Body armor

[Sal-XK]

I saw this on FB and it got the wheels turning in my head and I'm a little bored LOL I have some extra sheet metal laying around so thought I might try this. In the back corner there are straight body lines I could follow so no complicated bends needed and its a slight curve towards the tail light no big deal. Was thinking of using rivets at first but now I'm thinking nutserts instead. Why you guys think just let it out don't hold back. The XK has so many straight lines covering the easy to damage spots seems easy enough.

[LWM]

I have a cardboard one in the garge, would like to see what you come up with. my concern was how to attach it to the Commander.

[Sal-XK]

I have a cardboard one in the garge, would like to see what you come up with. my concern was how to attach it to the Commander.

I don't think there is any reversible way to attach it to the XK. So you can't just take it off to sell the jeep like the sliders or a skid. I'm pretty sure this will have to be a no turning back mod

[07JeepXK]

I don't think there is any reversible way to attach it to the XK. So you can't just take it off to sell the jeep like the sliders or a skid. I'm pretty sure this will have to be a no turning back mod

Kind of like my snorkel mod...lol

[LWM]

I don't think there is any reversible way to attach it to the XK. So you can't just take it off to sell the jeep like the sliders or a skid. I'm pretty sure this will have to be a no turning back mod

That is exactly what I was thinking. You would have to be willing to drill holes and make it permanent.

[cprokopf]

Very cool mod that I have noticed for a while now. I agree that is has to be a permanent mod with not turning back. Makes me wish I still had my Wranglers when I see mods like this.

I also called a few small shops I found online about making different variations for rock rails. The shops I found all built older Cherokee gear but not WK (or XK) stuff. I'll let everyone know if they respond with any ideas.

[Sal-XK]

Very cool mod that I have noticed for a while now. I agree that is has to be a permanent mod with not turning back. Makes me wish I still had my Wranglers when I see mods like this.

I also called a few small shops I found online about making different variations for rock rails. The shops I found all built older Cherokee gear but not WK (or XK) stuff. I'll let everyone know if they respond with any ideas.

Your best bet is getting the sliders from SA. You can't beat the price and they were designed by people who know are jeep better then anyone and I put them threw hell and there perfect.

[stites-xk]

That is exactly what I was thinking. You would have to be willing to drill holes and make it permanent.

you could always use bondo and reprimer and repaint if you really wanted to.

[Sal-XK]

drill a hole with holesaw bit, remove band saw blade and insert through hole, reattach band saw blade and cut out. gravy

LOL ya I'll pass :P


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[Omelet]

This is something I have considered. Not a bad idea for the XK but not sure about the WK. There is just not much of a quarter panel on there. The corner of the bumper, fender, and taillight is what would take the abuse. If you wanted to make corner guards for the WK then you would have to incorporate the fender into it which would just complicate the design because of all the angles. But that's just the conclusion I came to. Nutserts are definitely the way to go though, seems to be what all the good companies do.