Project: Kraq-Rock (New Skins 3 link 1/2 done)

[Kraqa]

Well this is it. Buggy time!

i gutted the jeep today at work and drove it home. The first week or so will be plannign and laing out were its gonna be cut. This will be a projected 3 month build and hopefully wont go any longer. i will post pics tomorrow after i get them off my work cam.

[Kraqa]

oh and for all you bitches. there will be tons of lots spellin mistakes and gramatical errors. so fuck off.

[ELLLLLIOTTTTT]

i knew it was only a matter of time.... :shock:

this should be a good thread.

[Kraqa]

well the gutting has started. all the interior out . that i dont' need right now.

[ATL ZJ]

here we go

[BigDaveZJ]

sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet

[ELLLLLIOTTTTT]

since you're turning it into a buggy I'll take that rear bumper off ur hands. you take paypal??

[Kraqa]

your not eddy are you??? i already told him i would sell it to him.

[Kraqa]

OH MY GOD dave that avitar is the best thing i'v seen yet. you should win a prize...

[Kraqa]

well i though i would let you all know that i will be cleaning up the shop before i will be doing any cutting. but my goal for this weekend is to have the shop clean and the roof off of it. or at least the doors. i
l keep you all posted.

[ELLLLLIOTTTTT]

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[Kraqa]

well, today was the day!!!

here is the new ride.



and now the befor ans after pics.





no doors or rear lift gate



my new best friend







presto!!!













lots of room now for my inboard coils and trangulated shocks
i'm going to put the springs in side the frame rails.



these are the lines i would liek to make my cage. but the ideas are still flowin.






your input would be nice. i'm always down for other opinions.


except for "Damn groceries must be hard to get where you live."

[OverkillZJ]

I get goosebumps just looking at that.


I can't wait to cut mine up, haha

[MaineZJ]

more :twisted:
the 38's just look sweet, can't wait to see it more tubed and hacked

[nate]

Your are in BC? Where the fawk is the snow... grass is green? What the hell??

Nice house.. wish I made that kind of $$$.

[Kraqa]

BC does get much snow. maybe one snow fall a year. the mountains get tons tho. we just get ALOT of rain.

the house is my parents. it is nice.

and the 38's will be soon forgotten. with the 70 in the rear and a 60 in the plans for the frnt at least 42 will be in the plan.

as for the cage. it will be mostly 1-3/4" .120 wall ERW and i will be using sone squar tubing. for those of you who think i;m retarded for using squar. well i'm very confident that what i'm planning will do just fine. but cage ideas are welcom.

[msvance]

Do you plan on running a rear bench seat? if not, why not cut the "frame" off more towards the front and angle tube upwards toward where you currently have the top bars coming to? hopefully that makes sense. if you're not running a rear bench seat, i think you should have plenty of room for the fuel cell, tools and cooler even with doing it that way and you would have the best departure angle possible, plus i think the lines would look really good.

also, as far as inboarding the springs you will definitely loose a lot of lateral stability when doing so (more body roll). it will help with flex, but in my opinion, stability is the biggest priority, especially on 42's.

also, do you plan on keeping that portion of overhang on the roof. i think it would be interesting to see what you could pull off and still keep it. would definitely help keep the rain out a little better. run the tubes to where the overhang is then bend forward from there.

Just some of my thoughtsand comments. I'm really interested in seeing how this turns out.

keep having fun!!

[Kraqa]

i am 45* in the floor boards after the drivers doors right into the fram rails. I am not keepingthe rear bench. and i have some ideas on how to use that roof section. i left it long for a reason. today is my moms b-day so nothign more will be done till tonight or tomorrow..

[chadjans]

How thick are the frame rails at your cut? I plan on making a U hoop sliding into the frame rails and some reinforcement pieces on the end of the box frame rail. This is how Cody's is done and mine will be similar. Although I plan on tappering mine up to get it out of the rocks. I would have left your c pilar in place.

Study materials: http://www.imagestation.com/album/?id=4287144073


Chad

[Kraqa]

the frame rails are ~0.700 i measured then with a micrometer. neer the end of the frame byt there the bumer is they are super thin with no reinforcement. if you look at the pic of where my frame is cut right now DC runs a reinforcing plate by there the CA's are suposed to mount. mine will be similar to cody's rear but i'm doing it with 2x4x.125 HSS>









hope that helps.

[MaineZJ]

the frame rails are ~0.700

that's gotta be metric right?

[Kraqa]

sorry 0.070

[ELLLLLIOTTTTT]

I'm curious to see how you're gonna put square and round tubing together to make your cage. A friend of mine is working on a cage for his Taco and used both, I think its not a bad idea when its inside the cab. Outside may be another story.

[ALWJ]

Didn't you just finally get that thing in wheelable condition and now you're taking it out of commission again? You'd think you'd at least want to get a season in on the new setup. What made you decide to cut it up?

Oh and you going to run exo or internal on the front half?

[Kraqa]

hmm front will be exo.

i did just get it to wheel but the body got in the way of the tires and in order to stop that i had to run super long bump stops it would bottom out all the time off road and was terrible. i don't care what you do 38's on a grand will never work RIGHT with out extreme rear fender mods. and if i'm goin gthat far i'm going to buggy it. obviously as you'v seen.

plus i'm not a big fan on snow wheelin. and tyhats all i got right now the mountains are covered in it.