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| Author: | NWjeepster [ Mon Oct 10, 2005 4:56 am ] |
| Post subject: | pinch weld in the front wheel well prividing clearance issue |
I am currently running 265/75-16 I was wondering if anyone else has experianced clearance issues withe front pinch weld, and how you dealt with it |
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| Author: | Fouros [ Mon Oct 10, 2005 5:32 am ] |
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see here http://www.lostjeeps.com/forum/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?t=226&highlight=pinch+weld |
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| Author: | CaKJFreedom [ Mon Oct 10, 2005 6:58 pm ] |
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That's a great write up! Here's the cliff notes version. Cut the plastic around the pinch welds, take a big heavy hammer and go to town, then use an undercoating spray to cover cover up the freshly beat area. It feels a little wierd to take a hammer to your Jeep but it's worth it (and fun). 
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| Author: | Tokyojoe [ Mon Oct 10, 2005 7:31 pm ] |
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I cut the plastic up two sides, beat the pinch weld flat, sprayed with rust-proofing primer, heated the plastic flap, flattened it out, cut it down to fit the space, then used the trim pieces to melt them with the heat gun like I was soldering the flap back into place. Worked great! |
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| Author: | LostRenegade [ Mon Oct 10, 2005 10:18 pm ] |
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Wow, 265/75/R16s. What kind of rubbing to you get? What year is your KJ? |
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| Author: | jpzkj [ Mon Oct 10, 2005 11:50 pm ] |
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Beat the pinch weld with big hammer (take the wheel off 1st). Cut the plastic just enough to expose the pinch weld and get to work w/that hammer. 
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| Author: | Spike6901 [ Wed Oct 12, 2005 9:56 am ] |
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Ditto here. It was actully fun to beat the hell out of the jeep with a big hammer. 
Took about an hour for the whole job. I also heat gunned the fog lamp door. I proped a peice of wood against the plastic and heat gunned it. It took about 15min a side for that part. I prob. didn't even need to do it but I was going to run 265's untill I found that the 245's would save me over $100 and money was tight. |
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