XJ Rocker Panel Mod/Replacement

[XJ Un-Limited]

I finally went ahead and did a mod I've been wanting to do, replacing what was my damaged rocker panels. After doing a little research on a few other forums I came up with my own solution. After a couple days of cutting, grinding, welding and about $130 worth of metal, I now have some kick a$s rocker panels/sliders. Check out the link to see the pics of the before/after pics and the process I used.

http://community.webshots.com/album/241298993wSilaC

I used 2x4x3/16 square tube and 1 1/4 x 1 1/4 3/16 angle iron for material, 13 feet of both. All that is left to do is a little clean up, fill the area between the stitch welds and paint. Below are before and after pics if ya don't want to check out all the other pics.

[Triple-XJ]

Nice, have you tried em out yet?

If you want to protect more of your door, you could always bump em out with some .120 wall tubing

[flxy_tj]

He does not like his doors anyways.......... :D :D :D

[XJ Un-Limited]

I'll be trying them out on Sun (1/2/05) out at Florence. And the doors, well, guess if I munch them, it'll just be another excuse for another mod. ;)

[XJ Un-Limited]

Came back from a good day of wheelin' in Florence Jct. Took the regular Woodpecker trail and purposely perched myself on the rockers with a great results, which inspired a new level of wheeling confidence. :D

[blk88]

I'm in the process of doing this right now. Now that you've had these on for a year...how are they holding up?

[XJ Un-Limited]

They've been holding up great. I haven't noticed or observed anything out of the ordinary since the install. Welds are still holding and the sliders are still in good condition.

[rockwerks]

nice job. now just take off your laredo/limited molding have 2 pieces of 8' x 6" x 1/8" steel diamond plate cut and have them put a 10* bend 1" up on one edge then use the old trim as templates to cut the steel and attach to your doors and fenders with #10 tek screws on a 6" spacing....that will protect your doors

they will look like this when done.....except in steel instead of alum
http://www.fototime.com/%7B3CA2B697-9D9E-4643-B8F2-ACC96AF9CE10%7D/picture.JPG

[FrenchChili]

nice random screwdriver next to the tire:D Pchssssss

[rockwerks]

nice random screwdriver next to the tire:D Pchssssss

actually I just got done plugging that tire...its a plug driver........if you look close at that tire it has 12 plugs in the sidewall..........Johnson Valley will do that to you:D