Alex01 Silver Sport Build Thread
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Congratulations Alex!
I'm about an hour from Signal Peak.
I'm about an hour from Signal Peak.
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Thanks everyone. We just started moving things in. It's going to be a long few days lol.
OP
Sure will be!!! I hope Santa got the change of address form.
Congratulations on the new home, looks like you’re going to be one of the snow blower gang now.
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It's been a blast. The kids had thier first snow day yesterday and I've already been through 2 gallons of fuel on the snowblower lol.
The only thing I miss is the shipping time and access to stores like home depot but I'll gladly take the trade off.
Hopefully I'll get the jeep up here towards the end of the month.
The only thing I miss is the shipping time and access to stores like home depot but I'll gladly take the trade off.
Hopefully I'll get the jeep up here towards the end of the month.
OP
We went for a bit of a snow run today towards stampeed reservoir. The snow was well packed and didn't have any issues.
We did stumble upon a subaru crosstrek though that I was told has been out there for 3 weeks. When we showed up I was really greatful it wasn't a @Thunderhead experience.
Also, had to do a posser shot on a rock that fell onto the highway from the hill.
We did stumble upon a subaru crosstrek though that I was told has been out there for 3 weeks. When we showed up I was really greatful it wasn't a @Thunderhead experience.
Also, had to do a posser shot on a rock that fell onto the highway from the hill.
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No kidding. We jumped in the jeep end for sure.
I'm down for a run. I can't wait to explore the backroads around here. There's a few fire look outs I have my eyes on but likely low level as far as difficulty go. I'm ready for fordcye to melt though...
Signal peak and fordyce are a short trek down the hill.
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The dog started sniffing around a tree near by and I was a bit concerned as I walked over. I was glad to hear hours later that the guy who got stuck made it back down to reno. I couldn't imagine abandoning my car for 3 weeks though.
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I'm fairly certain a good pull with the winch would get them back to the hardpack but they weren't there.
I have a 2018 Crosstrek. I've had several neighbors (it's Oregon) say to me the Crosstrek will go every that Wranglers go, right?. I generally respond
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*Note to self. Don't post things that are really difficult halfway through a project that you can easily screw up and need to scrap.
That said...... I wanted to share because I'm happy with the progress even if it means jinxing myself.
I spent 3 hours or so in the garage tonight for the first time in forever on the tj. I probably should be checking bolts and that kind of thing preping for moab but some aluminum bar has been staring at me since early summer when I ordered it after reading @starkey480 build. The front armor and slider he made really inspired this. Goal is to make some rub rails since savvy doesn't any more.
Now I know the easy way out would be to just armor the flat panel but I bought enough to attempt a bend and worse case chop it off if I failed.
This was my starting point. A long piece of 1" by 1.25" 6160 (going off memory for the measurements)
I marked where the bend started plus 2" or so past the front so I had some room for error. I then marked 4 spots 1" from the bend, later on I added another mark 1 inch further down.
After lots of trips to the press and some creative methods to try and get closer to the goal I arrived here.
While there's still a gap and some waves from sanding going on I'm extremely happy with what came out bend wise.
Next, I took off the corner armor and clamped the piece in order to drill out the holes using the back of the corner as a guide. I used the top of the corner armor as a guide since I need room for the gr rear fenders.
I drilled out all the holes and used the counter sink bit I have so the bolts will sit flush.
Next will come trimming off the edges and rounding the sides (pretty it up). Before that I need to do the other side, which I'm a bit nervous for because I feel like I already pulled off one miracle, and don't want to spend more time on this side before knowing the other side will work and I'm not chopping off the rounded area.
My thought was this is the harder side since it's longer but who knows.
So far a fun project and feels great to be working on the jeep again even if it ends up failing.
That said...... I wanted to share because I'm happy with the progress even if it means jinxing myself.
I spent 3 hours or so in the garage tonight for the first time in forever on the tj. I probably should be checking bolts and that kind of thing preping for moab but some aluminum bar has been staring at me since early summer when I ordered it after reading @starkey480 build. The front armor and slider he made really inspired this. Goal is to make some rub rails since savvy doesn't any more.
Now I know the easy way out would be to just armor the flat panel but I bought enough to attempt a bend and worse case chop it off if I failed.
This was my starting point. A long piece of 1" by 1.25" 6160 (going off memory for the measurements)
I marked where the bend started plus 2" or so past the front so I had some room for error. I then marked 4 spots 1" from the bend, later on I added another mark 1 inch further down.
After lots of trips to the press and some creative methods to try and get closer to the goal I arrived here.
While there's still a gap and some waves from sanding going on I'm extremely happy with what came out bend wise.
Next, I took off the corner armor and clamped the piece in order to drill out the holes using the back of the corner as a guide. I used the top of the corner armor as a guide since I need room for the gr rear fenders.
I drilled out all the holes and used the counter sink bit I have so the bolts will sit flush.
Next will come trimming off the edges and rounding the sides (pretty it up). Before that I need to do the other side, which I'm a bit nervous for because I feel like I already pulled off one miracle, and don't want to spend more time on this side before knowing the other side will work and I'm not chopping off the rounded area.
My thought was this is the harder side since it's longer but who knows.
So far a fun project and feels great to be working on the jeep again even if it ends up failing.
WOW I cheated and just cut my pieces off before the bend. I never considered the possibility that you could bend the bar. I'm not sure if I could pull that off but you sir have sure done it. Color me impressed.