Building a Universal Modified

.... I think Andi tripped me

Unkamonkey wrote: When the dog farts, you probably blame Mrs. Olsen.

no, in this case it's obviously the fault of the father!

Jpet-

I should probably bring this thread up to speed. More changes over the past months. First, the seats:



I wanted bomber seats but I also wanted something that had a vintage feel so I went with this design. The harness is 5 point. Originally, it was completely modular where you did not need to use the shoulder straps but I found this to be a pain so I sewed the shoulder straps to the lap belts. In the next picture, you can see both seats with the alterations. Taller seat backs and both seats are raised and lean back farther. Now I have more leg room and a lot more comfort without cutting out the wheel wells.



.... at first it was hard to get used to being held back in the seat with the harness but now I am used to it and I feel more comfortable being strapped in on and off road.

..... more ....

I also put some reinforcement in the grill:



.... I still want to stabilize it by changing the head light brackets and bring them down to the shock towers. Sort of a stealth front hoop to protect the radiator on a roll over .... speaking of that,....



yes, we rolled over again in Sand Hollow
.... didn’t get hurt. The harness held me in place, the new windshield supported the vehicle just fine and even though there was a little fluid leakage, the new gas tank did not leak, and the tranny fluid stayed in the tranny.   It took about 15 minutes to recover and get rolling again.



..... finally, a dual channel radio:



I think that’s mostly it for now.   As someone pointed out on YouTube, there have been some changes through the last 5 years:





Almost forgot. I got tired of tearing up my summer top when I’m in the woods so I made another canopy just for woods wheeling as shown in the last pic. Thanks for reading.

Thanks Mike, I’ll keep that in mind. It’s plugged into the phone charger for now. I’d like to incorporate one of the blue tooth hands free systems available. I see they have a Bluetooth mic (BT-89). I wonder if it could be modified to use with a tactical headset like I have for my baofeng.

Edited by jpet - 31 May 2019 at 1:01pm

Sweet Update. You forgot the video of the roll.

Jeff surprised us by rolling over in a spot that no one expected so no one was filming. Everything he does is amazing. Even the places he rolls over are creative. 

Any more photos of your sliders? I’m looking for ideas for my 3B. Thanks