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Old Oct 5, 2009
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Finished the rest of the exhaust.

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Old Oct 5, 2009
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That's a mean looking buggy. But it sounds the part now as well with that exhaust.
 
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Old Oct 5, 2009
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man those tires are BEEF. thing looks mean from the front. Jey did you just order a few bends from a company for the exhaust? or do you just have that in the shop. I have to get some to remake my exhaust, have my GF dad tig it for me.
 
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Old Oct 6, 2009
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Starting on a Rhino cage today.
 
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Old Oct 6, 2009
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Now that is a sweet buggy! Looks good man.

What are you doing to the Rhino? full cage?
 
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Old Oct 6, 2009
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Yeah, but the customer wants it to be removeable so that it can be powder coated. We've got the bolt in cage adapters for the a-pillars and will be using 1 3/4 tube clamps for the b-pillar. I've already drawn up some plates that use the rear a-arm bolts to tie it into the rear, it will have a rear seat for kids.
 
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Old Oct 6, 2009
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Nice. ID tube clamps? Post some pictures of your progress! Couple guys at work haul their kids around in the back but no cage, its crazy.
 
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Old Oct 8, 2009
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Progress so far.

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Got a new phone, that obviously has a ****tier camera than my old one. Guess I need to get a real camera now.
 
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Old Oct 8, 2009
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besides the blurry pics it looks good! you work fast!
 
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Old Oct 8, 2009
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amazing work.
 
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Old Nov 6, 2009
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DAMN!!! Nice job on the headers!!!
 
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Old Nov 9, 2009
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Finished a cage in a JK last week. It's off to paint. A, B, and C pillar all go to the frame.

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Old Nov 9, 2009
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very nice fab skills Jey!

it came out great!
 
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Old Nov 9, 2009
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Wow, that must be alot of fun trying to figure out how to build those cages from scrap... and alot of headaches as well I'd bet.
 
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Old Nov 9, 2009
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I have seen a lot of cages go into JK's and that is one of the cleanest I have seen. Great job.


What other plans do you have for it?
 
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Old Nov 9, 2009
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you got some fab skills man!! nice work.. the jeep (not the cage) would look better without those big *** fender flares, needs only about half that width... but im guessing its a customer's ride??
 
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Old Nov 10, 2009
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you got some fab skills man!! nice work.. the jeep (not the cage) would look better without those big *** fender flares, needs only about half that width... but im guessing its a customer's ride??
Thanks, and those are the factory flares for a JK. This is a customers vehicle.

It's also getting rock-jock 60's front and rear with a 3" lift and 37's.
 
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Old Nov 10, 2009
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Awesome! What kind of tube notcher does the shop have, Jey? I would assume a tube shark, but I was wondering. I have the JD2 Notch Master, but it cant do notches in bends which can suck at times.
 
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Finished the JK and the customer picked it up last night.

4.5" clayton lift, rock-jock 60's, ARB's, Howe steering set-up (pump, box, assist ram, res)

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nice work Jey..
 
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Old Nov 24, 2009
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Is that bedliner on the Rollcage where the passengers would step over or on it? Cool idea to keep the painting looking nice.

Also, I'm guessing that's just 1.75 DOM, .120 sidewall for the cage? Looks good man. Definitely a good all purpose rig now.
 
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Old Dec 4, 2009
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Is that bedliner on the Rollcage where the passengers would step over or on it? Cool idea to keep the painting looking nice.

Also, I'm guessing that's just 1.75 DOM, .120 sidewall for the cage? Looks good man. Definitely a good all purpose rig now.
Yeah we had the Line-x shop spray on the tubes that you would touch getting in and out so the customer wouldn't always be touching up the paint.

Yes its 1.75 .120 wall.

Just finished a cage/back-half on a TJ as well.















 
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Old Dec 4, 2009
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Nice work!
 
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Old Dec 4, 2009
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Wow they must really be keeping you busy!
 
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good to see people are still dropping tons of money into wheeln hah. work looks great Jey, I'd love to have your Job.
 
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