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Fun with plasma (and some welding, too)

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AzRick

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Step 1.......start cutting.......
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Step 2........add new cage supports.......
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Step 3........plate it........
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Step 4.....wheel it.....
Sorry, don't have any action shots. I did run Collateral Damage saturday night and was able to drive a waterfall that has denied me 5 or 6 times before. Raised and smooth sides are the shiznit! The new 104" wheelbase probably helped too.

I'm thinkin' giant Mastercraft Boat stickers on the new rockers would be cool :)

Rick
 
i love it, definetly gonna have to do that one day. how thick is that plate?
 
Jes said:
Nice.
Now go get a new right front tire. :D
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That right front tire has no more than 6 off-road miles on it. Cut it on Anaconda last week.

The two rears were brand new as well, and I cut those on the run Saturday night. I actually cut 4 tires on Upper Collateral Damage (a wicked 300 yards, especially when it's just you and a buddy at 3am). I ended up driving out on his flat spare that I cut right at the top of the trail.

Now all my tires look like that right front one.

Rick
 
Ramsey said:
i love it, definetly gonna have to do that one day. how thick is that plate?
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It's 3/16.

I did manage to dent the pass. side pretty good Sat night.

Rick
 
Okie Terry said:
Do you wish you went with 1/4"?
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I figure I shaved about 25 pounds per side doing this. 1/4" would have saved me nada.

I'm glad I went with 3/16".

Dented steel is cool.

Rick
 
Rick XTRM XJ said:
I figure I shaved about 25 pounds per side doing this. 1/4" would have saved me nada.

I'm glad I went with 3/16".

Dented steel is cool.

Rick
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did you consider plastics?

very cool mod, now it's up to someone (richard?) to figure out the boatsides and keep the doors.
 
3/16 holy sh!t. How heavy was that ? I went with 14 gauge. But I did run 5 supports to the frame.

Like you said. The boat sides is the BIGGEST improvement you can make. I made Backdoor and the fall at the top of wrecking ball after doing it. Always denied before.

P.S. you need some creepy crawlers( I know of a nice set for sale)
 
why wont doors work with this?
 
David Taylor said:
3/16 holy sh!t. How heavy was that ? I went with 14 gauge. But I did run 5 supports to the frame.

Like you said. The boat sides is the BIGGEST improvement you can make. I made Backdoor and the fall at the top of wrecking ball after doing it. Always denied before.

P.S. you need some creepy crawlers( I know of a nice set for sale)
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The plate was 39 pounds per side (11"x60"). My old rock sliders weighed at least 75 pounds each :shocked:

I have 5 supports as well, but there is a lot of space between the second and third ones. Thats where I bent it at.

Rick

PS.....PM'd ya
 
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