P1000m5 If Deltons is Painfully Slow, Mine is Excruciating....

[Bigtee]

urbancoyboyja, are you at Rush Off Road very often? I live not to far from there.

 

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[urbancoyboyja]

urbancoyboyja, are you at Rush Off Road very often? I live not to far from there.

I can be there in about an hour. I've been there twice this summer. Would like to go more.

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[urbancoyboyja]

I got to spend a few hours in the garage today working on the roof. I got the back half marked and cut to size. I went ahead and drilled and clamped it. I ended up using the circular saw for everything.

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[urbancoyboyja]

Then i did the front. I let it lay on top and overlap the back about 4". This was enough to accommodate my clamps off the back of the center bar and the big flat washers I was using on top.

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[urbancoyboyja]

Then for the grand finale.....

I wanted to bend the front down for a visor. C-clamped a 2x4 to the front and went to work with the heat gun. I did some testing on a scrap piece and thought it would just bend with the weight of the 2x4 with a little heat. It wasn't quite that easy. When I got it close, I clamped it to the cage and left it for tonight. I think I will be able to put the rest of the P-clamps on tomorrow.

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[urbancoyboyja]

I do have to take the front off and shorten it about 6" it hangs down too far. I also have to put a little foam between it and the cage in a few spots. I'm thinking about some kind of rain gutter across the front. Wife suggested spray painting a piece of vinyl J-channel black and pop riveting or bolting it across the front edge to keep water from running into our laps. I kind of like that idea. You guys have any others? I will also have to put a few pop rivets or bolts and where the pieces overlap between the clamp bolts.

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[urbancoyboyja]

I got the roof finished today. It comes down about 5-6 inches on the front. I decided I needed something stiff across the front so I bought a piece of aluminum angle and a piece of aluminum flat bar. I sandwiched the ABS between the angle and flat bar and put a few bolts through it. I put a p-clamp on each end to hold it to the cage. The aluminum angle should serve as a pretty good rain gutter on the front too. I'm pretty proud of it. When it was all said and done, I have about 8 hours and $175 in it.


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[urbancoyboyja]

Inside view.....


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[Kolton]

I haven't posted in a while. I told you this would be excruciatingly slow..... I decided to save some money on a roof and make my own. I decided on 1/8" ABS. I maybe should have gotten thicker, but I went with this yo keep the weight down. I had to buy 2, 4'x8' sheets yo cover it. I ordered 20, rubber lined, stainless "p" clamps off Amazon. I just have to pick up bolts and washers now. I cut it down to manageable sizes with my circular saw. Going to make final cuts with table saw. I'm planning to roll the front over 4"-6" for a visor. I will probably put some of the foam tape like goes under a truck topper between it and the cage and put rubber door edge trim around the edges. I may have to put a support back the center to keep it from drooping slightly, not sure yet. Hope it turns out good and lasts a while. I will have under $150 in it......View attachment 53459View attachment 53460View attachment 53461

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Where'd you order those clamps? I need sobering to mount my home made pvc speaker pods.

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[urbancoyboyja]

Where'd you order those clamps? I need sobering to mount my home made pvc speaker pods.

Amazon

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[Kolton]

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Thanks!

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[urbancoyboyja]

Finally got around to painting the shifter designations tonight. White paint pen from Michaels craft store.


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[elkguide]

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Finally got around to painting the shifter designations tonight. White paint pen from Michaels craft store.

NICE!!!!!
I need to do that.

 

[urbancoyboyja]

Thanks to @joeymt33 I now have a straight bumper. I even left the Alabama dust & mud on it!

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[urbancoyboyja]

Swapped out my old roller fairlead for a Hawse fairlead since I switched to synthetic rope on my winch. Used the old Rural King 11,000lb D-rings for tow points. Backed them with 2"×5" pieces of 1/4" flat bar.

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[urbancoyboyja]

Got the long bolts on the front of the roof cut off and added cap nuts to those and all the ones across the front.

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[urbancoyboyja]

Another small mod. Replaced my center front roof bolt with a slightly larger and longer one. Made a great GoPro mount.


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[moparornocar]

Roof looks good. What’s your plan for a windshield? That visor would look great on a 5” or so choptop

 

[urbancoyboyja]

Roof looks good. What’s your plan for a windshield? That visor would look great on a 5” or so choptop

Thanks. Not sure about a windshield. I would like one for when it's cold. If I could bend the lexan, I would make my own. I found a place online that will make a fold down one to my specified height. That way it will work with my top. I may go with one of theirs.

At some point I plan to chop the cage. Not sure when I will get around to it though.

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