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This was my first yeah I had been. I’ll be curious to see how it changes next season. I’ll likely do the trail 2-3 times next year plus I want to do Fordyce and barret looks cool.
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Today I had some time and stripped the seats out and started in on the dash to get ready for the roll cage
I have PRP seats front and rear coming.
I’m also tempted to delete this second row heater
I have PRP seats front and rear coming.
I’m also tempted to delete this second row heater
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Friday before Christmas I decided to finish out stripping the interior by removing the dash. It was a pain and I didn’t go fast but it took maybe a couple hours. Then spent some time planning and deciding now to attack the cage.
Saturday before Christmas I spent the day making a paneling and filling in the sunroof location. Pulling the sunroof by myself was very interesting and I pretty much served a cushion for a falling run roof lol.
After that I picked up a small sheet of aluminum from my metal yard and cut it out counter sinking the holes. Used some silicone to seal it up and make it water tight. So far it’s held up great to some rain we had. I will probably pain the panel at some point but for now it matches the Radius fab stainless steel snorkel.
Saturday before Christmas I spent the day making a paneling and filling in the sunroof location. Pulling the sunroof by myself was very interesting and I pretty much served a cushion for a falling run roof lol.
After that I picked up a small sheet of aluminum from my metal yard and cut it out counter sinking the holes. Used some silicone to seal it up and make it water tight. So far it’s held up great to some rain we had. I will probably pain the panel at some point but for now it matches the Radius fab stainless steel snorkel.
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Today I spent the day working on the roll cage. I didn’t make it as far as I thought I would but I’m not to disappointed in my progress being new to tube work and bending my largest pieces to date. Didn’t even have to throw anything away! I started by cutting some holes in the floor where I wanted the ends to end up and marking where my bends would start and stop plus determining all the angles of bends. After a bit over a hour it was time to start bending.
Plan was to bend one continuous piece from the floor up the A pillar all the way behind the C Pilar and then back though the floor by the rear most body mount. The only thing I didn’t want to have to do was put a bend in the rear most kicker but I was running into body mounts and since I am going strait to the frame and no body sand which plates makes it a bit harder. Doing it this way made it so several bends needed to angle different ways sorta like the Apillar is wider at the base than the roof. I ended up getting the off plane bend wrong and bent a drivers side and not the passenger on my first piece. I made note of it so I did not repeat my mistake on the passenger side again.
I ended up needing to notch the driver side dash brace thing. I’ll reinforce it somehow but that’s another days problem.
Plan was to bend one continuous piece from the floor up the A pillar all the way behind the C Pilar and then back though the floor by the rear most body mount. The only thing I didn’t want to have to do was put a bend in the rear most kicker but I was running into body mounts and since I am going strait to the frame and no body sand which plates makes it a bit harder. Doing it this way made it so several bends needed to angle different ways sorta like the Apillar is wider at the base than the roof. I ended up getting the off plane bend wrong and bent a drivers side and not the passenger on my first piece. I made note of it so I did not repeat my mistake on the passenger side again.
I ended up needing to notch the driver side dash brace thing. I’ll reinforce it somehow but that’s another days problem.
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First tube took most of the day. Second one although not in the vehicle took a hour.
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yesterday I did more cage work. Figured out what I wanted to do with my B pillar and roof bar. Wasted one piece of tube for that then spent some time making the roof bar for the A pillar.
The B pillar I put a 7 degree backwards lean. Not ideal but it avoided a bend in order to keep my room up front and make the down tube not at the front of the passenger seats so people can actually get in. Since my kids are in car seats I will do some door bars back there which should support that slight lean to the B pillar.
The A pillar got a bit more work on the fit up compared to this.
The B pillar I put a 7 degree backwards lean. Not ideal but it avoided a bend in order to keep my room up front and make the down tube not at the front of the passenger seats so people can actually get in. Since my kids are in car seats I will do some door bars back there which should support that slight lean to the B pillar.
The A pillar got a bit more work on the fit up compared to this.
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Today I decided to spend a “short” amount of time working on the bar over the dash. Ended up being about 3 hours. This didn’t go well purely because I couldn’t get the tube notch right. I want the tube to come strait off the A pillar tubes. Still not confident Ill get it right with the next piece but i believe if I put the tube in my notcher and use the angle finder to rotate the tube so it matches the angles of the A pillar and put a 12 degree angle into tue tube notcher to account for the inward lean it should come out right. I tried doing the last one by hand it it’s not ideal.
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after posting about doing the A pillar roof bar I tackled the dash bar. That was a pain and the hardest pice I’ve done so far but after a few failed attempts I got one in. Tue I had to remake the roof bar I had finished.
Then I did the inverted V
And yesterday I gusseted all corners around the window and the front side of the B pillar and roof bars
Then I did the inverted V
And yesterday I gusseted all corners around the window and the front side of the B pillar and roof bars
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Well I’ve been making good progress on the roll cage. Finished up the back seat roof bars and the little bit of tube work going down into the cargo area plus I had a little helper to button it all up
Today I finished with all the welding for what’s been done so far. All the roof and the main right and left tubes running front to back. Once I start the X and C pillar tubes I won’t be able to lower the cage anymore or very little so I wanted to get everything on the top welded up. Welding cages suck and between the foam sound deadening and the pad sound deadening on the roof from factory there were several small fires today I had to deal with lol. Even with weld blankets that roof material is very flammable.
Next I’m going to run my new wiring looms I made this evening. These are to power rock lights that will be the interior lighting that will go to some new switches. Then I’ll start on the on the headliner. I won’t be able to lower the cage again once I start on the C pillars so once I get it in I’ll throw some thick plastic between the headliner and cage and then put the cage into place where it’ll stay. I hope this will keep the headliner safe while I build the rest of the cage out and do the simple die body tie ins.
Today I finished with all the welding for what’s been done so far. All the roof and the main right and left tubes running front to back. Once I start the X and C pillar tubes I won’t be able to lower the cage anymore or very little so I wanted to get everything on the top welded up. Welding cages suck and between the foam sound deadening and the pad sound deadening on the roof from factory there were several small fires today I had to deal with lol. Even with weld blankets that roof material is very flammable.
Next I’m going to run my new wiring looms I made this evening. These are to power rock lights that will be the interior lighting that will go to some new switches. Then I’ll start on the on the headliner. I won’t be able to lower the cage again once I start on the C pillars so once I get it in I’ll throw some thick plastic between the headliner and cage and then put the cage into place where it’ll stay. I hope this will keep the headliner safe while I build the rest of the cage out and do the simple die body tie ins.
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I finished up the custom headliner. Now this sheet of 4x8 foam nearly fits perfect in the 80. Just needed about an inch taken out of one side and a tiny bit off the length. This is .5” garage door insulation so it’s mold and moisture resistant it says and has a reflective foil back on the other side.
I did the little trimming needed and put a couple holes in it for the rock lights that’ll now be the dome lights. Then it was time to glue the headliner on. I seem different recommendations online but I landed between 3m super 90 and weldwood contact cement. I ended up going with the weld wood since I needed some for my dash project and that’s the only thing I would change about this now. Spray can would have been easier and it kinda ate the foam a bit.
I glued the headliner fabric on the foam then the following day I put contact cement on the foam where it would contact the body as well as the headliner material and where I would be placing that on the 80. After that I installed it.
The foam has such a good fit that without the adhesive it would stay up just fine but with it it won’t go anywhere plus the cage won’t ever let it move anyways. I’ll be wrapping all the internal plastic to either match the headliner or a black faux leather vinyl. This is definitely gonna be a boujee rock crawler.
I did the little trimming needed and put a couple holes in it for the rock lights that’ll now be the dome lights. Then it was time to glue the headliner on. I seem different recommendations online but I landed between 3m super 90 and weldwood contact cement. I ended up going with the weld wood since I needed some for my dash project and that’s the only thing I would change about this now. Spray can would have been easier and it kinda ate the foam a bit.
I glued the headliner fabric on the foam then the following day I put contact cement on the foam where it would contact the body as well as the headliner material and where I would be placing that on the 80. After that I installed it.
The foam has such a good fit that without the adhesive it would stay up just fine but with it it won’t go anywhere plus the cage won’t ever let it move anyways. I’ll be wrapping all the internal plastic to either match the headliner or a black faux leather vinyl. This is definitely gonna be a boujee rock crawler.
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i follow you on IG and now i found you on mud.
dope thread bruh
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Thanks man I appreciate it!
i follow you on IG and now i found you on mud.
dope thread bruh
We have a good group doing Rubi and Fordyce in Aug
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is this the one that Nick sent me on Facebook?
Nick O or Nick and Lisa ? either way Rubidyce 24 most likely yes
Aww Bozeman yes must be Nick O join us
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Great question man. Reason is pretty simple. The C pillar down bars goes strait into the frame so once those go in the frame is not moving again. Which I’m working on today. So I did the headliner and then put a sheet of thick plastic over it all before sliding the cage into place. I’ll also try and not damage it with the final welding. But that’s why basically.
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Awesome man! How many are going? I’m still working with a couple dudes who are wanting to go as well
