03/07/2025
This was the deepest I’ve dove into the sheetmetal genre, which was intimidating at first, but once I immersed myself, it was really enjoyable. The kick panels were literally the first parts I ever bead rolled, other than a small piece of scrap to determine the wheel offsets. It’s wild how much a simple bead line can completely transform an otherwise boring flat panel. Once the door panels were on, they were just too plain, so I took some notes from and ’s playbooks and incorporated an offset honeycomb inlay. The narrowed jeep hood was also too boring, along with having no vents to evacuate engine bay heat. and myself decided that it needed a matching honeycomb accent/vent. The cargo tray was made as large as possible and still be removable, 1/8” aluminum, plenty of holes along the perimeter for tie down points, along with L-track provisions as well.
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