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It's been sleeved twice before so I'll retube it later.
The tube is 2" x 3/8" and machined out on one end. I didn't have any replacement tube so I'll farm it out.
Wide Open Design LJ buggy build
- Thread starter Jody Treadway
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The tube is 2" x 3/8" and machined out on one end. I didn't have any replacement tube so I'll farm it out.
Shreddinlettuce
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Like Reba circa 1993
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Finally, I am understood
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Ohhh that hair!!!!
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Had a few hours to chew on the seats and driver's floor. Sheetmetal work is my absolute least favorite automotive thing to do. All I can say is thank goodness for seam sealer and Herculiner when the body guy gets it in a couple months.
Got the driver's OG Corbeau seat bolted up to the slider and the Corbeau mount. Had a seat and quickly realized my ogre sized ass only had 1/2" between my noggin and the cage.
Luckily, there's a ton of extra height on the mounting legs to trim.
I made a jig to keep the mounting holes square and cut off the legs.
All said and done, I was able to lower the seat about 3". Plenty of room for rollovers and flops.
Check out my precision measuring tool.
The area where the front inner driver's seat mounting bolt goes is in a scrap bin in Murfreesboro TN. I went ahead and drilled/tapped the other bolts to 7/16" vs the OEM 8mm x1.25.
Fabbed up a leg to attach the seat the (future) floor pan. I also started on the patch work to seal off the floor. It's not pretty, but it'll eventually be done. It is definitely a work in progress currently. Still need to make an access panel to service the shifter cables and allow removal of the Atlas
Self tappers are there to hold in place until I trim more and tack the rest in. A lot of what is screwed to the tub will be trimmed and removed.
I ran out of time and had to call it a day. But the driver's seat is all set and the passenger will bolt in with the higher height so my wife can see over the hood.
Got the driver's OG Corbeau seat bolted up to the slider and the Corbeau mount. Had a seat and quickly realized my ogre sized ass only had 1/2" between my noggin and the cage.
Luckily, there's a ton of extra height on the mounting legs to trim.
I made a jig to keep the mounting holes square and cut off the legs.
All said and done, I was able to lower the seat about 3". Plenty of room for rollovers and flops.
Check out my precision measuring tool.
The area where the front inner driver's seat mounting bolt goes is in a scrap bin in Murfreesboro TN. I went ahead and drilled/tapped the other bolts to 7/16" vs the OEM 8mm x1.25.
Fabbed up a leg to attach the seat the (future) floor pan. I also started on the patch work to seal off the floor. It's not pretty, but it'll eventually be done. It is definitely a work in progress currently. Still need to make an access panel to service the shifter cables and allow removal of the Atlas
Self tappers are there to hold in place until I trim more and tack the rest in. A lot of what is screwed to the tub will be trimmed and removed.
I ran out of time and had to call it a day. But the driver's seat is all set and the passenger will bolt in with the higher height so my wife can see over the hood.
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