4X4 MX-3?

[cjthor]

Anyone ever thought of this? Not an AWD but rather putting an mx3 body on like a bronco or Jeep frame? Hmmmm my jeep needs a new body and I have this parts car mx3 at home.....

[fowljesse]

I'll help!
One of the coolest things I've seen was a Mercedes CLK on a Unimog frame! It was incredible!
If anyone doesn't know what these are, Google them! It's hilarious!

[SmoothMX3]

You guys are wild

[Mooneggs]

I would definately help with this project!

I saw a first gen mitsubishi eclipse on a 4x4 frame in memphis jacked up on some 35's or something... pretty crazy...

lol that would at least put that mx-3 to good use instead of trashing it!

[wytbishop]

35's is over the top. You don't want it to look funny.

[cjthor]

35's is over the top. You don't want it to look funny.

There are 35's on my jeep right now..thats what it would get

[cjthor]

I would definately help with this project!

I saw a first gen mitsubishi eclipse on a 4x4 frame in memphis jacked up on some 35's or something... pretty crazy...

lol that would at least put that mx-3 to good use instead of trashing it!

This means now i need ANOTHER set of doors!

[fowljesse]

Naw. Weld 'em up, Dukes of Hazzard style! We're Redneckin' it, anyway!

[Mooneggs]

This means now i need ANOTHER set of doors!

why? some jeeps don't have doors lol

[Nd4SpdSe]

Would be the simplest and cheapest of major mods. With trucks being a body-on-frame, taking the body off wouldn't be a problem, and it technically would still drive. The Mx-3, well, it's a unibody, so you'd just have to cut the body of the mx-3 to conform to the frame of the truck. If you have the doner vehicles, all it would take is time, a welder and a sawsall. The only thing you may need to do is adjust the rear wheels so that the front and the rear line up with the wheel wells of the mx-3, asthetically speaking.

http://www.jtruck.net/misc/4x4cars/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[wytbishop]

35's is over the top. You don't want it to look funny.

There are 35's on my jeep right now..thats what it would get

Ummm...I was kidding. Like..."How do you make an MX-3 body on a Jeep frame look funny?" It supplies it's own punchline.

[mitmaks]

Would be the simplest and cheapest of major mods. With trucks being a body-on-frame, taking the body off wouldn't be a problem, and it technically would still drive. The Mx-3, well, it's a unibody, so you'd just have to cut the body of the mx-3 to conform to the frame of the truck. If you have the doner vehicles, all it would take is time, a welder and a sawsall. The only thing you may need to do is adjust the rear wheels so that the front and the rear line up with the wheel wells of the mx-3, asthetically speaking.

http://www.jtruck.net/misc/4x4cars/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

that's what I wanted to say. You can't simply separate mx-3 from the frame since its unibody, good luck with project though.

[Nd4SpdSe]

that's what I wanted to say. You can't simply separate mx-3 from the frame since its unibody, good luck with project though.

Indeed, but the frame part would be something that would facilitate bolting it to the truck frame.

[cjthor]

that's what I wanted to say. You can't simply separate mx-3 from the frame since its unibody, good luck with project though.

Indeed, but the frame part would be something that would facilitate bolting it to the truck frame.

True...Just gona have to get the mx3 in the air and take a look at the subframes. Luckily I think Im about to buy a lift!!

[Nd4SpdSe]

I'm quite curious on that as well. I'd like to see it to be a clean install and not look like it's literally a car bolted on a truck frame. I think what makes or breaks that is having the wheel wells go with the shape of the tires. I think the Fiero, Delorian and the baby blue Camaro are the perfect examples on what I hope it doesn't look like.

The nice thing is that you just need to give the fuse panel power and all your interior systems on the mx-3 would work as-is.