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Okay, so I got the wheelwells about where I want them but now I don't like the way the plastic fenders are going to look after I trim them back for my tires. So I went back and looked again at Durangotangs "flat fenders" from a couple years ago. I am going to attempt my take on this same idea.
I started on the passenger side yesterday. I laid out the fender on the bench and stared for awhile then turned it 90 and stared some more. Then I took it back out to the Jeep, held it up and stared again, back inside, on the bench, stare some more. (This went on for awhile
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I cut some 3" long pieces of 3/4 x 1/8 Flat CRS and started laying them out along the mating surface. One end of each piece was cut at a slight angle to follow the curves of the factory flare.
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Then I started welding the pieces one by one to each other
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I took a longer piece about 14" and slowly bent it to match the lower part of the fender at the rear and welded it to the rest of the pieces.
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I then marked and drilled the holes where the stock clips go to match up to the main fender panel. I have access to and spot welded weld studs thru this piece and will be able to actually bolt these fenders on and off.
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That's it for now, but it's a start. I have the main piece that bolts to the body done for the passenger side. Now I just have to work my way out from there.
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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