm...

It definitely has turned into a little more than I had planned, but that's how it usually goes. Got a little distracted by the skid plate while laying under the Jeep. When I installed the Atlas, I settled on the 15° clocking position, partially because of how high it let me shove the...

I'm pretty happy with how the heights matched up after the flanging tool. It was a lot quicker than all the test fitting it would have needed to be able to butt weld it. With seam sealer on both sides I think it will hold up ok.

Got the torque box off and cut out the front floor pan. Since I had the full replacement panel, I put the cuts where I thought it would match up easiest rather than just doing the rust areas. Decided to flange the front section rather than butt weld. Pretty well test fit and ready...

Starting to look like something. Welding in the tube made things a little harder for what seemed like 100 rounds of test fitting.

While I'm hacking the floor apart I might as well add some clearance for the upper links. Picked up a 12" piece of 2.25 OD tube. Unbolted the cage and lifted it enough to get it out of the way. Wasn't too bad under the b pillar. I'm thinking I'll go just outside the old seam all...

I've been putting off replacing my torque boxes for long enough. Between the rust and repeatedly dropping the jeep on body mounted sliders, they are looking pretty rough. Drivers side is the worst, so I'll start there and see how far I get. When I bought the Jeep back in 2004 it had a...

I believe Blaine did one where he slid the motor forward and left the transfer case in the stock location and added a crawl box in between. There is quite a bit of room in front of the 4cyl before the radiator.

Where's the step ladder for that guy in the driver's seat?

Here's what a 2 door JK seat frame looks like to support the head rests for comparison.

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Currie / Rockjock TJ rear antirock with aluminum arms (CE-9900TJRA). Splines on the arms and bar are in good shape.

Brand new Superwinch Talon 9.5 iSR. Opened the box to take the pictures. Box is 30x14x15, 82 lbs. I'm in 14850.

2.5L, Auto w/ Lokar shifter, 111k miles Clayton long arm kit, triangulated 4 link rear, radius arm front 3” coils, outboarded shocks Antirock front swaybar HP30 front with Savvy truss, 4.88 Revolution gears and Detroit locker Currie steering with driver’s side flipped, BMB raised sway bar mounts...