Thread: my navajo build

alright heres what i have, its a 1991 mazda navajo, (basically explorer sport) its 2 door with a 5 speed and 4.0 everything runs super strong and good, but i have a set of bucket seats and fuel cell that needs to go in it. Its already caged, but its not to the frame, just welded to the cab. before i mount the fuel cell and bucket seats i want a more extensive cage to the frame. now here are my options, and i think im gonna leave it to DR to decide. do i just build off of this cage to the frame and tie it all together or rip it all out and start over. some of the factors against building off this cage is that its only 1 1/2 and its not very tight to the cab. other than that here are some pics of the 4x front end thats widened 3" per side, double shocked, and coils on a custom adjuster..













heres the new autolocking dixi hubs



eventually its gonna be a full build, i also plan on mountin some bypasses i have lying around..

day 2.. starting over..

so much for leaving it up to DR to decide lol. good luck with the build.

Originally Posted by doyouquaxu

so much for leaving it up to DR to decide lol. good luck with the build.

well you guys took to long!!!!

haha start all over, soo two bucket's and a bench seat or just the bucket's! Any plan's for the back-end!

its gonna be a three seater, ditched all the bench seats, gonna have all buckets! now heres my next question. i want to keep the stock guage cluster but want to build a dash that i can mount my gps and race radio in, so if any of u guys have pics or ideas of something similar to this it would be greatly appreciated.

good luck in ur build, keep us posted!

main hoop all bent up, but not tacked in yet. had to call it an early day due to all the damn wind





in there good and tight..

keep the stock dash and build a center console that has a space for a race radio and make it so the center console meets where the ciggarette lighter is and thegps mounts where the ciggarette lighter was. if it doesnt make sense i will draw it in paint

Originally Posted by jeepspeed

keep the stock dash and build a center console that has a space for a race radio and make it so the center console meets where the ciggarette lighter is and thegps mounts where the ciggarette lighter was. if it doesnt make sense i will draw it in paint

i was thinking about that, but dont think i would have room around the stick shift..

got the halo all bent up and tacked in...

little bit more progress..





the pillars in this pic are different from eachother in order to clear my clutch and brake pedal.... shouldnt be a big deal

damn nice. do you have a tig to do alu on hand? if so id say keep the gauge cluster and build your own dash. maybe get it wrapped later on to give it a stock look.

last pics for today..

Originally Posted by Knuckledstr

damn nice. do you have a tig to do alu on hand? if so id say keep the gauge cluster and build your own dash. maybe get it wrapped later on to give it a stock look.

havent done alot lately, mostly been working to get the house back together from the earthquake. I dont have a tig, but someone told me that you can gas weld aluminum using aluminum arc welding rod with the flux.. so i went and bought a box of rod and to my suprise it worked pretty good!! so im gonna weld up the dash and then just buff all the welds down.. gonna be my first aluminum dash build so it should be interesting.. will post pics of the progress in a day or so.

started the dash, something different. let me know what you think.

Originally Posted by littlesmail

havent done alot lately, mostly been working to get the house back together from the earthquake. I dont have a tig, but someone told me that you can gas weld aluminum using aluminum arc welding rod with the flux.. so i went and bought a box of rod and to my suprise it worked pretty good!! so im gonna weld up the dash and then just buff all the welds down.. gonna be my first aluminum dash build so it should be interesting.. will post pics of the progress in a day or so.

haha, damn thats old school but really kool that you could do that and should be able to make a dash pretty easy like that. fab work looks nice btw

well havent updated this in a while but here are some picks.. should be done here in a while..

the cage..





passenger seat mount..




fuel cell/ spare tire mount





tail light box built into cage..




and the truck...

Nice work!

Any updates on The Black Pearl?

Drop brackets?

well i got it all done and took it out to the desert for thanksgiving and it did real well but i still need to do some adjustments to the rear shocks.. here are a few pics but its still real dirty so ill take some more when i clean it up and when its daylight outside.

looks sweet yea saw u @ super on fri nite..

where abouts were u guys at

That is a very cool idea for the passenger seat. I dont like how the harness are mounted, but nevertheless it's a bitchin build. Dash came out nice too!

Mike

i really didnt have much of a choice on the harnesses, because they had to be able to pivot with the seat or else you wouldnt be able to tilt up the seat with them attached to the main part of the cage

No I know, just my observation!

Mike

Nice truck dude, looks great. I like the front bumper a lot. If I were to somewhat steal your idea don't get mad haha.

i really like this truck for some reason. its just simple. nice job on the dash too btw, how did you end up welding it together?

beside sand highway we jus went 4 the nite.. pass by ur guyz camp like 2times.. It's Ish by da way dude.. like ur idea with the seat

thanks! u have the truck out there?

yea i took the truck out. see if i tke it out on new years.. soo wats next!

started a light, let me know what you guys think!







still have alot more bracing to do before its done..

looks good. i think you should work on the front end. did i miss what you did to the rear? i love the spare tire mount/filler neck thing

...really cool looking build! Keep it up I dig the light rack!

Originally Posted by zac92ranger

looks good. i think you should work on the front end. did i miss what you did to the rear? i love the spare tire mount/filler neck thing

i didnt really do much to the rear except a homade leaf pack and some bypasses, and the front is gonna get some work done to it as well but im going to link the rear of it first.

lookin good.. navajo sounded nice on da d38 race.. see u guys on new years!

finished up the light bar. let me know what you think! gonna get bigger lights in the future though these were just the only ones i had.











nice and tight!!!

looks good man!

thanks! i was pleased with the way it came out!