Top plate drawing ???

kevent · **Joined:** Mon Aug 27, 2012 11:47 am **Posts:** 22

Hi guys since i am in canada and want to lift my liberty i wanna add some top plates in the top of the strute and perform a "WESWAY" lift .. but ordering those plates will cost me a lot of shipping so i was considering about making my own on 1/8 poly sheets i can have for free ill put 3 of them on each side.. i want to save some time during the lift since i wont be at home and i was wondering if someone has top plates drawing or even few pictures with some mesurement on it that could let me make them before taking the jeep appart ...

thanks for infos

tommudd · **Posted:** Fri Oct 26, 2012 9:02 am

First ...wesway lift :ROTFL:

second ....poly sheets will not stand up over time
third .......

BugginKJ · **Joined:** Mon Jul 06, 2009 7:35 pm **Posts:** 4576

Poly sheets,teflon, plastic of any kind will hold up long enough to take it to the dealer and trade it in, useless if keeping the Jeep and are going to drive it. If you are keeping it, go to the junk yard if ya don't want to tear it apart, get yourself a top plate even if it is junk and cut out your own from steel or aluminum, steel is better. OR go buy one from Napa or the choice auto part store you use, draw yourself a template and return once ya get done coloring in the lines. :jester:

jeeptorino68 · **Posted:** Sat Oct 27, 2012 5:52 pm

id be interested in a drawing too, but to make top plates out of metal...

if anyone has one let me know

tommudd · **Posted:** Sat Oct 27, 2012 6:05 pm

I have a few top plates laying here
problem is I paid for them, or paid to have some one make them for me.

At The Helm · **Posted:** Sat Oct 27, 2012 6:56 pm

How much extra could shipping possibly to Canada? Top plate shims are like 2lbs and very small.

ATXKJ · **Posted:** Sat Oct 27, 2012 8:30 pm

of course it's also possible to provide a link
http://www.lostjeeps.com/forum/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?p=474432#p474432

or even an image

Cherrie 274 · **Posted:** Sat Oct 27, 2012 10:04 pm

tommudd · **Posted:** Sat Oct 27, 2012 10:31 pm

yes nice

Thats off my original :roll:

BugginKJ · **Joined:** Mon Jul 06, 2009 7:35 pm **Posts:** 4576

Wow, research and reading can be such a wonderful thing.
:roll:

kevent · **Joined:** Mon Aug 27, 2012 11:47 am **Posts:** 22

Thanks a lot for that drawing.... now i need 3/8 alu or steel

And by poly i was talking about hard plastic.... look like black lexan i can have ad many 1/8 sheets as i want i tough it would work and will be more eazy to work with

BugginKJ · **Joined:** Mon Jul 06, 2009 7:35 pm **Posts:** 4576

kevent wrote:

Thanks a lot for that drawing.... now i need 3/8 alu or steel

And by poly i was talking about hard plastic.... look like black lexan i can have ad many 1/8 sheets as i want i tough it would work and will be more eazy to work with

Any form of plastic is junk for top plates. Easy is not the best. Aluminum drills and cuts just about the same and is light. Steel is heavy duty, a little harder to work with than aluminum, a little heavier and will never wear out but take some skill to work with.

tommudd · **Posted:** Sun Oct 28, 2012 7:53 am

kevent wrote:

Thanks a lot for that drawing.... now i need 3/8 alu or steel

And by poly i was talking about hard plastic.... look like black lexan i can have ad many 1/8 sheets as i want i tough it would work and will be more eazy to work with

Its been tried before , looked good on paper but long term wouldn't stand up. As a test i even made some out of regular cutting boards you use in the kitchen and they worked for a few thousand miles :ROTFL:

just like the poly stuff one person tried to use and sell
Do it right one time and be done
above pattern is right and will work
Rustys Offroad have ones for sale that still won't work right after 10 years of knowing they won't

jeeptorino68 · **Posted:** Tue Oct 30, 2012 9:35 pm

thanks everyone!

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