Mnkyboys 89 Comanche project

[mnkyboy]

The new wheels are much nicer, I wish I had bought a 5th wheel for the spare.

 

 

[Jesse J]

doesn't really matter all that much if they match

[mnkyboy]

Didn't get to tinker on the MJ much this weekend, but I did get the spare strapped down.

[MiNi Beast]

On 4/14/2021 at 8:56 PM, Jesse J said:

doesn't really matter all that much if they match

oh how you will learn in time that it does matter. 

[Jesse J]

1 hour ago, MiNi Beast said:

oh how you will learn in time that it does matter. 

key word all that much. 

[mnkyboy]

Looks like I've got some work to do.

[MiNi Beast]

Nice.  I want one now.. 

[89eliminator]

you gonna add tube to that?

[mnkyboy]

1 hour ago, 89eliminator said:

you gonna add tube to that?

For now I need to add at least a harness bar, once the new seats are in I will see what I can do to beef up the rear hoop,eventually I want to beef it all up a bit and add an external halo over the cab.

 

It's a good start.

[mnkyboy]

More stuff trickled in, not sure how much I'm going to like the harnesses but I will give them a try.

 

Last night i ordered up some more tube for the seat belt bar and to X the back of the cage,I also got some gussets to add in places, the cage should be pretty sturdy.

 

Now I need my order from Corbeau to show up so I can figure out the placement of the X and seat belt bar.

[mnkyboy]

Took a month but the seats have arrived, now I can finish up the roll cage.

[19comanche86]

Took a month but the seats have arrived, now I can finish up the roll cage.

These are the seats I have been thinking for my truck. Have you put them in yet just to see how the fitment is? Are you using the stock MJ brackets or did you get the corbeau brackets?


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[mnkyboy]

I haven't had a chance to mess with them yet, I had to make rails for my Dakota seats so for now the plan is to try to rework them to fit the Corbeau seats.

I looked at their brackets, seems people complain that they sit pretty high, I want to keep the seats low if I can.

 

Hopefully soon I can toss them in the truck so I can finish the cage work.

[MiNi Beast]

 i miss my seats. 

[mnkyboy]

I modified the rails from the Dakota seats and moved them over to the new seats.

 

I think I'm going work on the transmission tunnel and see if I can get them to sit a little lower, otherwise they are pretty much were they are going to be.

[MiNi Beast]

......

[mnkyboy]

Not much to update, I pulled the truck out and cleaned up the garage a bit.

I also started cutting the tunnel, looks like I will be able to lower the seats by a few inches.

[MiNi Beast]

Hell that looks like a great access point to drop front driveshaft. To bad it no stay that way. 

[mnkyboy]

I originally made sections of the tunnel removable just for accessing the drive shaft,shifters, transfer cases,ect... it's pretty hard to get to that stuff from underneath due to the tummy tuck.

 

At this point I'm not sure if I'm going to modify the first tunnel I made or make a new one.

I think a custom tube center console would look pretty cool, so we will have to see what I do with it.

[MiNi Beast]

Thats a great idea though. You can tube out full tunnel and frame for seats and have access panels and fully custom switches and monitors. 

[mnkyboy]

Worked on the MJ a bit and got the seats bolted down, they are as low as I could get them, feels weird sitting so low in the truck after so many years with the old seats.

 

 

[Pete M]

they look comfy.   now that the height is settled, I assume the harness rear crossbar is next?

[mnkyboy]

That's the idea, once the harness bar is in I want to see about cross bracing the rear hoop, should make the cage a bit stronger.

 

 

[mnkyboy]

Finally tinkering on the MJ again, started working on a center console.

[MiNi Beast]

Are you done yet?