Horrible cut line location.... but probably easier than cutting the wheel well loose to put in the correctly shaped additional panel... The wheelbase and interior room is wonderful and you get to keep the correct shaped door opening.
Go take a look under your CJ and you will see tub stiffeners and structure throughout the underside, then come back and say horrible cut line location. :laugh: That line is the only spot I won't cut through any of that. It is mandatory for my Jeep to keep the same door openings, so I can use a store bought CJ-6 soft top.Horrible cut line location.... but probably easier than cutting the wheel well loose to put in the correctly shaped additional panel... The wheelbase and interior room is wonderful and you get to keep the correct shaped door opening.
Oh, I know how hard it is to stretch an assembled 5 tub, looked into it before I bought my repop '6 tub. Just a '6 owner giving you crap about stretching and not having a factory looking stretch panel, the one that is cut and added to before they weld in the floor/wheel well/tub supports.Go take a look under your CJ and you will see tub stiffeners and structure throughout the underside, then come back and say horrible cut line location. :laugh: That line is the only spot I won't cut through any of that. It is mandatory for my Jeep to keep the same door openings, so I can use a store bought CJ-6 soft top.
I don't know if all, but I know at least some of the original CJ-6's out there were cut by the factory in the same location following the same general line. I've seen the filler panel they installed in the location of my vertical cut line. They left the seam visible in the factory stretch. Here's pics of the seams.
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Felt like you were just messing with me, I should have known it haha. Oh come now, it's not that hard if I can do it. Oh wait, I haven't done it yet. So far I've just hacked up a couple stiffeners and ruined my cage and found more rust. I looked at the repop tubs, but I don't have 4K laying around. I've got a few hundred bucks to get this done.Oh, I know how hard it is to stretch an assembled 5 tub, looked into it before I bought my repop '6 tub. Just a '6 owner giving you crap about stretching and not having a factory looking stretch panel, the one that is cut and added to before they weld in the floor/wheel well/tub supports.
Watch out though, the 38X13-16's will begin to look small after the stretch and you will be bolting up 42's....
You will have the wheelbase, so why not a 203/205 doubler behind the 4L80E? Glad to see you are back on this project.Still gotta come up with a 4L80E trans and another t-case. Would love an Atlas, but it just seems out of reach for now. It'll either be a well built D300 or a 32 spline input NP241C (pass drop). I'll SYE the 241C if I go that route, which I probably will, to save some money. It's a fine case and will work well.