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4X4 MX-3?
Posted: October 23rd, 2008, 4:22 pm
by 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.....
Re: 4X4 MX-3?
Posted: October 23rd, 2008, 5:35 pm
by 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!
Re: 4X4 MX-3?
Posted: October 23rd, 2008, 5:53 pm
by SmoothMX3
You guys are wild

Re: 4X4 MX-3?
Posted: October 23rd, 2008, 6:08 pm
by 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!

Re: 4X4 MX-3?
Posted: October 23rd, 2008, 6:15 pm
by wytbishop
35's is over the top. You don't want it to look funny.
Re: 4X4 MX-3?
Posted: October 23rd, 2008, 6:46 pm
by cjthor
wytbishop wrote: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
Re: 4X4 MX-3?
Posted: October 23rd, 2008, 6:51 pm
by cjthor
Mooneggs wrote: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!
Re: 4X4 MX-3?
Posted: October 23rd, 2008, 7:01 pm
by fowljesse
Naw. Weld 'em up, Dukes of Hazzard style! We're Redneckin' it, anyway!
Re: 4X4 MX-3?
Posted: October 23rd, 2008, 7:02 pm
by Mooneggs
cjthor wrote:
This means now i need ANOTHER set of doors!
why? some jeeps don't have doors lol

Re: 4X4 MX-3?
Posted: October 23rd, 2008, 7:23 pm
by 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;
Re: 4X4 MX-3?
Posted: October 23rd, 2008, 7:56 pm
by wytbishop
cjthor wrote:wytbishop wrote: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.
Re: 4X4 MX-3?
Posted: October 23rd, 2008, 8:14 pm
by mitmaks
Nd4SpdSe wrote: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.
Re: 4X4 MX-3?
Posted: October 23rd, 2008, 8:28 pm
by Nd4SpdSe
mitmaks wrote: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.
Re: 4X4 MX-3?
Posted: October 23rd, 2008, 8:36 pm
by cjthor
Nd4SpdSe wrote:mitmaks wrote: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!!
Re: 4X4 MX-3?
Posted: October 23rd, 2008, 9:32 pm
by 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.