The HeavyMetal Project

[HeavyMetal]

100% BRAND NEW, used. thats the best kind.

theyre exploder parts? NOOO!!!

[Kyle]

LOL, D35 Zjs have exploder rear brake calipers and parts as well.

The wheel is brand new, air bag used. lol

[HeavyMetal]

they do? what teh fek

[Kyle]

Yea, AFAIK, the calipers are exploder.

[HeavyMetal]

so, i took HM to rausch this weekend, and took a Really hard hit on trail O, and seemed to have twisted my unibody up front pretty substantially, it free fell about a foot or so onto the very edge of my bumper on the passenger side.

pic proof


it drives fine still, took it home 4 hours vibe free just as i drove it down, tracks ok as well.

so i am wondering what everyone would do about something like this, just lookin for opinions i guess. my first thought is to tear down the front end and really start plating this bitch, replacing the front x-member with some nice box or plate as well as the wheel well plating and such...i imagine theres no real way to untwist this without spending beelions of dollars at a frame shop and all that nonsense

[Mike]

Newer nicer jeep, transfer all your parts over, have a nice new sick jeep.

[HeavyMetal]

Newer nicer jeep, transfer all your parts over, have a nice new sick jeep.

I dont feel like this warrants an entire jeep swap

not to mention a newer nicer jeep would be cash money and i just lost my job

[Buffalo Phil]

Holy fuck! I thought you just bend it up a little bit. That fucking blows chunks. Yeah, you could take it to a frame shop if you have the money, or you could just drop it off that cliff again and hit the other side and balance it out. lulz...

[HeavyMetal]

Holy fuck! I thought you just bend it up a little bit. That fucking blows chunks. Yeah, you could take it to a frame shop if you have the money, or you could just drop it off that cliff again and hit the other side and balance it out. lulz...

yeah man, its really bad...

but yeah, the cliff idea was also a consideration

[Ktmracer419]

take the bumper off

loosen the header panel and fender and move them around then retighten them.

most, maybe all of it is probably just those pushed all the way up. the holes are large to allow to close gaps and straighten them out and whatnot

[HeavyMetal]

take the bumper off

loosen the header panel and fender and move them around then retighten them.

most, maybe all of it is probably just those pushed all the way up. the holes are large to allow to close gaps and straighten them out and whatnot

thats the plan when i get home, but justin and i looked at it at RC and you can see a crinkle in the unibody we think, the rail... but it coulda just been a hit i took in that spot at somee time...unsure til i really get a chance to look at it closely when its clean...

the fact my passenger door doesnt close anymore without lifting it also leads to a twisted body

[Magilla]

hook it to a tree with a 100' run put it in reverse step on it and go?
make this the new dm

[HeavyMetal]

hook it to a tree with a 100' run put it in reverse step on it and go?
make this the new dm

untwist, not split

[Ktmracer419]

thats the plan when i get home, but justin and i looked at it at RC and you can see a crinkle in the unibody we think, the rail... but it coulda just been a hit i took in that spot at somee time...unsure til i really get a chance to look at it closely when its clean...

the fact my passenger door doesnt close anymore without lifting it also leads to a twisted body

don't tell dana

we will never hear the end of this.

i have come down on my old bumper pretty hard before and caused one side of my header panel and fender to come up a good amount. i just took a sledge to my bumper and pushed down the header panel lol


have any gaps yet? (door seals)

[Magilla]

untwist, not split

k 50' then