I'm not sure which one I'm more envious of... your LJ or your garage.
Truly an awesome garage!
Truly an awesome garage!
High travel, high clearance & high octane, a streetable adventure LJ story
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If she didn't before, Mrs. Toximus must have a firm handshake after digging that trench!
I was confused about this... are you telling me she dug by hand (like with a shovel) over 200 feet of trench? If so, consider me impressed!
If she didn't before, Mrs. Toximus must have a firm handshake after digging that trench!
Haha! If you met her, you'd never expect that she dug nearly the entire thing by herself. That is, of course, until you shake her hand (jk).
I cant wait to have a shop like that someday. Awesome build for both projects!
True story. When the utility company came to lay in their new gas and electric lines they kept asking how we trenched because the tree roots were uncut. The look on their faces when my wife proudly said "I dug them with this shovel" was priceless. I offered several times to rent a power trencher but she wanted to save our trees (which I do love the trees too)!
Wow... that's back breaking labor. How long did it take her? She had to have been exhausted as hell every night after that.
You couldn't have gotten me to do that without a power trencher!
About 2 weeks. I promised to take her out for ice cream each night which I think helped motivate her.
She's reading all of the comments right now and stated "I even broke a shovel too!"
If it makes you feel any better, while it was sitting outside I had a friend offer to take my LJ off my hands for "the price of $200 since it only has 2 wheels". I think that included all disposal fees too. Oh, and that means I had to pay him that $200. I told him that it would fetch more on Craigslist since it ran great when parked.
Too funny! I honestly don't think my wife would ever, in a million years do anything like that. Clearly she REALLY wanted to save those trees. But in her defense, I would have liked the trees as well.
This is a catch up post from a 30 hour weekend I worked on the Jeep pre-garage project:
I pretty much need flares where I live. The trails are always soft and mud will easily fly from the rear wheels onto the windshield. I purchased Genright 4" rear flares (not highline version) which will match the front fenders. Since I am also using Savvy's rub rail I had to cut a notch into the fender flares to key around the rail. Positioned any lower and my tires will hit the flares.
With a few bolts I am able to remove them if needed for trails where they might get snagged such as canyons.
By rounding the corner cuts I was able to keep the parts looking like they belong together.
I had to cut off the upper mounting tabs when cutting the notch. At the very end of my build I will bring them to a local welder to weld aluminum tabs back on along with any other aluminum welding that I need done.
I pretty much need flares where I live. The trails are always soft and mud will easily fly from the rear wheels onto the windshield. I purchased Genright 4" rear flares (not highline version) which will match the front fenders. Since I am also using Savvy's rub rail I had to cut a notch into the fender flares to key around the rail. Positioned any lower and my tires will hit the flares.
With a few bolts I am able to remove them if needed for trails where they might get snagged such as canyons.
By rounding the corner cuts I was able to keep the parts looking like they belong together.
I had to cut off the upper mounting tabs when cutting the notch. At the very end of my build I will bring them to a local welder to weld aluminum tabs back on along with any other aluminum welding that I need done.
This is a catch up post from a 30 hour weekend I worked on the Jeep pre-garage project:
I previously opened up the wheel arches just enough to fit the 37" tire bare-minimum. Now that I have these minimums set I opened it up about 1" more on each side. To get the left and right arches to match perfectly I cut one corner guard exactly how I wanted it, lined up the other corner guard and scribed a line onto it. I used a jig saw with an aluminum blade for the rough cut and a flap wheel to get the arch smooth.
I added a couple more countersunk bolts on the corner guards now that I have them cut how I want. They are 82 degrees. I found this cobalt bit from Keo (53514) in the drill press left perfectly smooth holes for a decent price: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00948QN4Q/?tag=wranglerorg-20
I previously opened up the wheel arches just enough to fit the 37" tire bare-minimum. Now that I have these minimums set I opened it up about 1" more on each side. To get the left and right arches to match perfectly I cut one corner guard exactly how I wanted it, lined up the other corner guard and scribed a line onto it. I used a jig saw with an aluminum blade for the rough cut and a flap wheel to get the arch smooth.
I added a couple more countersunk bolts on the corner guards now that I have them cut how I want. They are 82 degrees. I found this cobalt bit from Keo (53514) in the drill press left perfectly smooth holes for a decent price: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00948QN4Q/?tag=wranglerorg-20
That looks as good as factory! Job well done.
Are you going to paint that armor, or leave it bare aluminum? I assume the latter.
Would be cool though to see the body armor painted red to match, and that fender flare done in black. I've always thought it would be cool to see someone do that, but to this day, I don't think I have.
This is a catch up post from a 30 hour weekend I worked on the Jeep pre-garage project:
This is where a build can start to drag on by working on a bunch of small things. By opening up the rear wheel arches I knowingly opened a can of worms by removing the body supports and spot welds in those areas.
For the rear I was able to drill and do new spot welds:
For the front of the arch I created a new removable piece and spot welded them in place. I then applied body adhesive over top to prevent rust from forming between the layers.
(At the same time I also added in a few extra tabs which will be used later for attaching an inner-fender liner.)
This is where a build can start to drag on by working on a bunch of small things. By opening up the rear wheel arches I knowingly opened a can of worms by removing the body supports and spot welds in those areas.
For the rear I was able to drill and do new spot welds:
For the front of the arch I created a new removable piece and spot welded them in place. I then applied body adhesive over top to prevent rust from forming between the layers.
(At the same time I also added in a few extra tabs which will be used later for attaching an inner-fender liner.)
I will be leaving it bare for now. Once I am done the plan is to make a trip across the country to CA and I will drop everything off at the same shop that did this Jeep to have powdercoat primer and red applied. I will probably also do the flares in red for a classic CJ2A styling.
As long as it's sandblasted before painting there won't be any consequences to exposing it to the elements.
That’s going to look great! Nice to see someone powder coating the aluminum armor for once.
I'm sure it won't stay nice for long (translation: it will probably be scratched a few days after painting), but I've come to accept that.
Honest wear, tear, and repair is not a bad thing. It tells a story.
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