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"Will This Work"
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as if this truck wasnt cool enough... geesh LOL
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Here are some photo's of the exo cage. For those of you that were at the last Truckhaven run, you have already seen them. Yes, the whole cage from front to rear unbolt's.
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I can't remember, and can't really see from the pics, how is the B pillar done? Will the door be notched?
I can't remember, and can't really see from the pics, how is the B pillar done? Will the door be notched?
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The B pillar is kind of in and out. Both doors are notched a little for the bar that you see to come out and up to the halo on the roof.
Since the truck is public now, I'll show these pics.
Since the truck is public now, I'll show these pics.
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looks just like thos YJ bodies all tubed up in the rear. this will def. be wher ol' dora ends up
just sick
EDIT: saw page 3. this build is pretty much the envy of most serious explorer modders. i am subscribed and hope you hav time to update us!
keep pushin the limit bro.
-dora
just sick
EDIT: saw page 3. this build is pretty much the envy of most serious explorer modders. i am subscribed and hope you hav time to update us!
keep pushin the limit bro.
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Good lordy that's the most insane tubing job I've seen yet..... Paul are you planning on rolling that thing off of the Top of the World ledge?
Absolutely great job, BTW
I am a little curious; have you figured out about how much that cage weighs?
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do I spy cutting board material at the back of that upper support for the links???
trying to figure out what would be rubbing up there???
Looks amazing, of course!
trying to figure out what would be rubbing up there???
Looks amazing, of course!
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That's baby making material right there. Absolutely amazing, definitely love the shock hoops and support bars. I was trying to explain to my guy how to get it like that and I couldn't vizualize it in a way that made sense in words....these pictures do just that. I would love to eliminate the bar that runs parallel of my rear axle in the center of my cage.
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That is unbelievable! Awesome work!
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It's for the fuel cell that will be in the "spare tire" area.
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Absolutely great job, BTW
Gerald, we will figure out the weight this weekend. Winter did have a number awhile back, but just for the cage and not the inside tubing, so he will figure both. I think you will be surprise that it's not as heavy as you think. The tubeing is all chromoly (sp)?
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I am a little curious; have you figured out about how much that cage weighs?[/QUOTE] from Gerald.
We sat down and figured out about how much the cageing weight's, and here what we came up with. We have two different size tubing with two different size wall thicknest. The first size was 1 1/2" with .120 & .095 then the second size is 1 3/4" with .120 & .095, this is all chromoly metal. Just the top roof part of the cage (not including the side pieces) weight's 78 lbs. When you add on the side pieces (the metal bar's coming up from the door's and sides) the total weight of the eco cage is 113.3 lbs.
Then we add up the internal metal work (like the shock hoop's etc.) and that weight was 106.4 lbs. So the total of both eco and internal weight is 219.70 lbs.
We will be adding some accessory like a kayak rack, roof rack etc. to the upper roof cage when we need to use them.
We sat down and figured out about how much the cageing weight's, and here what we came up with. We have two different size tubing with two different size wall thicknest. The first size was 1 1/2" with .120 & .095 then the second size is 1 3/4" with .120 & .095, this is all chromoly metal. Just the top roof part of the cage (not including the side pieces) weight's 78 lbs. When you add on the side pieces (the metal bar's coming up from the door's and sides) the total weight of the eco cage is 113.3 lbs.
Then we add up the internal metal work (like the shock hoop's etc.) and that weight was 106.4 lbs. So the total of both eco and internal weight is 219.70 lbs.
We will be adding some accessory like a kayak rack, roof rack etc. to the upper roof cage when we need to use them.
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Here are some update teaser picture's of what the front end might look like in the rock crawling mode. The hood & grille will be taper in a little more then what is showing right now. Can you guess where though's head lite's came off of? Stic-o & Froader you already know, so let someone else figure it out.
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Right on! We wanted an aggressive look and one that would give us our taber angle and the Prowler lite's do the trick. They will be angle more then what the picture show's and we will not be using the Explorer grille, but are thinking on using the 2003 Ranger Edge grille instead. You will not see the Prowler lite's when it's in the street legal mode. They will be hidden under fiberglass that will act as the wheel weld. The stock Ranger lite's will probably be used for the street look. Then when you hit the trail's, the fiberglass will come off and you have a rock crawler machine.
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