New under armor

[Reloader]

Built some UCP for the H3 last weekend.



Up on the hoist. Sure makes things easier to fab up.







Clearance for the transfer case


Welding it all up.
Sorry, couldn't get pic to rotate.





Painted and mounted up. I utilized all the existing mounting holes and added 8mmx125 rivet nuts to the frame for the rest.
It looks heavy but the two pieces weigh less than 60 lbs together. Very strong and flush mounted with the crossmembers.

 

[3Hummers]

Looks stout. Nice job!

 

[silvrzuki77]

Nice looks good!

 

[06 H3]

New under amor

Looks awesome!

 

[Pappibri]

Nice job.. Have to protect the belly of the beast...:thumbs:

 

[ReconH3]

New under amor

Great job. Love the profile. It does look beefy.

 

[Portager]

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Nicely done! I like the low, or should I say high profile. How many inches of ground clearance did you gain under the UCP. I seam to high center on the UCP a lot.

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[M22KLARS]

Wow that looks great! What's it made out of?

 

[alrock]

Nice - why did you change from your old custom UCP?

 

[H3DONIST]

What front bumper is that?

 

[08SolarFlareH3]

New under amor

What front bumper is that?

It's a modified Boulder Accessories bumper.

 

[08SolarFlareH3]

New under amor

The UCP looks great, great work Reloader!

 

[Neo]

someone has been quite the busy beaver lately , very nice man :cheers: its so pretty, i know where we can scrape it up some :wink:

 

[justin94tt]

That looks sweet, you should think about making a few for sale! Sure they would not last long.

 

[Zach]

Nicely done :thumbs:

 

[Reloader]

Nicely done! I like the low, or should I say high profile. How many inches of ground clearance did you gain under the UCP. I seam to high center on the UCP a lot.

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Sitting on level pavement there is 13 inches of clearance between skid and ground.

 

[Reloader]

Wow that looks great! What's it made out of?

Its built from 1.25'' square tubing and 1.5 inch angle . About 20' of the square tubing and 8' of the angle.

 

[Reloader]

Nice - why did you change from your old custom UCP?

All I had before was a custom plate protecting the transfer case that is 10'' wide and spans between the crossmembers. Transmission and front drive shaft were totally unprotected.

 

[Reloader]

What front bumper is that?

The bumper started out as a BA unit I got from 4speedfunk. The grill guard was pretty wimpy so I changed it to what you see now. Its all one solid welded piece now. The front bottom is getting modified this weekend to enhance the approach angle. The hole under the hawser has been enlarged also.

 

[Reloader]

someone has been quite the busy beaver lately , very nice man :cheers: its so pretty, i know where we can scrape it up some :wink:

Thanks. Thats the plan man. Gonna try to leave that new black paint on top of several rocks in Moab.

 

[Reloader]

That looks sweet, you should think about making a few for sale! Sure they would not last long.

I want to see how these hold up first.

 

[mkmcgreg]

Its built from 1.25'' square tubing and 1.5 inch angle . About 20' of the square tubing and 8' of the angle.

Do you remember the gauge of steel u used? I just learned we have a mig in our shop I can use. Always wanted to learn to weld and thought this could be a fun project to make something similar