Gear's Baja JK Thread

[whitecon]

I like em except for the regular fog-up I seem to get when it rains. It dries quickly though. I'm looking into getting one of thoes Gobi racks and will eventually be moving them up there. If you don't mind me asking, who fabbed your rack? I havn't read your entire thread so you may have already mentioned it, forgive me if you have.

 

[Gear]

whitecon

If you don't mind me asking, who fabbed your rack? I havn't read your entire thread so you may have already mentioned it, forgive me if you have.

I believe the rack build starts on the bottom of page 4, but I will cut to the chase and say www.joehauler.com. Joe built the rack under my close supervision. He is located off of San Marcos Blvd. Price $1300.00 powdercoated.

 

[Gear]

Rear Tie Down Deck with Storage

Here is my latest project. I built a false floor with fender well storage. I wanted a secure tie down location for my Engel. Which will be located on the driver side. I hope to have this off to Line X next week. I will be picking up a VersaTie Track kit from MAC's Custom Tie Down to secure other items.

 

[HMR]

Nice work J. That looks GREAT!

 

[Willman]

Very cool Justin!

I have had the same tinkerings with my truck.....

Nice mod!

 

[Dave Bennett]

:Wow1:

Great work Justin!!!

 

[nwoods]

Looks really nice...but what about weight? Is that a concern?

 

[The Swiss]

Outstanding work, Justin. Let me know when you start accepting orders for your kit, I will immediately place an order.

 

[Gear]

Thanks everyone for the praise.

nwoods Looks really nice...but what about weight? Is that a concern?

Yes, weight is a concern. Here are some of my thoughts. I normally tow a trailer when I am loaded down for a trip. This keeps the Jeep fairly empty/light(did I just say that, OK probably BS). During day trips I want my fridge, recovery gear, etc to be secured properly in the back of the Jeep. So yes the weight is there but I feel for my application the safety of a secure load out weighs the weight of the wood. Oh and here is what it weighs at the present moment 25 lbs. for the floor and 9 lbs. for each side(fender well).


On a side note I picked up my Mac's Custom Tie down rails at the Off-Road Expo yesterday. So the project is getting closer to completion.

 

[Gear]

Line-X

Current photographs of the false floor and fender well storage. I am glad I went ahead with the Line-X. The finished product turned out Great!

False floor with SlideLock and Mac's Custom Tie Downs.

With the Engel removed. Six allen head bolts and the Slidelock can be removed from the top. I used T nuts under the plywood. The center tie down strip can be removed as well.

Fender well storage. Currently I am storing my 25' air hose and tire inflator.

 

[AZUnlimited]

Justin, Absolutely fantastic!!! How does the floor and sides secure to the rear of the Jeep?

 

[Scott Brady]

most impressive Justin.

We are having fun with the storage configuration on the Overland JK. Think 74L National Luna

 

[Gear]

AZUnlimited How does the floor and sides secure to the rear of the Jeep?

The front of the false floor mounts on both sides to existing rear seat brackets.

Here is a photograph of the test fit.

The rear of the false floor has a bolt on both sides going down into the stock jack storage area.

The sides are sandwiched together around the roll bar. The two lower bolts on the vertical fender are drilled thru the tube behind the tail lights.

The front of the fender well storage box is attached to an upside down L bracket that goes to the two drilled holes up by the wiring harness.

Thats it!

 

[Redline]

Nice and

Clean

 

[nwoods]

Justin, that's simply awesome. The Line-X makes it look like a molded poly formed insert. Looks great.

I have a suggestion for you, to make the storage cubby more useful, there is a company that makes a deeper tub that replaces the factory tray.
http://www.jeepswag.com/#Jeep_JK_Storage_Tub_Enlargement_Kit