Truggy /buggy transformation ?'s

[55Willy]

for those of you who have done the truggy route or full on buggy route.
Would you have rather started with a fresh chassis or was it easier to just cut and replace as you went with starting with a truck?

since the chassis is all set up and mounts for such things as colum and brakes are already done would it be easier to start there?

or to start fresh and do a full frame and suspension set up?

 

[az-k5]

Put a hendrix chassis (the tube body) onto a K5 frame. I will eventually go that route anyway.

 

[marv_springer]

I prefer to start w/ 2 straight pieces of tube laying on the garage floor.

Using a frame as a starter:
Advantages:

- mounts already there for suspension, steering box, motor mounts
- frames are cheap

Disadvantages:

- stock frames are prone to cracking
- link suspensions have to work around stock frame features
- I think stock frames are heavier than a comparable tube frame

Marv

 

[55Willy]

I'm thinking of boat siding, bobbing the rear and half dooring my cherokee. Plans also call for the interior to be full of tube.
Other option is thinking of just fabbing a chassis and swapping it all over.

 

[JK5]

for those of you who have done the truggy route or full on buggy route.
Would you have rather started with a fresh chassis or was it easier to just cut and replace as you went with starting with a truck?

since the chassis is all set up and mounts for such things as colum and brakes are already done would it be easier to start there?

or to start fresh and do a full frame and suspension set up?

What kind of budget do you have???

On my bluggy project, if I had the cash, I'd pitch the frame.
Go full-hydro steer, coilovers...etc.

 

[gzzgfw]

Keep it simple,

Any place you go you can get parts for at any auto parts store.

Good leafs, a good cross over, on a frame, gm brakes & drive train.

 

[jekbrown]

aren't cherokees unibody? If so, I'd just start from scratch with tube... a bunch of sheetmetal cobbled together doesn't seem like the best foundation for a cage. I know there are plenty of heep guys with tubed cherokees... but it seems kinda suspect to me.

j