Jeep Project

My K5 front springs have too much flex and I was thinking of getting new ones.

Looks like a beast!! Great job so far, keep it up

thanks... it IS a beast.. that 350 LOVES that propane

slapped a coat of OD green/flat black on it... the hood will lay flat on the pipe once i put the supports in...

I spent Saturday addressing my flex issue.. I removed 2 leaves off each leaf spring pack.. This did the trick.. By softening up the suspension I can now stuff them 38's . I just need a better ramp to see how much flex I gained..
Now it's cage and stinger time

sweeeeeeeeet

Dude I can't believe that I haven't noticed this thread yet! That is kick @ss!!!!

Thanks y'all .. This thread did it's job of documentation and it ain't done yet.. I'm thinking of goin all the way.. Street legal and all ..
I like to look back to the beginning of it and look at it now and I'm still amazed..
Can't wait till she earns a name..

Get 'er street legal and drive her down to the place next trip!

Started me some "flatty" fenders today.. Almost got 1 side done and I should have em done and painted by Friday..I'll post pics of em when I finish..
Still gathering my pipe for the cage.. So far I figure I'll need about 60' or so..

Started the leg work to title it.. Lol.. I have a stack of papers to fill out.. It's gonna be titled a " home built jeep"

Finished my flatty fenders .. Complete with CJ hood latches

That is a fine lookin ride. How much help is the weenie dog?

thank ya..
as for my weiner dogs .... im gettin em trained up purdy good... i'll have one grinding and the other handing me tools.... but for some reason they cant seem to go grab me a beer outta the fridge... so i reckon they aint much help at all....

now there aint nothin left but cage,seatbelts and blinkers ... then shes ready for the street legalizing process oh yea and some new shocks.. guages...winch...front locker... a cb ... a radio... and some 12" subwoofers with a 100000 watt amp blastin some good ol metallica .. then shes ready to hit the trail...

I had southwest fabricators in junction build my cage.. I figured since my bending skills still consisted of more cussing than production I shouldn't try a cage yet... So after calling rockrash in Houston a dozen times with no response I let these guys tackle it.. They did a damn good job too.. It ain't done though .. Sliders and welding is all that's left on it.. Their price beat everything els I found .. They were gonna build AND powder coat it for under $1000.. When I said no to pc it was way cheaper... This cage follows all the lines I wanted exactly...

No triangulation dude???? The box is weak son, have them add some tubing to triangulate it a bit like this:









You got a hell of a deal on that though!

It's 2" .. I doubt it'll give much.. Hell I don't plan on taking it skydiving or rolling on the highway doing 85mph... It is exactly what i need For what I'm using it for .. Now that cage u posted I'll keep in mind for my rubicon.. Or if i ever build a top fuel dragster.. I'm just building a beater... Not rock racer...

D.J., It wouldn't take much to add some triangulation. Even if you did an "X" behind the front seats it would stiffen up the roll cage a lot.
I do know this is not your wheeling Jeep, but just saying....

So this is kind of your drive in / pick up the local senoritas rig! Gotcha, I thought you were going to beat on it.

Now it's time for blinkers & tail lights, seatbelts , and some gauges .. Then it's ready to be street legal !!
Can't wait till I can drive it to work and get that WTF look from people in town.. Lol

Oh and yes I'm gonna put some damn x's in the cage!! Lol,, there were 2 important things I said earlier... " it's not finished " and " it's just how I want it". Which in DJ talk means... They did what I wanted... NOW I will complete it how I see fit... I still need to find a spot for my 22" subwoofers so I can pick up all them señoritas at the nursing home!!!! I just think it's funny how people jump to conclusions... They did the stuff that needed to be BENT... Now I'm finishing it how I want.. It ain't gonna be no goofy lookin jungle gym but there will be more bracing! Because it'll be alot heavier once I put my rockwells underneath it...

DJ, you always come through on the entertainment value lol. I could hear you saying that as I read it hahahaha.

terrahawk wrote:

No triangulation dude???? The box is weak son, have them add some tubing to triangulate it a bit like this:









You got a hell of a deal on that though!

Badass cage i gotta say!

Swamprat wrote:

Now it's time for blinkers & tail lights, seatbelts , and some gauges .. Then it's ready to be street legal !!
Can't wait till I can drive it to work and get that WTF look from people in town.. Lol

Oh and yes I'm gonna put some damn x's in the cage!! Lol,, there were 2 important things I said earlier... " it's not finished " and " it's just how I want it". Which in DJ talk means... They did what I wanted... NOW I will complete it how I see fit... I still need to find a spot for my 22" subwoofers so I can pick up all them señoritas at the nursing home!!!! I just think it's funny how people jump to conclusions... They did the stuff that needed to be BENT... Now I'm finishing it how I want.. It ain't gonna be no goofy lookin jungle gym but there will be more bracing! Because it'll be alot heavier once I put my rockwells underneath it...

That thing is a monster man ! RockwellS????? have you already bought them! Thats gonna be badass

you need to camo that propane tank....

Got my seatbelts installed.. Pulled them outta the rear of my rubicon and fitted em in .. 1 step closer to the trail! And street legal!

Looks great! pm me so we can swap #s. We can discuss Willys pts. and drain some Lone Star Lights!

Also put a volt & temp gauge in.. I put a 10 degree cooler thermostat and my fan kicks on at 195 to benefit the propane.. She barely sees 200 even on a 100 degree day

She's trail ready.. I still have lots of work left.. Next thing will be shackle flipping the rear to remove them lift blocks.. But it works fine for now...



Just a few spot-checks to insure nothing stupid craps out on the trail and I should have it at Katemcy September 17th