yj tummy tuck

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99ncxj

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anyone built thier own tummy tuck flat skid for a yj? i'm thinking of making it from 1/4" steel but wanted to get some ideas.
 
CYJKrawler made a really nice one out of 1/4" maybe he'll post up some pics for ya. It just bolted in the stock mounting holes I believe...its been a while since I've seen it.
 
I made mine out of 1/4" and braced it with some angle iron. I also used countersunk bolts.

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Same idea as Noah, a little more coverage. 1/4" with two 1 1/2" angle iron braces. Worked fine with minor interior trans hump modification. Plenty beefy, took punishment good.
 
thats exactly what i was planning on doing. thanks for the pics. now just need to find time to build it.
 
I'm a little more open underneath. I wanted some air flow for the exhaust.. I hang down about 1.5" in the middle part but tapper up on the sides.. I chose not to cut the floor and I let my drive line move around a little bit so i wanted some room for that..

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has anyone made one that bends up around the frame and atatches by bolting thru on the side of frame?
 
Mine is a piece of 1/4" plate that has a 1"x4" piece of rectangular tube across the center that attaches the tranny and t-case mount and serves as a support. I have never managed to bend up the ends. I built one for a guy a while back that was ridiculously overbuilt and extremely nice with about a 2" drop, but flush at the sides. I suppose he has been happy with it because I have never heard back from him.
 
greg slade said:
was it necessary to use a body lift for the flat belly?
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Greg, stop by the house sometime and look at mine, I just did my flatbelly with no body lift, I had to cut a good bit of floorboard out though. I am just gonna weld in new piece of metal for the floor to clear everything and do my seat mounts off the cage
 
Lee said:
Greg, stop by the house sometime and look at mine, I just did my flatbelly with no body lift, I had to cut a good bit of floorboard out though. I am just gonna weld in new piece of metal for the floor to clear everything and do my seat mounts off the cage
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thx Lee, i'll do that.

you forgot to change the chassis designation too in your sig. Isn't it a ZYCJ-8 now?
 
I didn't use a body lift either. I cut a good bit out of the floor to tuck in the dana 300. I probably raised up the floor about 3" or so under the left side of the seat. Modified the seat bracket and used a piece of flat bar to make the floor strong again.

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scroll up to my pic.. I have a 1" BL, with NO cutting, only a small quarter sized dimple for the one shift rail to full extend.

I made my own twin stick to come up in the existing hole. It took me a lot of time and planning to make it fit that way, but IMHO was very worth it.

Not sure if your ever over this way but it might be worth a trip to check out how i did it. Might give you some ideas..
 
dyer91 said:
i have a 1'' body lift, will i have to cut into the floorboard?
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Depends on your drivetrain. More than likely you will have to cut into the floorboard to achieve a completely flat skidplate.

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