I was thinking

[Steve95ZJ]

Ok anyone think that if I made another cross member or tow to attatch to my unibody that that would help prevent the body from twisting. I have two friends who's doors don't work right because of this and I want to prevent it from happening to mine. An d should I weld or bolt them to the body?

[Cotter_v2.0]

Really??

It surprises me that the unibody would twist THAT much....I've ramrodded mine and haven't had problems...

Are you sure???

To answer you intial question....I don't know....sorry steve-o....

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[ct90YJ]

doors...what doors...oh that's right you tin topers have those silliy things... icon_smile_wink.gif

btt for ya

[JLANE99XJ]

where ya thinking of puttin another cross member @?

[Steve95ZJ]

Originally posted by JLANE99XJ:
where ya thinking of puttin another cross member @? haven't really planned that mutch, it was just a thought that crossed my mind.

[Static-XJ]

Do you have aftermarket bumpers yet? I'm sure I've seen pics or specs on your rig before, but can't remember. :( If you really want to get serious about stiffening a unibody then you need to put in a cage. Don't just tie it itnot the framerails, tie it into the roof and sides too. This will help a unibody more than just tieing it into the reletativly weak framerails. A unibody's strength comes from the entire structure. An extra crossmember wouldn't hurt though. Would be a good popportunity to fab a custom skid plate. Mount the extra xmember near say the t-case xmember. Then plate betweer the two with heavy guage steel, just be sure to leave access to mount bolts and drain plug(s). icon_smile_wink.gif

[Nate Spear]

Originally posted by ZCotterJ:
Really??

It surprises me that the unibody would twist THAT much....I've ramrodded mine and haven't had problems...

Are you sure???

To answer you intial question....I don't know....sorry steve-o....

p- "Say Car-ramrod... say it!.... why didn't you say car ramrod?" "sorry, i forgot" "I HAD IT WRITTIN DOWN!"

[Cotter_v2.0]

Originally posted by Big Sexy:
</font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by ZCotterJ:
Really??

It surprises me that the unibody would twist THAT much....I've ramrodded mine and haven't had problems...

Are you sure???

To answer you intial question....I don't know....sorry steve-o....

p- "Say Car-ramrod... say it!.... why didn't you say car ramrod?" "sorry, i forgot" "I HAD IT WRITTIN DOWN!" </font>[/QUOTE]sorry, i fogort.....I had it written down.... :confused:


are you drunk nate??

[Jeepin Jason]

Originally posted by Steve95ZJ:
Ok anyone think that if I made another cross member or tow to attatch to my unibody that that would help prevent the body from twisting. I have two friends who's doors don't work right because of this and I want to prevent it from happening to mine. An d should I weld or bolt them to the body? You sure it's from the unibody twisting? Have the rigs ever been in a wreck? What about the liftgate? Are the gaps around the hood uneven? If they're older XJ's, my money would be on the hinges, not the unibodies. The XJ unibody is pretty resilliant (sp?) when it comes to flexing offroad...

[Ryan, aka: CheapXJ.com]

XJs have trouble with hinges peeling away from the body.

the hinge pins on ZJs like to wear out. I spent a ton of time helpin my buddy align the doors on his ZJ.

your buddies that have trouble closing their doors, open their doors and while they're open, lift up on them, you'll probably feel them rattle around on the hinges a little.

they just get like this, mainly because the ZJ doors are quite heavy

[Steve95ZJ]

Umm they are both ZJ's one's a 93' and the other is a 95'.

[Static-XJ]

Originally posted by Big Sexy:
</font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by ZCotterJ:
Really??

It surprises me that the unibody would twist THAT much....I've ramrodded mine and haven't had problems...

Are you sure???

To answer you intial question....I don't know....sorry steve-o....

p- "Say Car-ramrod... say it!.... why didn't you say car ramrod?" "sorry, i forgot" "I HAD IT WRITTIN DOWN!" </font>[/QUOTE]"Watch out for these guys! I'll say meow. I'll say moo. For twenty busks I'll call the driver a chicken ****er!" graemlins/rotflmao.gif