Ended up with tires that rubbed a little at the rear of the fender well. So I decided to do something about it. Pulled it in the shop at work and got together the 6" grinder w/cutting wheels, dragged the MIG over, Got it in the air on stands puleed the tires and then.............. Sat my butt on the floor and stared for 20 minutes
That first cut was hell on the nerves
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So I cut up a small opening to see in behind the first layer.
Then peeled it back. It looked clear so I went to town on it.
I trimmed back horizontally underneath 1.5" and then brought the cut line around the side and up
I then found an inner fender skin from a Tahoe ( We assemble and weld together body panels for GM, hoods,doors , fenders, trunk lids etc. for factory repair parts ) and cut it to fit with a couple inches left over and started welding it back in to the new opening.
As I got it welded I kept trimming it to fit and welding and hammering.
Then it was time to clean it up a little
I also trimmed the factory Mopar rails back to match the new body line. About 1.5"
BEFORE
AFTER
Oh by the way, here's the tires
Took me about 6 hours of farting around, working, drinking coffee, working, looking, thinking, working and I'm done with the passenger side!
Hopefully next Saturday will go better now that I know what I'm doing
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02 Red KJ Sport,33s,
custom fenders,custom roof rack,custom 5" susp, cradle drop,
V8 swap[url=http://www.lostjeeps.com/forum/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=68&t=64049]04 KJ, 4" Fox coilovers, Bilstein, 33's, RL front bumper
'05 WK Limited, Hers