Biggoofy's 96 ZJ build! ** HP44 and 9" swap **

[biggoofy]

best $70 bucks i have spent to date lol

[biggoofy]

well the new rear armor came in today its 1/8" and should work great if i ever need it

[biggoofy]

well i got to work on the rear armor today and got it almost all done still have 5 bolts to get to but i need to buy slightly longer ones for those 5 so it can wait till tomorrow. Overall I love these things they look great and should take a beating if i ever need them to!

[it usually runs fine]

Ballin

[it usually runs fine]

Never did get the two troy edwards stickers I bought. Saw yours thats why I say.

[biggoofy]

Thanks man! I had that made by a friend. I never got mine either!

[xj-to-zj]

hey, i really like those rear quarter pannel armor. I looked in JU but couldnt find them.... Do you have a link to where you got them, thanks man.

[JordanA]

Seriously, what is the point of these? I'm not bashing the product, I guess I just simply don't understand them.

I mean, if you get them to protect the sheet metal, but then drill 30 holes into the same piece that you were trying to protect, doesn't it defeat the purpose?

plus, if they aren't reinforced, I would think that while they may keep their shape under pressure, the metal surrounding them will more than likely deform to make up for the stress.

Am I wrong here?

[Jeeptech01]

I think it will spread the load out of small hits (trees and washouts) but if you really slam them shits gonna fold either way.

[it usually runs fine]

Seriously, what is the point of these? I'm not bashing the product, I guess I just simply don't understand them.

I mean, if you get them to protect the sheet metal, but then drill 30 holes into the same piece that you were trying to protect, doesn't it defeat the purpose?

plus, if they aren't reinforced, I would think that while they may keep their shape under pressure, the metal surrounding them will more than likely deform to make up for the stress.

Am I wrong here?

They totally make sense for protection especially when you do like I will and add a tube flare about 3" out to protect my window.

[UTChavok]

They totally make sense for protection especially when you do like I will and add a tube flare about 3" out to protect my window.

I would think this is one of the main reasons to run them, Id rather not have plexiglass windows myself.

[biggoofy]

i plan on adding a a tube fender from the rock rails to the rear bumper like Matt did with his front fenders so with that and the current protection i think ill be just fine now i just need sliders and a bumper!

I also plan to make some backing plates just havent had time to do so. I installed them so i would have the protection the currently offer but i will be making them stronger with the backing plates.

[biggoofy]

Well I went by a buddies house today and picked up the bezel Got it installed but I still need to go to the store and get some longer hardware for the filler neck but this will do till then looks 100x's better IMO


I know it only has 3 bolts on it i had to leave one on the filler neck to hold it up and in place so when i get my new hardware there will be 4 bolts on it

[blackzj52]

lookin good man. You going to paint those bolts at all?

[biggoofy]

They are just temporary. Im going to switch to allen hed or torx head so that it will have a round head and is less likely to be snapped off if i do drag on the panels. When i do that I might paint them black but idk yet.

[go4x4it]

Lookin good!! Keep it up!

[cowboy63b]

it looks like poo, lol

[biggoofy]

lol thanks guys.

[Jeeptech01]

Yea you are gonna need some pan head allen bolts. Looks good. Now go test them out

[biggoofy]

thanks man. I would prefer to never test them out though.

[biggoofy]

ok here a few pics that were requested by some people of the rear armor









o and my charcole canister is semi mounted now

[Kauzi Zj]

ok here a few pics that were requested by some people of the rear armor

Sorry my personal opinion...I don't see the point, and I think they look dumb, that being said, this is why there are so many different ways to build our Jeeps, everyone has different taste...

[cowboy63b]

Again more poo

[CrawlerReady]

Only thing I would change is use countersunk allen head bolts. Is that 1/8"? Looks pretty thin so I'm not sure the countersunk bolts would work well.

[biggoofy]

Sorry my personal opinion...I don't see the point, and I think they look dumb, that being said, this is why there are so many different ways to build our Jeeps, everyone has different taste...

To each his own my friend no offense take at all these are just the start I plan to expand on them and they will have backing plates to add much needed strength.