Fibreglass Bonnet?

[Wooders]

Lads, I want a new bonnet for my TJ, but I'm after something that would allow the guards to be located higher (bigger tyres less lift)....
Anyidea where could do that sort of thing? Cost? or the usual questions....

[bj on roids]

speak to hayden on here he might make you one!!

i have a cool pic here somewhere, its definitely on pirate a bonnet that incorporates the guard (gives about 5" or more clearance!

[Wooders]

That's what I'm thunking....more guard clearance = less lift & bigger tyres :p.....Gotta be a good thing...

[zzzz]

nah wooders you want one of these:

[bj on roids]

you got da skillz

[Wendle]

All-pro YJ one, might fit a TJ????

[Wooders]

Wendle might fit but $400USD is gonna be about $2k aussie by the time it gets to me...so it's a tad rich for my likeing.....
I'm begining to think of running tube fenders & just cut the bjezzus out of the current bonnet....

[Wendle]

Yeah, I was just thinking if the same concept would work.. You would never get one over here undamaged anyway, I wouldn't think.. The tube work is a better option by far..

[bj on roids]

make a yj copy yourself, thats the one i was thinkng of

couldnt find the pic as i was looking under "Bonnet"

but having saved it off pirate its called "hood"

[Wooders]

Here's what some yanks have suggested - basically a cut factory unit with tube.....

I was thinking, run the tube wider (to cover the tyres), cover it with some chequer plate (or like), and throw some lights to get it engineerable....Thoughts??

[zzzz]

do we legally have to have side indicators?
Anyone know the ruling on that?

You can just duct tape them on - i belive bootyab.com sell a kit along with ne blinker fluid that makes them blink much faster.

tube it, then I can copy you.
Look at Paul Nasviks jeep for some real inspiration. search on Pirates....

[mc4x4]

another company tha makes them is www.campbellent.com they make them for cj / yj / tj . i have been thinking about getting one for my cj but the only problem is flares.

MC

[Wooders]

Flares & shipping MC.....I've done some searchs on POR, but haven't turned up much - most that have gone tubestyle fenders have replaced at factory height....
Man I need to start looking for a bender SOON

[zzzz]

a bit of inspiration for you mate:

[zzzz]

and some more:


loved the rear tubed fenders on this


nasviks


nasviks again - very clean, notice the 45 degree rockers as well....

now get to it

[Wooders]

Ahh but Zach each 7 every one of those you posted had the tubes at the factory guard height.
I want to have it higher

[zzzz]

well then you will be doing some major work.

the fenders are designed as an area that are very much a part of the structural strnegth of the whole front end.

But there is little you cant do with a reciprocating saw and a bender.

Didn't take much work at all for paul nasvik's. cough*cough

Just copy his ideas but make them higher up, trim the bonnet right down at the edges to fit and there you have it.

He pulled most of the front end apart for his: http://www.jeepshots.com/

[Wooders]

I went through Navik's site in detail today....noted that he's got the tube now effectively directly welded to the chassis - note sure I'd got that route...
As for the guards and their structural role....I don't think they are - besides the basic thoughts right now are:

Keep the inner guards, but remove top & some of the rear.
Trim the hoodback to where I want it (about 5-6" higher).
Add a length a tube at the top of the inner guard (directly under the new hood edge.
Add another length of tube to form the outer guard edge (ie to allow tyre coverage)
Extend the old inner guard to meet the inner tube.
Add a sheet between the two tubes to give a new fender.

I'd be looking to take the outer fender tub from my ARB bumper (with some more mods) over to the side rails I am currently building.
I would not be looking to cut away the tube edge like Navisk....etc....

Anyways that make sense??