jscherb
Expedition Leader
Today I'll be mounting a tailgate in the tailgate panel. I'm planning to go with a CJ-style drop-down, I'll probably use this aftermarket fiberglass logo-free one:
Here are a few other options...
A factory CJ tailgate with logo:
A Dinoot smooth tailgate, set up as a drop-down:
The Dinoot smooth tailgate above is set up with inside latches, but most Dinoot tailgates would be set up with outside latches/locks as shown in the one below, set up as a side-swing:
In both cases, the Dinoot smooth tailgate shown above uses CJ-style tailgate hinges.
A Jeep Wrangler factory tailgate:
The hinges shown on the Wrangler tailgate above are aftermarket ones, but I've also shown a YJ hinge for comparison because the TJ Wrangler tailgate hinges are pretty wide. An an angle bracket would be necessary (shown on the 4' M48 version of the tub, which back when I did this drawing I was calling the Mini-M416) for the tub side of the lower hinge :
The Wrangler tailgate is fairly heavy, and when open has a lot of leverage, so if one were to use that it might be a good idea to add some extra reinforcement to the tailgate panel.
Here are a few other options...
A factory CJ tailgate with logo:
A Dinoot smooth tailgate, set up as a drop-down:
The Dinoot smooth tailgate above is set up with inside latches, but most Dinoot tailgates would be set up with outside latches/locks as shown in the one below, set up as a side-swing:
In both cases, the Dinoot smooth tailgate shown above uses CJ-style tailgate hinges.
A Jeep Wrangler factory tailgate:
The hinges shown on the Wrangler tailgate above are aftermarket ones, but I've also shown a YJ hinge for comparison because the TJ Wrangler tailgate hinges are pretty wide. An an angle bracket would be necessary (shown on the 4' M48 version of the tub, which back when I did this drawing I was calling the Mini-M416) for the tub side of the lower hinge :
The Wrangler tailgate is fairly heavy, and when open has a lot of leverage, so if one were to use that it might be a good idea to add some extra reinforcement to the tailgate panel.