againstherwill
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Indianapolis
So after having so much fun Easter weekend cutting the fender of my 89 the cutting bug has hit me and hit me hard. Since my original dream wheeler was a FJ (I know sacrilege but go drive one they drive like sh*t no matter how many upgrades.
Anyway the Idea of top down wheeling hit me hard this last summer and after cutting my way to fender freedom I started thinking about top down wheeling with the XJ.
Here's my thoughts. Feel free to flame on these I want the Ideas. I want to remove the whole top, Keep the doors, Loose the liftgate and replace it with a MJ Tailgate. Then Get a Canback for a full length truck bed And modify it to fit the top and behind the c pillar. Keeping the appearence of the d pillar using the canback but allowing for the freedom to remove. And with the MJ tailgate I get a bed too!
How you say. My thought was to first sleeve the pseudo's and run new cross bracing or a flat belly between. Once the sleeves and belly were done I would then attach an interior cage to the sleeves and the floor (yes the floor with Large Mounting plates to spread out the weight and twisting); running new A, B, C, and Half D pillars. After the interior cage was installed (And for all of those mourning or spreading rumors about Bezil I would triagulate the whole thing) I would then attach the interior cage to the original a, b, c and half of the D. Lastly I would cut the top off and start working on the liftgate/tailgate switch.
What Do y'all think? Doable?
Anyway the Idea of top down wheeling hit me hard this last summer and after cutting my way to fender freedom I started thinking about top down wheeling with the XJ.
Here's my thoughts. Feel free to flame on these I want the Ideas. I want to remove the whole top, Keep the doors, Loose the liftgate and replace it with a MJ Tailgate. Then Get a Canback for a full length truck bed And modify it to fit the top and behind the c pillar. Keeping the appearence of the d pillar using the canback but allowing for the freedom to remove. And with the MJ tailgate I get a bed too!
How you say. My thought was to first sleeve the pseudo's and run new cross bracing or a flat belly between. Once the sleeves and belly were done I would then attach an interior cage to the sleeves and the floor (yes the floor with Large Mounting plates to spread out the weight and twisting); running new A, B, C, and Half D pillars. After the interior cage was installed (And for all of those mourning or spreading rumors about Bezil I would triagulate the whole thing) I would then attach the interior cage to the original a, b, c and half of the D. Lastly I would cut the top off and start working on the liftgate/tailgate switch.
What Do y'all think? Doable?