new ride

gothodgie · 04-07-2013, 10:47 AM

Well after many nights spent laying on a creeper and sitting in the garage I have decided it is time to retire the 60... The frame rust is just more than i want to deal with... I'll be parting the 60 out and using anything i can on the new(to me) trail rig...

So the new trail rig is going to be a 96 fj80 that just kinda fell in my lap last week and i couldn't pass it up... I will need to come up with a name for her and there is a whole list of things i will be doing to her in hopefully the near future... This has also become the diesel swap truck now too...

lift... 4"-6" with a little body lift maybe...
tires... planning on 36/37 ish range...
gears...
bumpers/sliders/armor...
thinking of painting the roof white to help with the heat...
some interior upgrades too...

This is just a start because we all know that the list just keeps growing...

Hotwheels · 04-07-2013, 12:41 PM

Where's my bump for a great find?

93 Krawler · 04-07-2013, 05:11 PM

Looks good. Build quick, the trip in July is right around the corner.

Coppertop · 04-07-2013, 05:37 PM

Looks good ...

When you think it's going to be ready to wheel?

Nick

comanchedude · 04-07-2013, 07:59 PM

Nice. I like the color... Lets go wheeling

Hope Springs Hauler · 04-07-2013, 10:55 PM

We might need to talk.....;)

94Dodge Truggy · 04-08-2013, 09:45 AM

factory lockers? Looks like we need to wheel it!

gothodgie · 04-08-2013, 08:06 PM

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Originally Posted by 94Dodge Truggy

factory lockers? Looks like we need to wheel it!

we will...

gothodgie · 06-09-2013, 05:39 PM

I have had out on the trail twice now, and it has made it home on it's own both times...

I picked up some 35" pitbulls from Nick Kinzie... Thanks again brother...

After beating it up a little and dragging the exhaust all the time i finally got around to building some sliders for it, they are a little different design than what's out there, but still simple... I got them all fab'd up yesterday and got 1 side installed today before it decided to rain on me...

Next will be bumpers, just got to decide on which end to build first...

Hotwheels · 06-09-2013, 05:49 PM

I like it

93 Krawler · 06-09-2013, 06:12 PM

Nice. How did you get those tubes rolled like that?

yellowjacket · 06-09-2013, 06:17 PM

that looks awesome hodgie!

xj joey · 06-09-2013, 06:36 PM

I like them. Should help keep you off the trees.

gothodgie · 06-09-2013, 06:51 PM

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Originally Posted by 93 Krawler

Nice. How did you get those tubes rolled like that?

it was some scrap from work... we got all kinds of cool tools there...

I also have another piece of 2" tube that is radius'd into about a 4' circle... i got some ideas for that piece too...

gothodgie · 06-09-2013, 06:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Hotwheels

I like it

Quote:

Originally Posted by yellowjacket

that looks awesome hodgie!

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Originally Posted by xj joey

I like them. Should help keep you off the trees.

Thanks fellas... I thought they were gonna be to wide but i like how they turned out...

Coppertop · 06-09-2013, 09:38 PM

Nice job,I really like the tube rails.

Nick

timido · 06-09-2013, 09:45 PM

Great start. So the transfer case was ok?

gothodgie · 06-09-2013, 10:24 PM

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Originally Posted by timido

Great start. So the transfer case was ok?

i swapped it out the week after Haspin... the best can tell is i smoked the viscous coupler because my center diff lock was not working...

underpowered · 06-09-2013, 10:25 PM

the rolled tube is a very nice touch.

04-07-2013, 10:47 AM	#1
gothodgie Join Date: May 2009 Location: loveland Posts: 843 Images: 49	new ride Well after many nights spent laying on a creeper and sitting in the garage I have decided it is time to retire the 60... The frame rust is just more than i want to deal with... I'll be parting the 60 out and using anything i can on the new(to me) trail rig... So the new trail rig is going to be a 96 fj80 that just kinda fell in my lap last week and i couldn't pass it up... I will need to come up with a name for her and there is a whole list of things i will be doing to her in hopefully the near future... This has also become the diesel swap truck now too... lift... 4"-6" with a little body lift maybe... tires... planning on 36/37 ish range... gears... bumpers/sliders/armor... thinking of painting the roof white to help with the heat... some interior upgrades too... This is just a start because we all know that the list just keeps growing... Attached Thumbnails __________________ 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

04-07-2013, 05:37 PM	#4
Coppertop XJWHEELING Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Colerain Township Posts: 837	Looks good ...When you think it's going to be ready to wheel? Nick __________________ Just a 200 dollar cherokee that wouldn't start .. Ten years later same chrome grille ..

04-07-2013, 07:59 PM	#5
comanchedude COMANCHE NUT Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Ross Twp Posts: 166	Nice. I like the color... Lets go wheeling __________________ just don’t get stupid and stick a Chevy engine in your Jeep. Man I hate that

04-07-2013, 10:55 PM	#6
Hope Springs Hauler Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Hamilton, OH Posts: 431 Images: 16	We might need to talk.....;) __________________ 1988 Suzuki Samurai on propane FJ 40 axles (4.10) 5.14 tcase 36" TSL SX

04-08-2013, 09:45 AM	#7
94Dodge Truggy EX-Vice President Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Fairfield, Ohio Posts: 3,048	factory lockers? Looks like we need to wheel it! __________________

04-07-2013, 12:41 PM	#2
Hotwheels Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Maineville, Ohio Posts: 125	Where's my bump for a great find?

04-07-2013, 05:11 PM	#3
93 Krawler >>>PMC<<< - CORE Member - - Administrator - Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Ross, OH Posts: 2,069 Images: 1268	Looks good. Build quick, the trip in July is right around the corner.

06-09-2013, 05:39 PM	#9
gothodgie Join Date: May 2009 Location: loveland Posts: 843 Images: 49	I have had out on the trail twice now, and it has made it home on it's own both times... I picked up some 35" pitbulls from Nick Kinzie... Thanks again brother... After beating it up a little and dragging the exhaust all the time i finally got around to building some sliders for it, they are a little different design than what's out there, but still simple... I got them all fab'd up yesterday and got 1 side installed today before it decided to rain on me... Next will be bumpers, just got to decide on which end to build first... Attached Thumbnails __________________ 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

06-09-2013, 05:49 PM	#10
Hotwheels Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Maineville, Ohio Posts: 125	I like it

06-09-2013, 06:12 PM	#11
93 Krawler >>>PMC<<< - CORE Member - - Administrator - Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Ross, OH Posts: 2,069 Images: 1268	Nice. How did you get those tubes rolled like that?

06-09-2013, 06:17 PM	#12
yellowjacket barely breathing Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: alexandria, ky Posts: 889	that looks awesome hodgie! __________________ my next rig will be on the trail before zuk 2.0 will

06-09-2013, 06:36 PM	#13
xj joey Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Hebron, Kentucky Posts: 18	I like them. Should help keep you off the trees.

06-09-2013, 09:38 PM	#16
Coppertop XJWHEELING Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Colerain Township Posts: 837	Nice job,I really like the tube rails. Nick __________________ Just a 200 dollar cherokee that wouldn't start .. Ten years later same chrome grille ..

06-09-2013, 09:45 PM	#17
timido Student Driver Join Date: Oct 2011 Posts: 197	Great start. So the transfer case was ok?

06-09-2013, 10:25 PM	#19
underpowered They call me......Scuba Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Burlington, KY Posts: 292	the rolled tube is a very nice touch. __________________ beat up rusted out k5