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Just a lil update for ya. were almost done with the cage. square tube is 2"x4" .120 wall steel, and the halo is 2" .095 wall. the cross bars and stuff will all be 1.5" .095. were cutting out a rag top for it now, cuz march 10th were taking it to the dunes for some sand time

we havent had any time to weld in the cage yet. but as soon as we do I'll be sure to post here right away!

any hey, its a capable 4wd, so who says we'd be gettin' busy anywhere near a roadway. lol. no roof means all sorts of crazy possibilities, and soon enough there will be a jungle gym of grab-bars to hang onto during the interlude.

here's more of what we've done so far. enjoy! Before, $395 cash drove it home. A week later we lopped the roof off. door tops and pillars smoothed out, door panels installed. other door panels rear area up next it the cage. still trying to find a local guy with a bender we can borrow. no luck yet.

I cannot even imagine the scenario where this law came into play. like maybe the madatory wipers law came out before cars like jeeps with removable fold down windows came out, then they were like, ok, so i guess you dont need a window. but then never got around to rewriting the law about wipers. I dunno.

yep. its street legal as is. it still has all its lights and signals. and in Oregon you don't even need a windshield. BUT you do have to have working windshield wipers, whether you have a windshield or not.

actually, I do now, its a heck of a delivery vehicle. were capping off all the pillars this weekend and adding the cage soon after.

TADA!! 1 guy cutting, 3 sawzall blades and 4 guys for moral support 3 pizzas, 10 chicken wings, a case of pepsi and a few PBR's. one hour later:

I will post pics for sure! thanks for the advice and info. the 2-door pics are sorta close to what I'm thinking, but mine will have no roof at all when its done. also, in searching on here for "roof" i get a lot of people looking for roof racks and spoilers and sunroof glass. all of which I will have leftover if theres anyone out there that wants to make an offer, lemme know! Ill also have a rear lift glass and the lifters.

wednesday night I'm lopping the roof off of my 95 pathfinder. we plan on putting in a full "jeep style" cage in it for dune running. we wanna slice it off leaving the windshield there with its front pillars and about 4" of the roofline across the top. were going to slice it down the sides at window height along that body line. were going to remove the window glass first. were prolly going to weld the tailgate in place, or use something to latch the tops, like on a pickup or something. the only part im a lil curious about is cutting under the rear door handles on the pillar. is that going to affect how the interior door handle operates if the outer door handle is suddenly missing and the linkages arent hooked up? I still want the doors to open and close for now at this stage of the build. Ill post before and after pics. any advice before I start?