So i bought a 51 Whilly

Hip · Oct 7, 2011

you mean this one....hand so slipery i could not keep a grip on the wheel. leather gloves and slop dont work well together.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HN1AbbDNcIg

mark · Oct 7, 2011

Hip said:
you mean this one....hand so slipery i could not keep a grip on the wheel. leather gloves and slop dont work well together.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HN1AbbDNcIg

Sure... I think you were just trying to get a good 'film bite'

BTW, your camera doesn't zoom when its recording video, kind of a bummer and I would have been able to get better shots of you in the rock and log piles.

bobbed_84_toy · Oct 7, 2011

Hip said:
you mean this one....hand so slipery i could not keep a grip on the wheel. leather gloves and slop dont work well together.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HN1AbbDNcIg

No wonder your neck was sore :haha:

jeepmauler · Oct 7, 2011

Hip said:
What machining makes them better?

Not trying to bum rush your thread but a pic is worth a thousand words. Yours and my wheels are the same.

I remove all the excess material around the centerbore and lug pockets. I leave plenty of material so strength isn't effected. It's how we do ALL deep pocket wheels now and have for a while. I did mine a couple years ago. I offer it to people as a "warranty" upgrade of sorts.

It makes puting lug nuts on alot easier and takes some weight outa the wheel.

Hip · Oct 9, 2011

jeepmauler said:
Not trying to bum rush your thread but a pic is worth a thousand words. Yours and my wheels are the same.

I remove all the excess material around the centerbore and lug pockets. I leave plenty of material so strength isn't effected. It's how we do ALL deep pocket wheels now and have for a while. I did mine a couple years ago. I offer it to people as a "warranty" upgrade of sorts.

It makes puting lug nuts on alot easier and takes some weight outa the wheel.

ahh soo i see. that is a nice mod.

stealthrunner1 · Oct 9, 2011

Willys looks good Hip!!!!Hope to wheel with ya some time after the re-do is done!!!:awesomework:

karhart77 · Mar 3, 2012

I'll just leave this here...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aw2KbJCWNew&feature=youtube_gdata_player
Nice driving Hip!

Jeepasaurusrex · Mar 4, 2012

Hows that skid plate? :redneck:

Hip · Mar 4, 2012

Jeepasaurusrex said:
Hows that skid plate? :redneck:

skidplate in action....:beer:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aw2KbJCWNew&feature=channel

:awesomework:

Let me be the first to Report the repost.

Hip · Mar 4, 2012

Actually it worked great, however i should/will need to add to it a little. i have a lip under the engine oil pan and it was flexed up enough to touch/crease the pan, causing the crankshaft to barely hit it. this caused imediate alarm but was a fairley easy fix to drop the pan beat the crease out and reinstall on the desert floor.

droping the skid without a floorjack on a level floor is a chore.:eeek:

Hip · Mar 17, 2017

So as things evolve, the one piece belly pan became a pain. So i cut it into three pieces and added a front oil pan portion. The first front portion kept getting bent/smashed up enough to still smash the oil pan sump.

So this time i made it out of the same T1 wear plate material as the rest of the skidplate is made from.