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fiberglass tub

Discussion in 'Intermediate CJ-5/6/7/8' started by jeep6275, Apr 4, 2007.

  1. jeep6275

    jeep6275 Member

    hey guys. i just got my fiberglass tub. for a 74 cj6. my concern is (i have read about this also) the body is not indented for the windsheild hinges.

    how do i make my hinges work? can the body shop modify the body? or is there a differant hinge i dont know about? my hinges are at the body shop so i have no referance.

    jeep
     
    jeep6275, Apr 4, 2007
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  2. spud

    spud Nope..it's not finished!

    Can you post a pic?????? I'm wondering the same thing on mine.
     
    spud, Apr 4, 2007
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  3. High5

    High5 Member

    Mine mounted to the outside of the tub. They aren't set in.

    High5
     
    High5, Apr 4, 2007
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  4. kbtriumph

    kbtriumph New Member

    I know it is off topic, but where did you get your CJ6 tub from? Is it an intermediate body? I have been looking for one for my '74.

    Sorry for the hijack.
     
    kbtriumph, Apr 4, 2007
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  5. Boyink

    Boyink Super Moderator Staff Member

    Only source is through JCW.
     
    Boyink, Apr 4, 2007
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  6. Rick

    Rick Member

    Mine just mounted on the front face, no indent, no problems. Mine is a 73 cj5.
     
    Rick, Apr 4, 2007
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  7. Brieoff

    Brieoff Member

    Agreed,
    I have a fiberglass tub on my 73 CJ5.
    The hinges just mount flush, looks fine.
    :iagree:
     
    Brieoff, Apr 4, 2007
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  8. jeep6275

    jeep6275 Member

    ok thanks guys. i dont care if they are not flush. i just didnt know if the holes would line up.

    the body did come from jcw. it was a good price. and really the tub is good. this is the first fiberglass tub that i have seen. so i dont have alot of experience with them. i researced what others had said about them on this site and i think i had a pretty good expectation of what i was getting when i ordered it.

    overall it is not perfect but once i get all the hardware and paint on it i dont think it will make any differance. besides its a jeep not a corvette! i am just going to drive the s#!t out of it! and have fun with it.R)
     
    jeep6275, Apr 4, 2007
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  9. Boyink

    Boyink Super Moderator Staff Member

    Do the wheelwells still extend all the way to the front seats with the JCW tubs?

    That would be the biggest disappointment for me - get a 20" longer Jeep and still have to do a wheelhouse notch to get enough legroom to drive..
     
    Boyink, Apr 4, 2007
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  10. jeep6275

    jeep6275 Member

    NO THEY DONT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :) (sorry not yelling just excited) i had read several comments on this site about the wheel wells being extended. but when mine showed up i was pleasantly suprised to find that their is 20" of extra front seat clearance. yeah!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    jeep
     
    jeep6275, Apr 4, 2007
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  11. mpearcex

    mpearcex New Member

    What's this about extra wheel well on the fiberglass tubs? Are you talking about the rear wheel well? I must know about this, my tub on my 75 is fiberglass and from JC Whittney. I have always thought that I was sitting too close to the streerig wheel in mine.
     
    mpearcex, Apr 5, 2007
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  12. jeep6275

    jeep6275 Member

    well, i am sure you know but a cj6 is a 20" longer version of the cj5.

    apparently when jcw would have the cj6 tubs built the rear wheel wells were just extended 20". so you gain no more front seat room.

    mine is not this way. I HAVE 20" OF ROOM !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! yeah:)
     
    jeep6275, Apr 5, 2007
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  13. lynn

    lynn Time machine / Early CJ5 HR Rep Staff Member

    How 'bout some pics?? :)
     
    lynn, Apr 5, 2007
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  14. Boyink

    Boyink Super Moderator Staff Member

    Is there another one? R)

    Sorry...;)

    As mentioned, it's not so much an extra wheel well as the two normal wheelhousings were extended 20" -- which meant you lost out on the "CJ6 space" between the front seats and rear wheelhousings.

    Good to hear they're not doing that now.
     
    Boyink, Apr 5, 2007
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  15. jeep6275

    jeep6275 Member

    i'll see what i can do. im only 29 but dont seem to have the whole digital camera thing under control yet.R)
     
    jeep6275, Apr 5, 2007
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