Wow. At 3900# w/ gas and recovery gear I’m 68# over a stock Rubicon? With a winch, armor, Atlas and beadlocked 35s? Those Dana 44 center sections must be heavy.
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Wow. At 3900# w/ gas and recovery gear I’m 68# over a stock Rubicon? With a winch, armor, Atlas and beadlocked 35s? Those Dana 44 center sections must be heavy.
Did you use a certified scale? The scales at the dump and quarries don't need to have an accurate zero. Just tell the before and after difference
Not sure about certification. However, I did get a weight at 2 scales on the same day (an ODOT scale on the side of Hwy 42 and at a metal recycling place locally). They both read 3900#
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A purely for looks addition:
When I got the Savvy tailgate skin recently, I also got their valance. However, I didn’t like the big gaps it would have left and the pre-drilled screw holes didn’t match the way I had decided to drill the tailgate.
So, I went to the local metal outlet and they cut me a piece of 3/16” 6061 aluminum to my specifications. They did it perfectly. Here is the Savvy piece on top of the new one to show the size difference:
And here is the custom panel installed:
The Savvy part is actually about 1/8 narrower than their tailgate skin and about 1/4” less than the height of the one I had cut. Now at some point, I need to fix the butt crack which actually has an advantage beyond looks; raising the rear of the tank 1 1/4”.
When I got the Savvy tailgate skin recently, I also got their valance. However, I didn’t like the big gaps it would have left and the pre-drilled screw holes didn’t match the way I had decided to drill the tailgate.
So, I went to the local metal outlet and they cut me a piece of 3/16” 6061 aluminum to my specifications. They did it perfectly. Here is the Savvy piece on top of the new one to show the size difference:
And here is the custom panel installed:
Lookin good, it’s the little details that make the biggest impact!
I know what you are saying about "Just for Looks" Woods, but I disagree. I pride myself on never having done anything to the rig for looks alone, but that doesn't mean that I don't take the time to make every functional project look as good as it can. To me, that valance is just the completion of your corner guard project - and that is certainly functional.
Nice work, Brother.
Thanks, man. Like you and a bunch of folks here, I think functional is cool especially if elegantly done, e.g. strength without weight, effective yet clean and simple…
As I sit here and think about it, there are many examples we commonly see here like triangulated 4-link rear control arms, the Swayloc and now using the empty spots in your PDC for aux circuits that you and @Blackjack just mentioned in his build thread to name a few.