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Bumper Design Phase Next up, rear bumper design to include spare tire carrier and Jerry can rack. Can anyone reccomend a good place to buy Nato cans with metal lids and spouts? Also, anyone know of a good Jerry Can mount system that can be purchased and welded to a carrier? Thanks for checking...

Bumper Design Phase The final front bumper design seems to be very close to what I was looking for. I will have to take a plasma cutter to some sheet metal under the front bumper, but I am not too worried about it! This camera makes it look way wider than it is, kind of bothers me in pictures...

Bumper Design Phase This is where my project differs significantly from my old ZJ project. I had a 1993 with a straight across grill. This 98' grill dips down in the center, and throws a bit of a wrench in my design phase. I decided to just start making plates and see how it looked Here are...

Bumper Design Phase This is the "fun" part for me, it is where I get to be creative and make some mock up pieces to see how the bumper is going to look. Eventually I will use .188 cold roll mild steel to construct the bumper, so I found a material similar in thickness to use to represent the...

Bumper Design Phase The next step was to figure out how to attach the bumper to the uni-body. This is the part that I riddled with last time I did one of these. It just blows my mind to attach a winch bumper to a unitized chassis. A frame would offer a tremendous amount of confidence. In this...

After thinking about it, If you really wanted some legs, you could make your drawer a little shallower, then have some fold down legs attached to the bottom of it. After I posted I went out and leaned down on the end and it simply lifts the box up with all that leverage. I will have to get it...

I really am not concerned about the weight with these drawer slides. It feels super solid!! Granted, these drawer slides are not cheap, but it makes extra legs not necessary. Call Gabe at SoCal teardrops to get pricing, well worth the investment. They are rated at 500lbs. :)

Bumper Design Phase I made the decision to build our own bumpers. I looked all over the net, looking for the exact thing I was after, and simply didn't find it. I remember doing this last time around as well, though the ZJ was fresh to off-roading so there was very little available for it. Most...

They are very heavy duty, 500lb capacity from what I understand. I will never put that kind of weight on them, but i wanted slides that will be quiet, and hold up to off-road abuse I have been horse trading all of my life. Sometimes your skills can be traded for someone elses skills. It may...

I need to have my AC repaired. I did the same thing you did, and I must have done something wrong(maybe punctured it?), because it no longer holds the cold stuff. I just recharged the system, and it stayed cold for about 5 minutes :(

Storage Solution Cont. There is still a lot more to do to this kit to make it the way we want it, but we are at a stopping point so we can focus on some more aspects of this build. I did take a few minutes to mock it up in its intended location with a few components installed. Here are the...

Storage Solution Cont. The next step was to add the first drawer that is meant to work as a slide out table as well as storage for the 3 chairs, the roll top table and the stove drawer. Artistic Wood made quick work of this step... The back corner of the drawer had to be trimmed for the...

Storage Solution Cont. Now that all the parts are cut, the guys at Artistic Wood began the assembly process This process went fairly quickly. Having all the holes pre-drilled was very cool!! Its really cool to see the inner workings of a wood shop. They have some really neat tools on...

ya know, I dont know about that name, but she kinda gets around, I have seen her on forums everywhere! You have one of the most popular GCs especially through google searches. Nice rig man!

This is a cool build!

Storage Solution Cont. I turned up at Artistic Wood and C2S one weekend to see how my project was coming along. Lucky for me, they were just loading the Baltic Burch on the table and getting ready to cut the parts. This cnc wood cutting machine is awesome!! It vacuum sucks the material...

Storage Solution Cont. Technology is an amazing thing. Back when I had my last jeep, you either had to select something that was on the market, or take the long way to make something custom yourself or pay someone to make it for you. Granted, all of these high tech tools are not cheap, and you...

I have the standard double cardan drive shaft in the front. I hadn't considered changing the U-Joints. I think I will try that next, it probably needs to happen anyways! I am also preparing to change the axles at the moment, so I dont want to invest too much into these. Thanks for the offer, I...

Storage solution This was a big decision for me. In my eyes, this is one of the most iconic and differentiating aspects of an Overland/Expedition type vehicle as compared to a general 4x4 vehicle. I guess it doesn't have to be considered that; but for me it is and I am talking about the storage...

I worked out a trade deal. I am not sure of the value, he just said he needed some suspension work done, and some RC stuff, so I did that for him, and he did my Transmission for me. I did invest in a few hundred dollars worth of Amsoil Trans fluid, and it works perfect! Hell Ya I am like a kid...