Heres ur 4 door bronco

[Skandocious]

Nope. left it there.

Probably for the better... Sounds like the kind of gun you wouldn't want your prints on

 

[TexasNomad]

I can tell ya how to fix that up quick fast and in a hurry Man you could had gotten 50 bones for dat mug in da hood

 

[Lost]

Heres another 1....

http://www.andersonfordsvt.com/images/items/6405e6bc-d092-4d65-b8c6-07e9885a35cb/319/m319342.jpg

 

[TexasNomad]

I just remembered I had a Jeffs bronco grave yard catalog awhile back and in the back it said they where going to start offering 4 door kits.
At the time I wasn't sure what that meant.

 

[TexasNomad]

a while back I say one of these in while I was working in Colorado, it was sitting in a back yard, I saw it off the interstate and had no idea what it was, I looked up the name Centurions and found this, and this is what i saw

Was really cool, but the one I saw looked like it was a 4X4

 

[Lost]

Heres another 1....

http://www.andersonfordsvt.com/images/items/6405e6bc-d092-4d65-b8c6-07e9885a35cb/319/m319342.jpg

This one is for sale right now you should see rest pics 79000 miles

 

[TexasNomad]

Well to make a 4door bronc, you would have to cut and add the to frame, how sturdy would that be?? wouldn't that make for a large weak spot..

 

[Skandocious]

Well to make a 4door bronc, you would have to cut and add the to frame, how sturdy would that be?? wouldn't that make for a large weak spot..

How so? Weld in a piece of C channel that is exactly the same as the existing frame rails, and it's just like stock. Where's the weak point?

 

[TexasNomad]

Well i'm asking cuz I don't know any thing when it comes to messing with frames thats all.

 

[Skandocious]

A good weld is just as good as a solid piece of metal with no weld at all. Keyword here is GOOD weld. What does a good weld look like? Well just have a look at the welds where Centurion added a piece of C-channel to my frame when they stretched it:

Sturdy as can be.

 

[john112deere]

How so? Weld in a piece of C channel that is exactly the same as the existing frame rails, and it's just like stock. Where's the weak point?

Uh... I'm not sure that's really true. I'm not knowledgeable enough about metallurgy to really explain it, but cutting a piece of metal and welding it back together WILL get you a piece with different properties than the single solid piece.

 

[Skandocious]

Uh... I'm not sure that's really true. I'm not knowledgeable enough about metallurgy to really explain it, but cutting a piece of metal and welding it back together WILL get you a piece with different properties than the single solid piece.

Well of course if you want to talk about it at the MOLECULAR level, yeah it ain't the same. But for the purpose of binding the two pieces of metal together PERMANENTLY, welding works just fine.

 

[john112deere]

I'm talking about at a macro level.

As in, if you load it to failure, it will fail at a different loading and in a different way after welding than before.

 

[Skandocious]

Fair enough, but are we in agreement that I won't be loading that much pressure onto the welds on my frame? Lets face it-- these trucks are MOSTLY held together by welds anyways.

 

[TexasNomad]

A good weld is just as good as a solid piece of metal with no weld at all. Keyword here is GOOD weld. What does a good weld look like? Well just have a look at the welds where Centurion added a piece of C-channel to my frame when they stretched it.

Wow thats a hell of a weld, looks like the welds the Rig manufacturers use, that's no normal garage welder I guess trying to make a 4 door bronco your self would be a little out of the question.

 

[Skandocious]

Wow thats a hell of a weld, looks like the welds the Rig manufacturers use, that's no normal garage welder I guess trying to make a 4 door bronco your self would be a little out of the question.

Yeah I wouldn't attempt anything like it myself, though a backyard mechanic with a good welder and the skills to use it could most likely handle the job.

 

[TexasNomad]

Maybes thats why Jeffs are not offering the 4 door conversions any more

 

[Lost]

Wow thats a hell of a weld, looks like the welds the Rig manufacturers use, that's no normal garage welder I guess trying to make a 4 door bronco your self would be a little out of the question.

Nope other than the weld its self .you can section frame yourself and have welded up . I 've done it several times.

 

[Lost]

I'm talking about at a macro level.

As in, if you load it to failure, it will fail at a different loading and in a different way after welding than before.

Dont worry about it . We stretch trucks to put longer dumps,beds all time and have yet to have and problems . And we haul heavy .

I have seen semis with uglier weld last years .

 

[TexasNomad]

Nope other than the weld its self .you can section frame yourself and have welded up . I 've done it several times.

Really that's awesome how much would it cost to make my truck a 4 door