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Round Eyed XJ   1987 XJ Cherokee  Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Commerce City, Crawlorado Posts: 518 | XJ Bolt on Tube Fenders
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| 06-29-2007, 08:23 PM | #2 |
Round Eyed XJ 1987 XJ Cherokee Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Commerce City, Crawlorado Posts: 518 |    The rear quarter guards are made by THOR4x4 and I am adding onto them with the permission of the owner, which I have talked to quit afew times. He built a set of tube fenders for the rear of his and sent me pictures of what he did so I could get some ideas. Sometimes it is just easier to start with someone elses part and work from there rather than reinventing the wheel. The fronts came from Slickrock gear but I have had to modify them because they did not fit very well. If I could do it over again I would have made my own fronts. I had to go back and form the fronts to match the curve of the fender because of the fit. It will take a little work to get the finish right on these. On May 13th I posted up some updated pictures of the build: Here are some updated pictures:     |
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| 06-29-2007, 08:24 PM | #3 |
Round Eyed XJ 1987 XJ Cherokee Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Commerce City, Crawlorado Posts: 518 | I bent the tubes out of 1.5" x .120 D.O.M. It was tough to get the two bend on the rear portion of the rear fenders right along with the front two bends on the front fenders. Notice there is no kinkin of the tube in those area's.           |
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| 06-29-2007, 08:25 PM | #4 |
Round Eyed XJ 1987 XJ Cherokee Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Commerce City, Crawlorado Posts: 518 | On may 18th I posted: have the templates built for the metal skins and am in the process of making the skins. I do have the left side tacked up. Here are some updated pictures. Terry they should be ready to start paint prep soon. Let me know when you have time.           |
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| 06-29-2007, 08:26 PM | #5 |
Round Eyed XJ 1987 XJ Cherokee Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Commerce City, Crawlorado Posts: 518 |      I tacked welded the inner seem from the bottom. I figure I will just keep rotating around the vehicle to allow for cooling so as to not build up to much heat and warp the sheet metal. I figure we could run a very very small amount of filler to give it a very small transition. They fit very tight against the 3/16" body panel. I also figured it would be easy to grind the welds down on the outer sides and it should give it a nice transition into the tube. Here are a few outside in the sun.      |
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| 06-29-2007, 08:27 PM | #6 |
Round Eyed XJ 1987 XJ Cherokee Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Commerce City, Crawlorado Posts: 518 |  I am in the process of finish welding them up and grinding them so there are no seems. My goal is to have no welds showing. They will be very clean looking and not rough.     Not to bad for welding these up side down in the wheel well:    Then they will be preped for paint and the paint scheme will match what I had previous. Orange on the body and Silver on the flares and below the lower body line. __________________ CRUZIN ILLUSION BUILT NOT BOUGHT By Cruzin Illusion Customs View the Cruzin Illusion Rig here: View Cruzin Illusion's Rig (OlllllllllllllO) Rock Frog CIC's Build Threads: XJ Bolt on Tube Fenders / XJ-8 Grille (Round Headlight Grille) / THOR 4x4 Quarter Guard Install / XJ Custom Bumper with Swing Down TIre Carrier / Custom Width HP44 Build and Tech /Cruzin Illusions XJ Roll Cage Pics / Cruzin Illusion Tube Door Build Last edited by Cruzin Illusion : 07-09-2007 at 11:24 AM. |
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| 06-29-2007, 08:28 PM | #10 |
Round Eyed XJ 1987 XJ Cherokee Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Commerce City, Crawlorado Posts: 518 | At this time they are at a friends (87xjco) body shop being final preped for paint. I am hoping by sometime mid next week we can have them ready to shoot. I will keep everyone posted on the progress through this thread. If you have any questions feel free to ask. Here a few of them being preped for paint:  Here is picture of smoothing out the seam with All Metal:  We used seam filler on the lower side to keep water from catching in the radius portion between the tube and the sheetmetal fender portion. I have heard a lot of TJ guys end up with rust in those areas and I Terry is trying to prevent that.  |
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| 06-29-2007, 08:29 PM | #13 |
Round Eyed XJ 1987 XJ Cherokee Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Commerce City, Crawlorado Posts: 518 | It has been a while but I thought I would share a few updated pictures. Here are some pictures of them in primer and with the silver paint on them. The orange and clear are being painted today. I am hoping that I will install them Monday or Tuesday. I want to thank Terry 87xjco and Jamie for the help on getting these preped and painted.          |
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| 06-29-2007, 08:30 PM | #15 |
Round Eyed XJ 1987 XJ Cherokee Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Commerce City, Crawlorado Posts: 518 | The paint is done and they came out awesome: Thanks to Terry 87xjco and Jamie for the help on getting them finished up. Terry is a bodyshop manager and does awesome work.     |
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