- Location
- Westminster, SoCal
OK.... while building the new XJ I am thinking what to do with rocker panel protection.
Option 1: cut out rocker panels and put square tubing in
Option 2: use my current rock rails and just move them up so they tuck in against the floorboards and rocker panel and cut and fold pinch seem where needed and bolt the rest to some metal rewelded between legs (my current rails have 4 legs on them).
Option 3: bolt the ORGS rails that I inherited with the jeep: they are brand new and they are one of the last sets made when ORGS mfg was still ORGS mfg.
1 sounds like a lot of work. I think I kind of like it but again a lot of work. 2 sounds very tempting as my rockrails HELD and it was just that the mounting against the frame rail loosened up (one bolt bent and one got slightly pulled in and frame rail squeezed). Option 3 I'm unsure of: I hear great things about ORGS mfg rails but only 2 legs to mount it? Has anyone experienced any movement or problems due to that with them???
Btw I will be putting 3x3 angle iron, probably 3/16" thick on the frame rail along the whole length to reinforce it and to protect it on the bottom and to use it as a mount for the rock rails (whichever option I end up going with).
Option 1: cut out rocker panels and put square tubing in
Option 2: use my current rock rails and just move them up so they tuck in against the floorboards and rocker panel and cut and fold pinch seem where needed and bolt the rest to some metal rewelded between legs (my current rails have 4 legs on them).
Option 3: bolt the ORGS rails that I inherited with the jeep: they are brand new and they are one of the last sets made when ORGS mfg was still ORGS mfg.
1 sounds like a lot of work. I think I kind of like it but again a lot of work. 2 sounds very tempting as my rockrails HELD and it was just that the mounting against the frame rail loosened up (one bolt bent and one got slightly pulled in and frame rail squeezed). Option 3 I'm unsure of: I hear great things about ORGS mfg rails but only 2 legs to mount it? Has anyone experienced any movement or problems due to that with them???
Btw I will be putting 3x3 angle iron, probably 3/16" thick on the frame rail along the whole length to reinforce it and to protect it on the bottom and to use it as a mount for the rock rails (whichever option I end up going with).