Tom Joseph's Ready to Ride JKU Build Walkthrough

This is Wide Open Design's first Ready to Ride full tube chassis JKU!

We are are releasing this as the first Production tube chassis JKU on the market. It's been designed from the ground up to shine as a dedicated off-road rig, with its most defining feature being the ability to fit four full sized adults without sacrificing comfort or performance.

In this video, we showcase the build we did for Tom Joseph, alongside many of the features and concepts we plan to roll out on future builds. From a ton of different tech, to the many details we put into the design and fab work. Check it out!

Tom Joseph came to us looking for something more than just a normal off the shelf build. We had the idea of bringing the 4 Door Jk chassis to life for a new product line and Tom was the perfect guy to do that with. We used this build to really dial in all of the features and options that we wanted to utilize in the 4 Door Jk Jeep chassis builds that will be following this one.

From the obviously custom one off dash and console, to the frenched tail lights, we tried to cover all of the bases and put in a ton of detail work to build a truly unique vehicle. One of the most noticeable things we did was the pocketing in the body armor. We took the 1/4" thick aluminum and pocketed out a design using our CNC mill. The result was something that we haven't ever seen used before on body armor and it gave the plain flat side panels some life. You can see the same pattern repeated in different ways throughout the build alongside many other details.

We also backed up all of the fabrication with a lot of technology. From the integrated head unit to the massive Holley gauge cluster and even air conditioning. This vehicle should have all of the bells and whistles covered.

One of the main goals of this build was to make sure it had room to fit 4 adults comfortably. We managed to fit 4 extra wide seats on custom mounts that give each passenger their own space. This is the only 4 seater we have seen that will comfortably fit 4 grown men. Cup holders for everyone and each person has an air conditioning vent to themselves.

We feel like we have developed one heck of a trail machine with this one!

For a link to the full photo gallery and write up, go to our site here!

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