greengiant0311
1/2 ton status
Hey all Im thinking about narrowing an 89 Jimmy. Not sure where to start and stop. Any help will be appreciated. Thanks
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Narrowing
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greengiant0311
1/2 ton status
WOW 12 views and no ideas? What gives?
Our club president. He didn't know where to stop either
Dabba
1/2 ton status
haha might as well just buy a quad or build a buggy
reddog64
1/2 ton status
I considered narrowing the front of my k5...
Looked at a bunch of posts on here.. and talked myself out of it... for now...
Looked at a bunch of posts on here.. and talked myself out of it... for now...
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Wow! that made me laugh.
greengiant0311
1/2 ton status
Is that a single seater or is the navigator in the rear?lol
LOL... May as well put one of these on a frame with 44's...
blowedupmotor87
1/2 ton status
Narrowing, or tapering and dovetailing? IDK about overall narrowing but, I've seen a lot of rigs on here that were tapered and dovetailed.
It's a super single, meaning enough for two small adults or one XL.
Are you looking to narrow the tub as well? or just the front and rearend?
I need to see more pictures of that!! especially the interior. I want to do that some day to a suburban and make it a two seater with f/r steering rocks on 44"+ tires
IMO: narrowing is just the front, dovetailing is just the back.
I'm not sure how to describe making the whole thing more "narrow" other than describing that you narrowed the whole thing.
Here's one of my favorites (look at the bottom of the page)
There are others (SCOOBYDAN sp? comes to mind), and then there a some like mine that are basically buggys.
It all depends on what you want to do. I was just going to lightly narrow and dovetail my truck.
While deciding how to install the tube for the cage I decided that the (metal) top would interefere with the cage so off it went. Then I realized that I could boatside it pretty easily. Then the windshield frame was too wide and had to go, and before you know it you're building a buggy
I'm not sure how to describe making the whole thing more "narrow" other than describing that you narrowed the whole thing.
Here's one of my favorites (look at the bottom of the page)
There are others (SCOOBYDAN sp? comes to mind), and then there a some like mine that are basically buggys.
It all depends on what you want to do. I was just going to lightly narrow and dovetail my truck.
While deciding how to install the tube for the cage I decided that the (metal) top would interefere with the cage so off it went. Then I realized that I could boatside it pretty easily. Then the windshield frame was too wide and had to go, and before you know it you're building a buggy
GEORGIA GABE
1/2 ton status
I narrowed mine and was really pleased with how it turned out.
from this:
To this
from this:
To this
greengiant0311
1/2 ton status
Gabe thats what I am looking 4. Did you cut from the middle and suck it all inward or cut the outside off and remount the lights? Also were did you get tha FAT tie rod?
GEORGIA GABE
1/2 ton status
I got rid of my core support all togeather. I built a square tube frame to mount the radiator to. Took two bars off of that back to the firewall. I left the bolt holes in the front and rear and made short little arms going out to the fender with tabs on them to bolt the fenders on. I made them out of 3/4 black pipe. on the rear the fender is bolted at the top and middle and the lower portion is held in place with little flat plates welded to my sliders. I will get some pics of all this stuff this weekend when I do my top chop and fuel cell.
gabe
gabe
GEORGIA GABE
1/2 ton status
Oh and I made the Tierod with 2inch 1/2 wall... we had it left over from a four link build. I just bought inserts and jam nuts and welded the sucker. Its beefy
