Be curious no longer Before and after. Removed the fog lights and the bumper hoop for a better view.I’m curious as to what it would look like with the JL grill slots and headlights but maintained the TJ turns in the fender...
Thank you very much.What an amazing build. Awesome work sir.
A few years ago I built a proof-of-concept pickup using a Dinoot Jeep-style trailer tub I designed as a bed and one of the trailer tub end panels as the back wall of the cab. I did the project to document the process of building a pickup using the trailer tub parts, and since then several have been built by people. I tried a bunch of different grilles and fenders on it, here's what it looks like with the MB-style flat fenders (and a factory TJ grille).@jscherb
You have my vote for the MB fenders on the truck
I've seen these pictures and think it's awesome!A few years ago I built a proof-of-concept pickup using a Dinoot Jeep-style trailer tub I designed as a bed and one of the trailer tub end panels as the back wall of the cab. I did the project to document the process of building a pickup using the trailer tub parts, and since then several have been built by people. I tried a bunch of different grilles and fenders on it, here's what it looks like with the MB-style flat fenders (and a factory TJ grille).
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The proof-of-concept truck has a prototype half cab version of my Safari Cab, and it also has a cold-air intake "Cool Cowl" with an air intake mounted on it.
Completely forgot how wide that stock bumper was.Rather than use my pickup as a starting point for a digital installation of the new grille, here's a stock TJ:
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And with turn signals in the grille:
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Edit: corrected the second set of photos.
Not sure if your question is meant to be serious, but I'll answer it in a serious way.What do I have to do to become one of your 'friends'?
Do you have a link to the trail kitchen?Not sure if your question is meant to be serious, but I'll answer it in a serious way.
Usually the people the people I meet in the forums that become friends are people who contribute in some way to my projects without expecting anything in return.
A good example is my friend Donny - he spends a lot of time camping in his Jeep and I met him over at the Expedition Portal when I was designing what became the Trail Kitchen. Donny commented and criticized my design and contributed his extensive experience to the project and the result was a much better kitchen than I probably would have designed by myself. Here's a Trail Kitchen in my LJ, it's now a commercial product - this photo was taken at Easter Jeep Safari last year when the company borrowed my LJ to show off the kitchen in their booth at the vendor expo:
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Donny also suggested an idea to accessorize tailgate tables - a "Cutlery Keeper" that fits in the space between the tailbgate and the folded-up table. I sewed one for him to test and it ended up being picked up by another company and it's also on the market, here's a prototype in Donny's JKU (this photo was posed with tools in it but usually Donny has cutlery in it):
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All during this time Donny loved the "barn door" I made as part of the custom hardtop I built for my JKU. Replacing the glass liftgate, the barn door is like a "hard upper half door" for the tailgate and converts the tailgate into a full door. So I made one for him. In this video he's demonstrating his barn door; my JKU with its barn door is in the background.
Donny and I get together every time I'm in Florida to talk Jeeps, since I'm in Florida now we're getting together tonight.
Donny is perhaps an extreme example, but the people I've made things for all have added value to my projects in some way.
Do you have a link to the trail kitchen?
Thanks, cool stuffThe Trail Kitchen is a MORryde product, and can be found in the Jeep section of their site, as well as at Quadratec (https://www.quadratec.com/search/morryde), OK4wd (https://ok4wd.com/morryde-jeep-trail-kitchen-kit-mhdjp54-038) and Retrofit Offroad (https://www.retrofitoffroad.com/product-category/jeep-trail-kitchen/), although I don't think any of those retail sites are fully up-to-date with all of the options available (unfortunately the MORryde site isn't up-to-date either).
BTW the Cutlery Keeper idea Donny came up with was picked up by Overland Outfitters (https://www.overland-outfitters.com/). They've got a growing range of products for most Jeep models, including the TJ/LJ and more TJ/LJ stuff on the way soon.
For the record: I am not an employee of any of the companies that offer products that I've designed and I don't sell anything. I do these designs for myself and sometimes companies ask me if they can manufacture and market something I've designed. Sometimes I let them, sometimes I don't .
Was supposed to be a bit of a joke. (Thus the winking emoge) Apparently I'm just as funny on-line as I am at home.Not sure if your question is meant to be serious, but I'll answer it in a serious way.
Usually the people the people I meet in the forums that become friends are people who contribute in some way to my projects without expecting anything in return.
A good example is my friend Donny - he spends a lot of time camping in his Jeep and I met him over at the Expedition Portal when I was designing what became the Trail Kitchen. Donny commented and criticized my design and contributed his extensive experience to the project and the result was a much better kitchen than I probably would have designed by myself. Here's a Trail Kitchen in my LJ, it's now a commercial product - this photo was taken at Easter Jeep Safari last year when the company borrowed my LJ to show off the kitchen in their booth at the vendor expo:
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Donny also suggested an idea to accessorize tailgate tables - a "Cutlery Keeper" that fits in the space between the tailbgate and the folded-up table. I sewed one for him to test and it ended up being picked up by another company and it's also on the market, here's a prototype in Donny's JKU (this photo was posed with tools in it but usually Donny has cutlery in it):
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All during this time Donny loved the "barn door" I made as part of the custom hardtop I built for my JKU. Replacing the glass liftgate, the barn door is like a "hard upper half door" for the tailgate and converts the tailgate into a full door. So I made one for him. In this video he's demonstrating his barn door; my JKU with its barn door is in the background.
Donny and I get together every time I'm in Florida to talk Jeeps, since I'm in Florida now we're getting together tonight.
Donny is perhaps an extreme example, but the people I've made things for all have added value to my projects in some way.
Thank you. Factory appearance is a design goal for most of my fiberglass projects. My goal for this one was for it to look like the factory did an updated version using design cues from the CJ and the JL.Looks factory, actually I like it better than the factory grille.