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I have been entertaining the idea of chopping the rear, as per many others... BUT... since it is a 99, with metal rear hatch... welding the hatch back to the body to enclose the cab.
I have been entertaining the idea of chopping the rear, as per many others... BUT... since it is a 99, with metal rear hatch... welding the hatch back to the body to enclose the cab.
My only suggestion would be to find a good rearend of a wrecked 99 and add a little length to the rear end past the wheel well, to give it almost a (Nissan Frontier)-ish/Regular Truck-ish look. The back end doesnt look like there is much/enough room in the bed for much more than that spare tire. But I've always loved the look of a chopped XJ.
...I like it, but I'd also extend the bed a bit...and I'd use the top part and rear upper corners of a comanche bed for your bedrails up top...that would also close in above the tail lights.
as for the rear hatch...well, I'd chop the back of a cab off of a comanche and weld that in there with a sliding rear window.
- to stop crunching the rear glass/tailgate on trees and rocks
- because the rear glass and tailgate were crunched
- because i wanted an open area to throw stuff
- because i wanted to do a MJ/XJ combination in a way I haven't seen done
I also had no interest at all in trying to close the passenger compartment up again. XJ cabs are small enough as it is.
I think I wanna do that to mine now! the things I would do different are:
2-door body
allow for the rear hatch to still come up.
put a tail gate on from an extra hatch
I just can't figure out what I'd tell the insurance company if anything ever happened--"I don't know. I guess it all just fell off." I'm only kind of kidding. Mine's almost paid off, and I've seriously considered this (mine's my D.D.). I simply can't wrap my brain around what I would think would be huge insurance hurdles.
