MJ Prerunnerish 5.3L Swapperoooo

[ilovemybike]

Today we started on the bed corner, which was dented pretty badly and rotted as well. Nothing a flat piece of metal couldn't fix, once it was power hammered, planished and whatnot.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

What's this little toy over in the corner?

[ilovemybike]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We only had an hour, but I think we got quite a bit done. By we I mean Johnny, although I did cut the offending rusty corner off.

[knever3]

Awesome work you have some great tools at your disposal, that surely helps.

[codymanche]

The holes in the bottom of the bed are bad @$$ can't wait to see what's u got in store for the suspension

[ilovemybike]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A little more metal shaping. 8)

[Dirteatr717]

Thats a lot of work and its coming out awesome! Those are some nice clear pics :thumbsup: can't wait to see what you have in store suspension wise!

[ilovemybike]

Thats a lot of work and its coming out awesome! Those are some nice clear pics :thumbsup: can't wait to see what you have in store suspension wise!

 

 

Thanks man, I like to have some decent photos, but I get lazy every now and again and forget the big camera. Suspension should be fairly straightforward, with a few cool touches. I'm trying to get the bed painted this week. :cheers:

[ilovemybike]

 

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Cut a piece out of a keg and TIG'd the EGR hole up.

 

 

Sandblast the ol money pit door.

 

 

Exhaust has clearance!!

 

 

Stripping paint is not as cool as real stripping.

 

 

 

 

Bought some product, more stripping and paint prep first though.

[ilovemybike]

 

 

White!!

 

 

 

Dents and all.

 

 

Dimples FTW

 

 

 

 

Look at that... welder.

 

It's not mint, but it's white. :yay:

[Exxon Valdez Jeep]

Look at that... BEER POSTER!

[ComancheKid45]

:agree:

 

Coming along great man, Keep after it!

[ilovemybike]

Thanks guys, it's not perfect by any means, but with the v8 it won't be sitting still long enough to tell.

[ilovemybike]

Bed is back on the 'Manche

 

 

I'm thinking of starting on the cage next, but I'm not sure if it should go into the bed or not. I want as much useable bed space as possible, and my shock cage is going to take a good bit of that already.

[Dirteatr717]

That's a debate I'm having too :nuts: if it put in an interior cage space is already limited and I actually use the bed, any which way you do yours the truck will still be awesome :thumbsup:

[ilovemybike]

I'm trying to figure out exactly what I want, does anyone have pics of their cages?

[Exxon Valdez Jeep]

I'm going to do a roof halo with the a pillars going through the fenders, tieing into the cowl and door hinges. The B pillar, if I can, will be in the cab and going through the roof to the halo, if it doesnt fit behind the seats it'll be outside, don't really want to do that though. From the back of the roof it'll angle down sharply as possible to the shock hoop basically at the wheel wells. Nothing behind the wheel wells, that looks ghey as hell IMHO.

[ilovemybike]

I'm going to do a roof halo with the a pillars going through the fenders, tieing into the cowl and door hinges. The B pillar, if I can, will be in the cab and going through the roof to the halo, if it doesnt fit behind the seats it'll be outside, don't really want to do that though. From the back of the roof it'll angle down sharply as possible to the shock hoop basically at the wheel wells. Nothing behind the wheel wells, that looks ghey as hell IMHO.

 

 

I hate the cage going farther back than the wheel wells too, looks like a 4runner without a top or something. Blaaa. I like your shock cage, clean and simple. I'm thinking of copying this setup though.

 

[Exxon Valdez Jeep]

Thats a pimp setup for sure, but I gotta have tree sliders/rain gutter sliders and a back window.

[ilovemybike]

Thats a pimp setup for sure, but I gotta have tree sliders/rain gutter sliders and a back window.

 

I agree about the back window, I'm going to punch through the cab over the window. I should do gutter sliders too, the XJ has plenty of dents up there :eek:

[ilovemybike]

I've been heming and hawing over when to take my Cherokee apart so I can swap stuff over to the Comanche. It would help to have axles and suspension underneath it to mock everything up. Well..... I took the Cherokee out for a little romp today and flipped her onto her lid. I guess it's time.

 

 

 

The most comfortable roll ever. She just leaned over. I'll say this, harnesses are awesome, and the Comanche is going to have more cage. :poke:

[raviolli]

 

I'm lovin that RX7 :drool:

[ilovemybike]

Thanks man

 

 

 

 

Mini monster truck!!! :drive:

 

 

Swapped the rear axle over to the Comanche, left it sprung over for now, waiting to see how the front sits before I decide whether to leave it sprung over and take some leaves out or spring it under and use my lift shackles.

[ilovemybike]

 

 

Anyone need a boat anchor?

 

 

I love that grill.

 

 

Screw you brackets.

 

 

 

 

Getting somewhere.

[ilovemybike]

 

Yay hole sawing through unibody rails!

 

 

Welded in inserts for long arm brackets.

 

 

and I got tired of taking photos and put the damn thing together.

 

 

I like it.

 

 

It's looking about right, maybe lower it a bit.

 

 

The Cherokee had a Marilyn stencil on the hood that my friend and I did in college, I wanted to do something similar on the Comanche so he designed this

 

 

Of course it started a theme.

 

 

Gun gussets!

[Dirteatr717]

Lovin the hood and gun gussets! Trucks looking good dude keep up the good work!