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So Ive been working with the guys at Fabtech fabrication in chatsworth for a few weeks and designing and building some armor and other stuff for my XJ. They did some amazing work. Took my ideas and made it better.
For years Ive been wheeling without a gas tank skid plate. Ran the Rubicon twice and wheeled the hammers countless number of times. Ive been risking a gas tank puncture and my only solution for so long has been to carry alot of jb weld and many other sealants in case of an emergency. Ive been very lucky, never got in that situation. The reason for not having a skid plate is nobody made a nice unit that worked with a Rigid-Co bumper, since they use such a complex mounting design. If a company makes it now, im not aware as i stopped researching it about a year ago.
Second, we built a nice TC skid plate since im now running the Clayton cross member.
and lastly I desperately needed rear bump-stops. Running 36" tires, its hard to keep them out of the fenders. We came up with a solution(I hope)
Some pictures of the end product.
no gas tank skid
Instead of building a skid and losing ground clearance, i decided it was time to move the factory tank up. We dropped the tank, cut a hole in the floor and modified the factory straps to hold the tank in place. I also decided i wanted to put my spare on top of the tank, so we built a cage to protect the tank and made sure it would be strong enough to hold my spare.
had to relocate the filler
reinstalled the tank. Plenty of clearance now.
For years Ive been wheeling without a gas tank skid plate. Ran the Rubicon twice and wheeled the hammers countless number of times. Ive been risking a gas tank puncture and my only solution for so long has been to carry alot of jb weld and many other sealants in case of an emergency. Ive been very lucky, never got in that situation. The reason for not having a skid plate is nobody made a nice unit that worked with a Rigid-Co bumper, since they use such a complex mounting design. If a company makes it now, im not aware as i stopped researching it about a year ago.
Second, we built a nice TC skid plate since im now running the Clayton cross member.
and lastly I desperately needed rear bump-stops. Running 36" tires, its hard to keep them out of the fenders. We came up with a solution(I hope)
Some pictures of the end product.
no gas tank skid
Instead of building a skid and losing ground clearance, i decided it was time to move the factory tank up. We dropped the tank, cut a hole in the floor and modified the factory straps to hold the tank in place. I also decided i wanted to put my spare on top of the tank, so we built a cage to protect the tank and made sure it would be strong enough to hold my spare.
had to relocate the filler
reinstalled the tank. Plenty of clearance now.
I dont do any high speed stuff no matter what the person next to me is doing and my rear end is a "little" stronger then a dana44.
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