Project: Back in the game 4 under $1k

[Even]

the cross member itself is not welded to the unibody. the t-case skid i made is welded to the crossmember and off that i have a small maybe 2" wide pice of 3/16" welded to the body for supporting the back of the t-case skid...

so technically i guss you could say it is but..... why, is this bad?

You made it so that you can't remove your crossmember.

I guess it would work fine if you planned on grinding the weld everytime you needed to remove it, and then rewelded it after you're done.

[JoeNitro]

How think is that skidplate?

thick enough.... 5/16" i think idk

its better than nothing at all.... and it was free.

[JoeNitro]

You made it so that you can't remove your crossmember.

I guess it would work fine if you planned on grinding the weld everytime you needed to remove it, and then rewelded it after you're done.

oh yea well i know that... but i have no intentions of removeing it haha this jeep only has to last me till like sept oct then im buying another one and switchin all my shit over so...

[JoeNitro]

my plan is to buy another like 5-800 $ shell by the end of fall and switch it all over because i know if i wait for this one to die it will die mid winter and im NOT doing it all in the snow AGAIN.....

[Even]

my plan is to buy another like 5-800 $ shell by the end of fall and switch it all over because i know if i wait for this one to die it will die mid winter and im NOT doing it all in the snow AGAIN.....

I can see you're attending the Sam McIntyre school of unibody destruction.

[Bigbike]

I can see you're attending the Sam McIntyre school of unibody destruction.

[JoeNitro]

this motor has 185k and the rear main leaks so bad you can watch the oil pressure drop on the higway as you drive... it has not one solid clean spot on it... the rockers are the bottom of my doors SO.....

[TheDude]

Sucks I just cut one up today.

RM

[clean4drxj]

joe why not look for another xj and have it sit there until this one completely dies, then you can run it for all shes worth

[Riot]

Contrary to popular belief, your coolness level isn't affected by the number of XJ's you go through in a lifetime.

[JoeNitro]

joe why not look for another xj and have it sit there until this one completely dies, then you can run it for all shes worth

like i said my luck it will die in the absolute most inconvieniant location and right in the middle of jan when its -10* and i dont want to be outside swappin jeep parts in that....

[JoeNitro]

Contrary to popular belief, your coolness level isn't affected by the number of XJ's you go through in a lifetime.

[clean4drxj]

take a weekend and get a rearmain seal and pop one in

[justtorchit]

take an hour and get a rearmain seal and pop one in

fixed

[grundlepunch]

my plan is to buy another like 5-800 $ shell by the end of fall and switch it all over because i know if i wait for this one to die it will die mid winter and im NOT doing it all in the snow AGAIN.....

xj's... they are disposable