Amoney's first Cherokee Hardbody build up.

[Amoney]

Hey guys, i have a build thread for my whole truck in the scx10 ii area but i wanted to have the progress of the hardbody in the scale section. I ordered this bad boy about 2 weeks ago and it is my first hardbody i have purchased. Initial thoughts of the body is that it is perfect in size IMO fits the stock rear bumper, fits perfect with the ssd bumper, can mount it lower to bring the cog down. i am very happy with it. cant wait to lay some sweet paint and destroy it.

I wanted to do the cut fenders on this body so that was something i needed to accept that was happening.

Here it is at the start of mock up, debating how to mount it.



Notes for myself on what holes to fill etc. im going to use stock body posts in rear and use allens up front.



Taking deep breaths i drilled two holes into my fresh body.



Fits pretty dang nice.





Next was to mount the front, i used some trickery and used my Jack as the front mounting point into a extra set of body post waiting underneath.





Now to deal with our heavy rubbing problem. This made me cringe because if i knew i messed up there is 100 bucks down the drain. so with much patience i got them to come out exactly how i wanted.





Here we go fingers crossed



One down, my goal was to cut enough for clearance and cut the little screw holes off from the stock fender mounting locations.



Rear marked and ready



Bam cut/sanded/rounded and test mounted up (the rear looks squared off because of left over pen marks)











And going to be painting it this color and will be laying about 4 coats of automotive clear over it.



Hopefully finish sanding it today and can lay paint on it the following day if weather permits.

[TAT76]

Did this build go anywhere?

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[Teng]

I like the King shocks, may I know what oil weight work best for you?

[biev]

Where did you get the xj body at? Been wanting to run a hardbody for a while now..

[TAT76]

Originally Posted by biev

Where did you get the xj body at? Been wanting to run a hardbody for a while now..

Search 313mm hardbody.

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[Amoney]

Well i got tired of uploading photos with photobucket hence why this never got updated. So here is a update many years later and 4 Axialfest trips under its belt.As you can see i converted it to a truck.

[Cookee]

Amoney the Jeep turned truck looks awesome! I'm currently building my first gspeed rig and have been thinking about throwing the comanche body on it. I did a cherokee hard body on a 10ii custom I did. Always loved that body. Thanks for sharing your creativity!