Jeep Wrangler Forum banner

"Project Golden Sahara00"

57K views 322 replies 50 participants last post by  Rogerstj00 
#1 · (Edited by Moderator)
This is what Ive gotten done with the limited money at my disposal, and way wayyyy too much time ;)
 

Attachments

See less See more
5
#12 ·
Haha yes wheels and tires were good, I have 3 diff type of wheels on 2 size of tires :O from the guy before. picked up 5 31sx10.5s and the wheels for 300 c:

Haha, those pieces of the roll bar, need a special toll to remove that I dont have, its like a hollow tip torx bit or something :(

Id rather not die, but it is legal to ride with your windshield down if you wear eye protection and the proper tie on the hood/windshield, because its "factory" but I wouldnt push it with a cop hahaha.

Thanks for the compliments everyone :)

What do they look like?

Oh and she will be getting bedlined on the flares, rear fenders, grill, running boards, bezels, possibly bumpers, and a few other lil spots as soon as its warm, so itll look a lil different again ;)
 
#15 ·
Added 3 inch zone lift 1.25 inch bl 1 inch Mml. 33 in duratracs. D30 Aussie locker,engo 9k winch built a stinger and sliders and a rear bumper plus another old front bumper. Added cb. Bedlined interior. painted and fixed up a ton of stuff. Added diff skid and steering box skid. Hilift. New soft top. Fire extinguisher. Tool box. Sub and amp. Windshield kc hi lights. And more I am probably forgetting.
 

Attachments

#21 ·
Just ordered a Novak shiter cable
:rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl:

Anyway... On a more serious note. Looks good. :thumb: I can't wait to start welding up my own stuff. And once I get my fancy pants engineering auto cad skills down next semester I can start designing up stuff for the HSJT people. Mainly you, since you actually make stuff. It'd probably be nice to have a 3D version of some plans.
 
#18 · (Edited)
Oh I am so exciting to have a smoothly operating shifter for rausch creek.

The stinger did turn out nice, its light weight, protects the winch, and is pretty strong between the DOM and 1/2 inch plate in 3/16 brackets. I love frame width stuff too I can climb pretty much anything now so much easier.

Plans are to save up and do the TT, me and my friend are doing a custom gas tank tuck and custom skids for the belly. Then I will move on to outboard the shocks and highlining stock fenders. How long will it take? who knows...
 
#19 ·
Oh I am so exciting to have a smoothly operating shifter for rausch creek.

The stinger did turn out nice, its light weight, protects the winch, and is pretty strong between the DOM and 1/2 inch plate in 3/16 brackets. I love frame width stuff too I can climb pretty much anything now so much easier.

Plans are to save up and do the TT, me and my friend are doing a custom gas tank tuck and custom skids for the belly. Then I will move on to outboard the shocks and highlining stock fenders. How long will it take? who knows...
Trust me I know the part in bold my 350 and 700r4 swap was supposed to take two weeks.....that was a year ago.:rofl:
 
#22 ·
Zetsumei said:
:rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl:

Anyway... On a more serious note. Looks good. :thumb: I can't wait to start welding up my own stuff. And once I get my fancy pants engineering auto cad skills down next semester I can start designing up stuff for the HSJT people. Mainly you, since you actually make stuff. It'd probably be nice to have a 3D version of some plans.
:banghead: oh well. And heck yeah I am down for that. I'm excited for some bigger stuff for the jeep. You need to find someplace you can get stuff CNC cut at school and do some cool stuff with that. I need a job that pays better. I'm looking for a better one next summer.


yjkid95 said:
Trust me I know the part in bold my 350 and 700r4 swap was supposed to take two weeks.....that was a year ago.:rofl:
Yeah, I'm saying 2 years if I can save and be smart. For everything.
 
#23 ·
:banghead: oh well. And heck yeah I am down for that. I'm excited for some bigger stuff for the jeep. You need to find someplace you can get stuff CNC cut at school and do some cool stuff with that. I need a job that pays better. I'm looking for a better one next summer.

I do believe we have a CNC at UK down in the machine shop. And we have a CNC machine at my old high school, but I think it needs the right stuff to cut metal. It only cuts wood right now. Good thing though, is that engineering majors can use the machine shop. I might just have some fun down there.
 
#24 ·
Zetsumei said:
I do believe we have a CNC at UK down in the machine shop. And we have a CNC machine at my old high school, but I think it needs the right stuff to cut metal. It only cuts wood right now. Good thing though, is that engineering majors can use the machine shop. I might just have some fun down there.
Winning. You should design some gussets to use to weld up a bumper, you could make ones with little jeeps driving and use it to Reenforce a stinger to the bumper. I wish I had access to that kind of stuff. My buddy just got a job running a plasma table. Maybe he can get some stuff done.
 
#29 ·
Rear Bumper really isn't anything special, I will see what I can do in a bit. TT was in the works but I think I am going to armor up, outboard shocks and a few other little things for now. Money just isn't there for the stuff I want and I will be done working and starting school in a little over a month.
 
#30 ·
Engine and Gas Tank Skids

I want to weld up my own engine and gas tanks skids, the Gas tank Will be a pretty basic, and probably boxy because I don't have access to bending equiptment. Will mount using existing holes and cover the stock skid for now. After I my trip to Rausch when I get some down time I may raise it about an inch. Or heck I might do it if I get the time now. As far as the engine skid, they all look fairly basic as far as I can tell, I will make a cutout for the oil pan and bolt it up using the Motor mounts and the forward trans skid holes, and anything else I can find. Will add a small cutout for the driveshaft if I need to. I am going to meansure dimensions and then talk to my steel guy, I can get stuff dirt cheap from him. Everything will be 3/16s plate, I can get him to do some cuts if I know them ahead of time. The rest will be with an angle grinder or a saws all. I have 4 days off this week and 4 days off next week, plenty of time to get to work. So any suggestions to get me moving would be great. I am going to go measure now.
 
#31 ·
So I have the basic design for the engine skid down, going to keep my forward trans skid and run my engine skid from mid way on the trans skid up to the bend in the exhaust mani infront of oil pan. A support a up to the pass motor mount and a tab to the driver lca, and the rear will bolt into a few of the same bolts as the trans skid.

For now the gas tank skid is going to be made from a chopped and raised stock skid that is reenforced. Won't have time to work on this stuff for a few weeks though.
 
#32 ·
The front skid sounds cool, would like to see pics of that when you get it all designed out.

As far as the gas tank skid, if you shorten the skid to keep it up higher, you will need longer tank straps. If the tank sits up higher in the frame the straps will need to be lengthened to reach. If you decided to make a custom skid, watch the clearance on the rear end. A buddy of mine put an after market rear end cover/rock skid on his and it scraped the tank skid.
 
#33 ·
Should be pretty easy kind of ripping off skid row. I don't know when I'll get to it. And yeah it should be easy enough to shorten the straps. And yes the track bar and diff are close, I'm gona cut an reweld the tank slightly to the rear to give about 1/4 inch extra room or so. Gona get a stock skid from a junk yard to hack up so I have minimal down time.
 
This is an older thread, you may not receive a response, and could be reviving an old thread. Please consider creating a new thread.
Top