finally chopped it

[Surrey]

I've always been toying around with the idea to chop the top off my bronco and well, I finally did it. I still have alot of work to do but I love the way its turned out so far.

After I took the top off I used it to cap the ends above the tail lights. I've never tried to weld this thin of metal and its a HUGE pain in the butt.

The plan is for now to put a 4 point cage in the back for now and either put on a ranger tail gate or make one up. I'm also going to do something with a soft top snap riveted on.

That looks nice. Good job with the back corners too. I am going to chop the top on mine eventually, but that wont be until it gets beat up offroad some, shes too clean right now. I was thinking about finding a boxy fiberglass ranger canopy, and cutting that to fit for a custom hardtop for the b2 once the roof is chopped.

you can cut and use the hatch as a tailgate. it will just pop on and off.

Have you thought about attaching big hinges on the bottom, to your bumper, and then getting the cables from a tailgate to hold it up? Looks like it probably wouldn't be that hard to figure out?
Either way, very clean looking. Nice reuse of the stock door. Your back window looks really cool too.

 

[04sd]

The problem with most chops is they're hack jobs. If you do a nice job they look really good, can be very functional, and look like a factory built truck.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/9970648@N06/sets/72157600761070252/

 

[B2Guy]

i actually thought about using the old hatch as a tailgate but i think im going to find a ranger tailgate and make it work. I know i've seen plenty with that on there.

Id like to see one chopped with a torch. I bet its a bit messy. I used a grinder with some cutting wheels and it did a really good job. didnt take that long. the longest part was making sure I had a good straight line across the top. This is far from done, but when I am done with this project I hope it looks like it came from the factory that way.

 

[TEK4x4]

hey man nice job. here is a pic of mine i got my bII given to me by my neighbor and i geuss before he gave it to me a tree fell on it or something but he took a saws-all to it so i still have work to do im going to put the ranger tailgate on also and cap the sides with diamond plate or something. he already put some bed rails where the windows were so it helps but i need alot of work. i am getting a custom tarp made for it with button snaps but for now a nice walmart special brown and silver tarp and some bunge cords haha

 

[88_Eddie]

^
lookin good tek

 

[country0001]

Those all look pretty good. I'm going to do one of my B2's eventually.

 

[B2Guy]

looks good tek. i need to find some good roll cage ideas.

 

[gwaii]

chopping is absolutely the way to go with these things.i did just the back at first on mine,then about two weeks later took the rest off....

it's a lot of fun like this.....nice and open.i use a bikini top that hooks on the windshield frame and drapes over the bar for rainy weather.

 

[TeamExploder]

Cool, I want to do that to the back of the Ex but just don't have the guts to...afraid I'll have it lookin fawked up even though I've seen plenty of nice results.

 

[TEK4x4]

Hey b2Guy i tryed to get a good pic of mine but this is all i got right now on my computer tell i go back out to work on it later this week. its a hoop that goes under the cab part up around behind the drivers seats then goes back and slants down to the back corners with the runner bar across the top and another down each side bellow the side rails. but i cant get a pic posted up is there any way to put it in this with out going through that attachment thing cause it keeps saying my pic are to big?

 

[B2Guy]

tek if the pic is on photobucket or some site like that you can click the image button and put the image link in it. im sure i didnt explain that to good... sorry in advance haha

 

[AZFX4]

I had my B2 for like 3 months and I just couldnt resist taking the sawzall to it. Word of advice: reinforce the flimsy 2 piece roof. I used some small angle stock to stiffen it up. Looks much better now too.

 

[TEK4x4]

ya that is true i just built a roll cage and put it under that but if you dont do that i would defiantly suggest putting some sort of reinforcement.

 

[B2Guy]

im deff going to put a roll cage in it just need to find a good price on some steel first. Id like to do a good four point cage for now i wonder how many feet i would need....

 

[TEK4x4]

well i used around 40 feet for mine i do believe