The Venison TJ rebuild...

[carwash]

Quick turnaround TJ rebuild in the shop...

This 1999 TJ came to me after being wasted in the front by a deer. This deer had to be the size of a moose...

Front drivers corner was wasted, grill, fender, hood, cowl, door and rear passenger tub corner.

http://www.sigmamotorsports.com/ImageFolio4_files/gallery/Shop_Projects/Off_Road_Projects/Venison_TJ/venisonTJ_002.jpg

http://www.sigmamotorsports.com/ImageFolio4_files/gallery/Shop_Projects/Off_Road_Projects/Venison_TJ/venisonTJ_003.jpg

http://www.sigmamotorsports.com/ImageFolio4_files/gallery/Shop_Projects/Off_Road_Projects/Venison_TJ/venisonTJ_004.jpg

Plans were to remove the god awful 3" bodylift, rebuild the front end to a usable point, make tube fenders with flare, pull dents from cowl enough to mount hood and fender to it, do plated rear corners with 4" flare, etc...

I've never installed or removed a body lift where at least 25% of the bolts break off or the nutsert breaks free and spins....

http://www.sigmamotorsports.com/ImageFolio4_files/gallery/Shop_Projects/Off_Road_Projects/Venison_TJ/venisonTJ_008.jpg

http://www.sigmamotorsports.com/ImageFolio4_files/gallery/Shop_Projects/Off_Road_Projects/Venison_TJ/venisonTJ_009.jpg

[carwash]

Bodylift off and back to a square-ish usable front end... and then fender removal for the start of tubers...

http://www.sigmamotorsports.com/ImageFolio4_files/gallery/Shop_Projects/Off_Road_Projects/Venison_TJ/venisonTJ_011.jpg

http://www.sigmamotorsports.com/ImageFolio4_files/gallery/Shop_Projects/Off_Road_Projects/Venison_TJ/venisonTJ_012.jpg

http://www.sigmamotorsports.com/ImageFolio4_files/gallery/Shop_Projects/Off_Road_Projects/Venison_TJ/venisonTJ_013.jpg

http://www.sigmamotorsports.com/ImageFolio4_files/gallery/Shop_Projects/Off_Road_Projects/Venison_TJ/venisonTJ_016.jpg

When normal weld on studs wont hold to the 8# slide hammer, you weld some bolts to the body. That double wall TJ tub is damn hard to pull back out once you get a good crease in it...

http://www.sigmamotorsports.com/ImageFolio4_files/gallery/Shop_Projects/Off_Road_Projects/Venison_TJ/venisonTJ_014.jpg

http://www.sigmamotorsports.com/ImageFolio4_files/gallery/Shop_Projects/Off_Road_Projects/Venison_TJ/venisonTJ_015.jpg

[carwash]

Fenders framed and tubed. Plates from 1/8 and tube from 1.5x.120.

http://www.sigmamotorsports.com/ImageFolio4_files/gallery/Shop_Projects/Off_Road_Projects/Venison_TJ/venisonTJ_017.jpg

http://www.sigmamotorsports.com/ImageFolio4_files/gallery/Shop_Projects/Off_Road_Projects/Venison_TJ/venisonTJ_018.jpg

http://www.sigmamotorsports.com/ImageFolio4_files/gallery/Shop_Projects/Off_Road_Projects/Venison_TJ/venisonTJ_019.jpg

http://www.sigmamotorsports.com/ImageFolio4_files/gallery/Shop_Projects/Off_Road_Projects/Venison_TJ/venisonTJ_020.jpg

Plated, finish welded, painted, and installed.

http://www.sigmamotorsports.com/ImageFolio4_files/gallery/Shop_Projects/Off_Road_Projects/Venison_TJ/venisonTJ_022.jpg

http://www.sigmamotorsports.com/ImageFolio4_files/gallery/Shop_Projects/Off_Road_Projects/Venison_TJ/venisonTJ_025.jpg

http://www.sigmamotorsports.com/ImageFolio4_files/gallery/Shop_Projects/Off_Road_Projects/Venison_TJ/venisonTJ_028.jpg

http://www.sigmamotorsports.com/ImageFolio4_files/gallery/Shop_Projects/Off_Road_Projects/Venison_TJ/venisonTJ_033.jpg

http://www.sigmamotorsports.com/ImageFolio4_files/gallery/Shop_Projects/Off_Road_Projects/Venison_TJ/venisonTJ_034.jpg

[carwash]

Rear fenders and corners. 3/16 corners, fenders from 1/8 plate and 1.5x.120 again.

http://www.sigmamotorsports.com/ImageFolio4_files/gallery/Shop_Projects/Off_Road_Projects/Venison_TJ/venisonTJ_023.jpg

http://www.sigmamotorsports.com/ImageFolio4_files/gallery/Shop_Projects/Off_Road_Projects/Venison_TJ/venisonTJ_032.jpg

http://www.sigmamotorsports.com/ImageFolio4_files/gallery/Shop_Projects/Off_Road_Projects/Venison_TJ/venisonTJ_029.jpg

http://www.sigmamotorsports.com/ImageFolio4_files/gallery/Shop_Projects/Off_Road_Projects/Venison_TJ/venisonTJ_030.jpg

finish welded, painted... and done.

http://www.sigmamotorsports.com/ImageFolio4_files/gallery/Shop_Projects/Off_Road_Projects/Venison_TJ/venisonTJ_037.jpg

http://www.sigmamotorsports.com/ImageFolio4_files/gallery/Shop_Projects/Off_Road_Projects/Venison_TJ/venisonTJ_039.jpg

http://www.sigmamotorsports.com/ImageFolio4_files/gallery/Shop_Projects/Off_Road_Projects/Venison_TJ/venisonTJ_038.jpg

[jwend]

nice job!! you get that rear flare on the first shot? it was looking damn close! so shes done now the yeti!?!?

[began]

looks nice..way better than when i saw it with dear hair stuck in it. Nice work

[carwash]

Yeah, got the rear flare bend in the first shot, I was high on the hog all day long. It's pretty much done, yeah, waiting on hood latches, hood bumps, windshield washer nozzle, etc... It's the little things that drag a project out for an extra week, don't we know that Jason?

[gothodgie]

Those quarters look great Mike... Nice work
:beers:

[carwash]

thanks man!

[tjjeepjeep]

That looks great! Love the fenders...

[jwend]

i think the little **** on buck took a month...... it seamed that way

[carwash]

indeed it did... when you think yer done, yer barely half done.