The Venison TJ rebuild...

carwash · 05-04-2010, 09:58 PM

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.

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....

carwash · 05-04-2010, 10:00 PM

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

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...

carwash · 05-04-2010, 10:04 PM

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

Plated, finish welded, painted, and installed.

carwash · 05-04-2010, 10:07 PM

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

finish welded, painted... and done.

jwend · 05-04-2010, 10:10 PM

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

began · 05-04-2010, 10:13 PM

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

carwash · 05-04-2010, 10:20 PM

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 · 05-05-2010, 01:19 AM

Those quarters look great Mike... Nice work

carwash · 05-05-2010, 01:39 AM

thanks man!

tjjeepjeep · 05-05-2010, 09:09 AM

That looks great! Love the fenders...

jwend · 05-05-2010, 11:31 AM

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

carwash · 05-05-2010, 11:37 AM

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

05-04-2010, 09:58 PM	#1
carwash pimpin' IS easy Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Union, KY Posts: 3,344 Images: 605	The Venison TJ rebuild... 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. 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.... __________________

05-04-2010, 10:00 PM	#2
carwash pimpin' IS easy Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Union, KY Posts: 3,344 Images: 605	Bodylift off and back to a square-ish usable front end... and then fender removal for the start of tubers... 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... __________________

05-04-2010, 10:04 PM	#3
carwash pimpin' IS easy Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Union, KY Posts: 3,344 Images: 605	Fenders framed and tubed. Plates from 1/8 and tube from 1.5x.120. Plated, finish welded, painted, and installed. __________________

05-04-2010, 10:07 PM	#4
carwash pimpin' IS easy Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Union, KY Posts: 3,344 Images: 605	Rear fenders and corners. 3/16 corners, fenders from 1/8 plate and 1.5x.120 again. finish welded, painted... and done. __________________

05-04-2010, 10:10 PM	#5
jwend Did I offend you? Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Independence, ky Posts: 544	nice job!! you get that rear flare on the first shot? it was looking damn close! so shes done now the yeti!?!? __________________ Dont look @ me in that tone of voice or I WILL PUNCH YOU IN THE SHIRT! :mad:

05-04-2010, 10:13 PM	#6
began Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Springdale OH Posts: 149	looks nice..way better than when i saw it with dear hair stuck in it. Nice work

05-04-2010, 10:20 PM	#7
carwash pimpin' IS easy Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Union, KY Posts: 3,344 Images: 605	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? __________________

05-05-2010, 01:19 AM	#8
gothodgie Join Date: May 2009 Location: loveland Posts: 843 Images: 49	Those quarters look great Mike... Nice work __________________ chris hodges 96 fzj80 3x locked, 4"lift, 37s, homebrew sliders and bumpers,a work in progress 71 fj55, SOA, locked...The jungle bus... retired

05-05-2010, 01:39 AM	#9
carwash pimpin' IS easy Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Union, KY Posts: 3,344 Images: 605	thanks man! __________________

05-05-2010, 09:09 AM	#10
tjjeepjeep Just tired Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Hamilton, OH Posts: 2,213 Images: 2212	That looks great! Love the fenders... __________________ I want to be the reason you look down at your phone and smile........then walk into a pole.

05-05-2010, 11:31 AM	#11
jwend Did I offend you? Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Independence, ky Posts: 544	i think the little **** on buck took a month...... it seamed that way __________________ Dont look @ me in that tone of voice or I WILL PUNCH YOU IN THE SHIRT! :mad:

05-05-2010, 11:37 AM	#12
carwash pimpin' IS easy Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Union, KY Posts: 3,344 Images: 605	indeed it did... when you think yer done, yer barely half done. __________________