And I thought I'm hard on my stuff! DO NOT ride in a vehicle with no top even with a cage and the proper belts in it unless it's a properly engineered cage. Those rocks have a nasty habit of getting between the tubing and that could be all she wrote for ya. Try to find yourself a 2 door if you can, they'll give you better approach angles, one without a sunroof. Glad you didn't get hurt dude.

 

I would grab up the body, maybe delete the doors, or even hammer the body out and build the cage with that one.

Glad everyone is good tho!

 

Yup I think that’s my current plan. I’m going to delete the doors, rip out the windshield, hammer out the body best I can and have a full cage built inside it. Prob have a plexiglass windscreen made for it too for the dust out on the mountain.

I’ll post up pics when I dig into it. Prob gonna get as much work done as I can this weekend and get it to a shop to have a cage built up. I’m thinking of getting one of those hydraulic rams from harbor freight to help straighten some things. I’d do the cage myself but still no garage of my own or tubing bender to be able to get it done and want to get back out wheelin!

 

I would probably cut the roof off and weld the roof from the "new" one on. Use the "new" doors, hood, windshield, etc., and you're back to a straight body. And, as a bonus, you can build the cage before you weld the roof on, since it's a huge PITA to do it inside (don't ask me how I know).

 

Well just finished tearing out all the broken glass this afternoon. I think I’m going to attempt to straighten it first. If it doesn’t turn out decent then maybe I’ll go that route.

But as of now I’m thinking this could happen again in the future so just thinking about cage and getting it so the roof is better than it is lol the og roof will prob just serve as an extra defense against rocks in a rollover. Then I’m thinking of building tube doors for it kind of like the old yj half doors with a canvas skin I can snap on to it to keep a little rain/water out

 

For the tube doors, I've seen someone use a zr2 carrier as doors, looked awesome.

 

Thats kind of a cool idea! Tube is pretty cheap though. Only 35 bucks for 20’ of 1.5” .120 wall. Just need someone with a bender lol

 

Good call, I wouldn't waist the carrier as a door anyways, maybe copy it. But I know too many people who would buy the carrier, and that would cover the cost of materials and a case of beer! Lol.

Have you thought about pining the pipe, and finding something solid and round, the size of your band? Go old school ways lol.

 

Can anyone take some measurements between the doors and from the floor to the roof in various places. I’d like to atleast bent this back somewhat close

 

Driver top hinge 1 of 2

Driver top hjnge 2 of 2

Drivers top from jam

Drivers jame to base