Rear Quarter Panel Armor

[Christopher]

For those of you who have done rear quarter pannel armor and rear taillight housings, what gauge steel did you use?? If you could do it over again would you use the same, heavier, or lighter? I want it to protect but don't want to get too heavy. I was thinking maybe a 14 or 16 gauge. Any input appreciated.

[Jes]

I used 12GA for mine. I'd probably go the same thickness in the future unless it was a weld on item.
BTW, I heard you took out both tail lights last weekend. Good job! :thumbup: :D

Jes

[Loose_Nuts_Enterprises]

Apparently Christopher needs those, lol.


Jes, your quarter panel armor is pretty spiffy. Or was that Andy's (porch puppy)?

How much shipped to 92399?

Dan

[FarmerMatt]

Mine are made out of 12 ga. also. I can't see anything lighter adding much protection.

Matt

[Christopher]

Yeah,... I figure now that I have an excuse it's a good time to do it. It's been on my list of to do's for a while but this weekend just moved it up to the top of my list. So maybe 10 or 12 gauge is where I need to be? I want it stout but don't want to add alot of weight. Do any of you have pics of what you did? I'd like to compare with what I have pictured in my head.

[Jes]

These are mine. 12GA plate bent up to shape, an 1/8" top, and a couple of 1/8" brackets welded on...
http://www.fototime.com/{E876B6B3-042D-4E23-80A0-5EABB355EDB4}/picture.JPG
http://www.fototime.com/{B64C4529-38F7-40DB-ADBF-66A38F726A2A}/picture.JPG
...they've held up well so far.

Jes

[ROCKWGN]

Jes,
Very nice...Can you make me a set.
Sean
San Diego :yelclap:

[XJZ]

These are mine. 12GA plate bent up to shape, an 1/8" top, and a couple of 1/8" brackets welded on...

...they've held up well so far.

Jes

Jes, you should market those.....

of course they're too nice to be URF...... :D

[WHEEL'er-DLR]

christopher, .. after following big brother [goatman] make me a set to!!! :laugh:

[jjvande]

i'd buy them right away...seriously...sell em.

[CaptTrev]

i would love a set too...maybe out of equal gauge diamond plate though. . .

;)

CaptTrev

[Fletch85]

Me 2, I would buy them right now.

[RockRod]

i would love a set too...maybe out of equal gauge diamond plate though. . .

;)

CaptTrev
Without the tailight part(just sides) and in diamond plate(steel)if ya can...
Let me know..... ;)

[Loose_Nuts_Enterprises]

Oh My God, Jes, what have you done?????

[XJZ]

My only concern is that they are not approved by a sanctioning body. :(

But if they are, how much shipped to 94577? :D

[C-ROK]

I'd make mine out of 3/16" and laser out a nice C-ROK logo in them. I'd also have them wrap under the pinch seam on the underside of the panel and use a nut strip to make installing them easier.
I'd make a set tham looks like this probably....
http://community.webshots.com/s/image8/8/50/58/115985058VTxaoj_ph.jpg

And since I'm eternally photo posting challenged, I'd also provide a link to the album....

C-ROK Quarter Guards (http://community.webshots.com/photo/115984937/115985058VTxaoj)

[jjvande]

do you sell them C-rok?

ooo the competition

:phone:
-J

[CRASH]

These are mine. 12GA plate bent up to shape, an 1/8" top, and a couple of 1/8" brackets welded on...
http://www.fototime.com/{E876B6B3-042D-4E23-80A0-5EABB355EDB4}/picture.JPG
http://www.fototime.com/{B64C4529-38F7-40DB-ADBF-66A38F726A2A}/picture.JPG
...they've held up well so far.

Jes

URF sanctioned and west coast approved.....they're even on Princess II!

Jes, remember the days of the buggy project moving steadily along? :(

CRASH

[Jes]

Oh My God, Jes, what have you done?????

LOL, kinda where the whole "How much shipped to 94110?" joke got started. :D
To tell you the truth, I don't think they'd be a very marketable item, there's too many variables. The only way I could see selling them is in blank form, in the raw. The installer would cut out for the lights they were going to use, for the flares(or lack there of) that they were running, paint them, and decide on how to mount them.
I did make a set for a friend's four door...
http://www.fototime.com/{63FA7F3E-1531-4D9F-8F5E-A1CDED695FE0}/picture.JPG

Jes

[Jes]

URF sanctioned and west coast approved.....they're even on Princess II!

Jes, remember the days of the buggy project moving steadily along? :(

CRASH
Hehe, I posted just as you did.
We gotta finnish PrincessII, then you gotta dump the 4.3 for a 7M and the buggie project will come alive! ;)


Jes

[CRASH]

Hehe, I posted just as you did.
We gotta finnish PrincessII, then you gotta dump the 4.3 for a 7M and the buggie project will come alive! ;)


Jes

Speaking of which, Ken's car is alive.

I mean REALLY alive.

It's over 400 hp now without a doubt. 60 trim Garrett wheel, Lexus 550 cc/min injectors, Lex Air/fuel meter, etc.

Launching it's the hard part, 1st is smokey, spun the tires through second, and spun again halfway through third. Bigger tires are now being budgeted. :)

7m's rule, it would rock to have one in the buggy. I got offered one that's in good shape for next to nothing, but hooking it to my driveline would be a biatch, as would wiring. Just the sight of that POS Chevy 4.3 makes me want to puke. WTF was I thinking????

CRASH

[FarmerMatt]

Come on man... 4.3's are cool. Stroke it & start playing.

My corners are really similar to Jes's. He's the Mack Daddy Margarita Maestro.

Matt

[Christopher]

Hey Jes, where did you get your taillights? I've found similar brake lights but not the backup lights??

[Jes]

I got the lights at a local trucking place but you can get them on line at buytruckstuff.com. The reverse indicators are Truck-Lite model#30s as suggested by Farmerboy.

Jes

[dennisuello]

Jes, what did you use to bend the metal? I want to do something similar. Is it flat or slightly curved to match the XJ body?

[Jes]

I had a local sheet metal fab shop do the bends. Where the lights are it's flat but as it goes forward it curves with the body.

Jes

[Jeff 98XJ WI]

So how did you (or they) get the body angle on that piece AND get it to curve as it extends along the body? What thickness is the piece on PrincessII? Thanks, Jeff

[Jes]

So how did you (or they) get the body angle on that piece AND get it to curve as it extends along the body? What thickness is the piece on PrincessII? Thanks, Jeff

I simply had the sheet metal place bend it to my specs. It's 12GA so as I bolted it down it conformed to the flanks of my XJ.
12GA is what I used for PrincessII as well.

Jes