Maximus Ram
Expedition Leader
Very nice job. You have got some skills, sir...:bowdown:
Stumptaco's has gone over to the darkside..XJ style.
- Thread starter StumpXJ
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Project510
Adventurer
Amazing work, great looking truck!
Maximus Ram
Expedition Leader
Stump, with the bumper having the hitch tube in it and the bumber itself being held on with only 8 bolts, have you thought about some way to tie it into the "frame" of the XJ, something like a regular hitch does ??
Maximus Ram
Expedition Leader
Ah yes, I see you tied it in using the the holes for a hitch...nice..:victory:
Black Dog
Makin' Beer.
That bumper mount is going to be a lot tougher than the "frame" of the XJ. My old '95 had a big thick heavy duty receiver hitch on it and some idiot kid went speeding down my street and rear ended it when it was parked in front of my house. His little Accord kind of pushed the back part of the hitch downward while it was moving the whole vehicle forward and took the nice straight frame and bent it up into a V pointing upward.
getlost4x4
Expedition Leader
looking good. i have some photos somewhere of the bumper i built for a guy who had an XJ. i'll have to post them for you.
StumpXJ
SE Expedition Society
This is a cross post from NAXJA.org, but figured I would update my build thread here as well. I have been unsure about where to mount my CO2 bottle for quite a while now, and it usually ends up being strapped down right before a trip. I wanted something a little more permanent, and stronger, so I needed to make a mount for it.
I have a lot of stuff in the rear of my Jeep, and all of the 'good' spots were already taken by my tool box, and my aux battery/compressor box cover.
Here is what I came up with so far, I should be able to finish it tomorrow.
All righty. I decided to just go ahead and build something and see what happens. I spent about 5 hour on it today, and should be able to finish it up tomorrow. I am happy with it thus far.
Lots o pics.
Started with some left over sheet metal. This is 16 guage.
Here is roughly where I want the bottle to go.
Drawing out the pieces. Again, just going off the hip here... no idea what it will look like at this point.
Cut out and smoothed out, and bent.
A little hand rolling, and a quick test fit.
Cut out the side pieces, drilled some speed holes (wish I had a dimple die set), tacked, welded, then smoothed back out.
Started on the lower lip for the bottom of the bottle. Hand rolled it, and muscled it into place.
Welded in a piece of tubing for a brace. I am leaving the top open for the coil hose to be stored in.
Couple pieces for the rear, using my redneck engineering sheet metal roller.
Started making the side support wings for the upper portion of the bottle.
I happened to have these studded rubber isolators laying around. I split one of them in half, and used them for bottle stabilizers/isolators.
Got a little fancy with some frenched in bolt holes.
I have a lot of stuff in the rear of my Jeep, and all of the 'good' spots were already taken by my tool box, and my aux battery/compressor box cover.
Here is what I came up with so far, I should be able to finish it tomorrow.
All righty. I decided to just go ahead and build something and see what happens. I spent about 5 hour on it today, and should be able to finish it up tomorrow. I am happy with it thus far.
Lots o pics.
Started with some left over sheet metal. This is 16 guage.
Here is roughly where I want the bottle to go.
Drawing out the pieces. Again, just going off the hip here... no idea what it will look like at this point.
Cut out and smoothed out, and bent.
A little hand rolling, and a quick test fit.
Cut out the side pieces, drilled some speed holes (wish I had a dimple die set), tacked, welded, then smoothed back out.
Started on the lower lip for the bottom of the bottle. Hand rolled it, and muscled it into place.
Welded in a piece of tubing for a brace. I am leaving the top open for the coil hose to be stored in.
Couple pieces for the rear, using my redneck engineering sheet metal roller.
Started making the side support wings for the upper portion of the bottle.
I happened to have these studded rubber isolators laying around. I split one of them in half, and used them for bottle stabilizers/isolators.
Got a little fancy with some frenched in bolt holes.
StumpXJ
SE Expedition Society
Welded the wings on...
Just a quick test fit in the Jeep. It will get three bolts through the floor, and 3 bolts throught the inner sheet metal on the side wall, right where the old seat belts used to come out.
And, finally for the day, test fitted the rubber isolators.
Will finish it up tomorrow.. still need to build a strap, and a few little odds and ends, paint it and bolt it down.
~ Stump
Just a quick test fit in the Jeep. It will get three bolts through the floor, and 3 bolts throught the inner sheet metal on the side wall, right where the old seat belts used to come out.
And, finally for the day, test fitted the rubber isolators.
Will finish it up tomorrow.. still need to build a strap, and a few little odds and ends, paint it and bolt it down.
~ Stump
