Exo progress coming along

Kejtar said:

Looking good, but I've got a question. In the back, why did you come up so early instead of protecting the hatch all the way out??

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Fullsizexj said:

With the halo on the roof, I could not go back any further and still be able to open the hatch all the way, so with the d pillars I had to connect them where the are at and not get in the way of the hatch either besides the point of the exo is to protect the non replaceable body, The hatch is a bolt on replaceable item so I am not as concerned with it

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Kejtar said:

That makes sense. Although.... I was thinking if you extended the sides further back (more of a curved hoop) could you have made a "gate" to reinforce it sideways?

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Fullsizexj said:

Got a bunch of it done this weekend

Still have to make the rear swing gate for it, I plan to make it so that I can put a removeable rack on it so when I do overnight runs and such I can put an ice chest on it or jerrycans

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ashmanjeepxj said:

your D-pilliar doesent flow well with the lines of the cage.. I cant picture this Swing gate your gonna add that may help.

This exo picture is very similar to yours but he added an extra tube to protect the hatch. Yes the hatch is easily replaceable, but It looks better with the lines of the cage, and it would distribute force on the D-pillar away from that 90 degree bend you have going to the rear bumper...


just and idea.

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korda said:

I like the way the D Pillar looks. Makes the rear look like a part of the whole instead of just a ladder up the side like most that just put the horizontals between verticals.

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Fenris said:

Nice work, what size tube are you using?

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