Biggoofy build thread 96 Jeep ZJ

[biggoofy]

Iron rock offroad they are awesome to deal with and really stand behind anything they sell.

 

[biggoofy]

i live in Burgaw not far from Jacksonville. i like how you trimmed yours up. Maybe if you have some free time you could help me out.

sounds like a plan man I would be more than willing to lend a hand and some knowledge

 

[biggoofy]

Well I have a wheeling trip this weekend so I finally decided to wire up my cb.

 

[bowtieman55]

Got any more (better) pics of the boat sides? Pics for underneath and such would be great. Thanks, and I really dig your GC.

 

[NickMaul]

Got any more (better) pics of the boat sides? Pics for underneath and such would be great. Thanks, and I really dig your GC.

I'm not really sure they can classify as boat sides. I am thinking of doing this type of slider work and have been told it is rocker panel replacement. every boat side I have seen are a bit more extreme.

 

[biggoofy]

it is a boat side im not entirely done yet but i went as high as i could with out cutting into the doors. I gained 3" under from the lowest point and will be plating the uniframe and I will also have to cut into the floors a tad for the 1x1 supports and I would consider using a 4x4 a rocker replacement due to not having to rework the A and C pillars like we had to and ill try and take some pics tomorrow for ya man

 

[bowtieman55]

where'd the 1/4 panel armor come from?

 

[biggoofy]

thats a custom piece that was made by a guy on JF.

 

[highrollintj]

does the person that owns that beige wrangler you were wheeling with go to nc state. i am pretty sure i have seen it sitting over on campus before

 

[biggoofy]

Im not to sure man his name is Marc

 

[shagy9888]

Hey greengrandsurf what axles are on your grand cherokee??

 

[GreenGrandsurf]

78 HP 44 and FF dana 60 rear, Big goofy, ill shoot you a PM and give you some info so we can get together some time.

 

[biggoofy]

Well I went wheeling today with LOJ and overall it was a great trip I think I may need a new trans mount but if thats all I broke I'll call it a good trip now for the pics well some of them haha

and now the fun pics and yes the driver walked away with only a scratch. that hill is much steeper than it looks and is very slick due to a recent rain he lost traction and got sideways and rolled once

me pulling plugs to check for oil prior to starting it up

 

[retroedaddy]

Ouch that thing got beat up.

 

[biggoofy]

the roll on vid
http://s680.photobucket.com/albums/...spot 1-8-11/?action=view&current=MOV07278.mp4

a view down the hill

Well I dont have a pic of my ZJ doing this but this gives you the idea and my longer wheelbase allowed me to get up it with little issue I had to pull this tj down and out with the zj

 

[biggoofy]

Ok well did some wrenching today found out that I bent my IRO skid brackets even further on this past trip so I went ahead and swapped in the new ones they had sent me for free IRO is a great company that truely stands behind their products

 

[GreenGrandsurf]

Damn i want to go there...you have got to take me

 

[biggoofy]

thats in fl man but we for sure need to wheel sometime

 

[family xj]

Looks like you had a great time. You gonna be in Jville next weekend?

 

[biggoofy]

ill be in raliegh doing my drivers side boat side why whats up man?

 

[family xj]

Just trying to do some wheeling this weekend down at Carolina Backwwods

 

[biggoofy]

Well Len and I got started on the drivers side of the boat side adventure tonight mainly just rough cuts gonna bust out the plasma in the AM and get to the harder areas then modify and reweld the A and C pillars

 

[biggoofy]

Well got a ton done today all the brackets are welded in and the 2x4 is mocked in need to mark it and cut it in the am then start on the 2x2 kickers.

 

[biggoofy]

Ok well after my break today I made a large amount of progress on the jeep. I have everything but a small out of sheet metal i had to pull back to weld in the brackets welded in then i have to make 2 end caps and phase 2 of this is done. I will be ordering the TNT stiffeners before I do the 1x1 tie ins and then skin the bottom to make these actual boat sides.

now for the pics
Drivers side all welded and ready to be burned in

my buddy Warren aka Wwildman on the forum

Burned in

test flex to look for deflection and to make sure they held lol

here is one of my welds not to bad I dont think seeing as before this project I had never welded before.

 

[biggoofy]

All done for this weekend and until I order some uniframe stiffeners so I can make the uniframe tie ins from the sliders and plate them in.