Basically. I took a jeep with no floors at all, and spent the time to add much stronger floors, and stiffen the entire unibody / improve serveral factory designs, and make the suspension mounts much, much stronger.
edit, for the LAZY. I started with floors that looked something like these. (not the actual project, I forgot to take before pics of this one, this was a jeep I had prior)
front floor wells
now this is the jeep I’m working on, after I cut out the rust/spot welds ect
it was also painted with rusty metal primer, and then (not pictured) rustoleum. wish I had chassis saver at that point
scuffed with 50 grit and wiped out
Chassis saver still wet, one coat brushed thick. Ignore the footwells, after wiping out the floors i knocked some dirt down up there somehow, its getting touched up today.
This stuff drys HARD and is durable. Even tho I will be putting monstaliner over it.
so aside from putting in new floors, the entire jeep is seam welded to take some of the flex out of the unibody, on both sides, not just the top. I removed the rear corners behind the rear wheels for clearence and to streghten the corners.
Beefed up all the rear suspesnion points and tied them completely into the structure. This jeep is 500% better than any stock bodied xj out there as far as strength, durability, and rigidity.
once the floors are totally finished, which is just about done.
I have chassis saver for both sides, undercoat for the bottom, and I’m monsta lining the entire jeep, floors, outside ect.
I have a big lift, big tires, locker ect all sitting. The list of what I havent replaced is shorter than whats been replaced / being replaced.
^^^not many of those are in very good shape around here…even the clean ones have hidden rot. would have to go down south to find one and im guessing that wasent an option for the op. but being an offroad rig i dont think its that bad considering he made the underside stronger in doing this.
a stock jeep still has tin foil floors, and the entire rear suspesnion mounts to said tin foil.
even southern jeeps have rotted floors, design flaw. the carpet / foam is a sponge so the water never drys inbetween the layers. best thing anyone could do for a jeep that dosent already have totally roached floors, is remove the carpet and throw it away
got a nice coat of chassis saver brushed on the top side of the floors.
its nice to be coming to the end of all the hard work that I put into the floors, and move into all the work of replacing the entire suspension amongst other things.
^^^not sure if hes still going that route but he does have a fox and looking at the photos from the inside and such, the car looks really light. the doors them selves probably only weigh 5 pounds total. would be pretty damn fast with a good motor/trans and stickies imo.
actually its an 8.50 outlaw car currently. If I had to try to put it inside of a class that wasnt like MOD. I havent touched it, its still sitting outside under a tarp, since I sealed up all the bare metal. I decided to keep my truck, the mustang isnt getting much as far as money goes. I have a stock powerglide sitting with probabaly a stock converter in it. Thats going in the car, and I have the motor that was in my truck to throw in it. On slicks it will go probabaly mid 7’s in the eigth. Not near as fast as it would go with 400hp. I think with a proper glide/stall and 400hp on slicks the car would go 10.25 all day. Add spray and see 9’s. It hooks and its ridiculously light.
To be honest, I dont even think the doors weigh 5lbs right now. I’d bet they weigh less than 10lbs with whatever handles/ mechanism I use, aluminum inner panel, and lexan. With what is gutted from the car, I wouldnt be surprised if it weighs sub 1600lbs without a motor / tranny. a big guy can pick the front end right off the ground.
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