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04-18-2011, 09:46 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: Lafayette, CO
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What about using the existing upper hinge as a latch?
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04-22-2011, 07:18 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: New York
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Hey im trying to finish my tailgate today im going to pick up the cables. How did you attach the cables inside the tub? And on the drivers side of the tailgate? I see passanger side of the tailgate is the angle iron. Not sure but.in the tub looks like maybe another self drilling or drilled a hole with nuts bolts and washers?
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04-23-2011, 10:26 AM
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Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: North Central Wa
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Tigertrack used 1/2" bolts, washers and nuts, bolted through the tub. Coyote used gate brackets screwed to the tub and the cables looped through them. Use angle iron on both sides of tail-gate.
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04-24-2011, 11:14 AM
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Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: Jeep City
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Thats freaking cool
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04-24-2011, 02:00 PM
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Join Date: May 2007
Location: Evansville, Indiana
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Originally Posted by wantajeep631
Hey im trying to finish my tailgate today im going to pick up the cables. How did you attach the cables inside the tub? And on the drivers side of the tailgate? I see passanger side of the tailgate is the angle iron. Not sure but.in the tub looks like maybe another self drilling or drilled a hole with nuts bolts and washers?
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I used an existing bolt from the tailgate latch mechanism.
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04-24-2011, 02:00 PM
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Some Call me RockDog
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Louisville, KY/ Columbus, IN
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If this were Facebook, I would click Like
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04-29-2011, 09:27 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: New York
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Finished mine on Wednesday. I like it for loading up stuff.
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04-29-2011, 07:18 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: DENVER CO
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Originally Posted by wantajeep631
Finished mine on Wednesday. I like it for loading up stuff.
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hey wanta..... can you give me a close-up of the 2 attachments on the inside of the tub? haven't finished mine yet and yours looks very clean
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04-29-2011, 10:02 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Maryland
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What did you use for hinges? Looks like they have three bolts per side of the hinge it looks like.
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10-24-2011, 07:50 PM
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Location: Evansville, Indiana
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Originally Posted by rnorma1
What did you use for hinges? Looks like they have three bolts per side of the hinge it looks like.
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just regular fence hinges from the local hardware store.
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10-24-2011, 11:05 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Grass Valley California
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Great idea, looks like it works well.
If any of you TJ guys that have done this still have the stock hinges sitting around and wouldn't mind getting rid of them shoot me a PM.
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04-01-2012, 12:20 PM
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Join Date: May 2007
Location: Evansville, Indiana
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Update: over 1-1/2 years without an issue.
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04-02-2012, 04:31 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: Harrisburg, PA
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Inspired by this thread, I've done a similiar drop down tailgate using nutserts. Then I relocated the liscence plate to the center and added a led third brake light bar across the top of the edge. Then I had to add an in-bed tire carrier, which I wasn't happy with and ended up making a deck cover and securing the spare above it. Ok, I'm rambling... But just wanted to say thanks for inspiring one of my first mods.
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04-13-2012, 01:21 AM
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Location: Yuba City, CA, California
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Definitely a mod that is on my list
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04-13-2012, 06:57 AM
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Join Date: May 2007
Location: Evansville, Indiana
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Quote:
Originally Posted by chefman
Inspired by this thread, I've done a similiar drop down tailgate using nutserts. Then I relocated the liscence plate to the center and added a led third brake light bar across the top of the edge. Then I had to add an in-bed tire carrier, which I wasn't happy with and ended up making a deck cover and securing the spare above it. Ok, I'm rambling... But just wanted to say thanks for inspiring one of my first mods.
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how did you go about recentering your license plate? I've been meaning to to mine, this is what I have so far:
(Left: TJ, Right: JK)
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$30 TJ Fold Down Tailgate (and stuck torx bolt removal)
