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06-16-2007, 04:45 PM
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OEM Fender Trimming ** PICS **
I trimmed 1.5" off each OEM fender. I did the fronts a while back, but now with the new 4" lift and trimming the rear fenders as well, it's almost "simulated" extra lift.
 They look really nice and I finished the edges with 320grit and a heat gun. If someone local would like to drive over, I will make a picture tutorial/write up and use your vehicle for the write up at no charge.Edit November 12,2007: I have had alot of PM's asking about how I did this in detail. Basically, all I did was create a small plastic spacer 1.5" wide. Once you have your spacer ready, drag it along the edge of the inside of the flare opening with a red grease pencil on the edge of the spacer, creating a red line 1.5" in from the edge of the fender flare. Once the grease pencil line was on the fender flare 1.5" up from the edge, I freehand cut the line with an Exacto knife. It took about (4) VERY CAREFUL light passes with the knife to get a good smooth cut. Hope this helps.
  
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Got ignorance? Please see below. [QUOTE=kd4yor;4763909]Chris, I just think your having buyers remorse for all the work in your 8.8 for no added gain (over the Dana 35).[/QUOTE] Last edited by Chris @ GATR; 11-12-2007 at 09:34 PM.. |
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06-16-2007, 04:49 PM
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Looks great! Do you happen to have a front picture of it?
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06-16-2007, 04:51 PM
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You get what you pay for
 
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I'll give you credit. That is the nicest fender trimming I've seen thus far.
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06-16-2007, 04:52 PM
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Got ignorance? Please see below. [QUOTE=kd4yor;4763909]Chris, I just think your having buyers remorse for all the work in your 8.8 for no added gain (over the Dana 35).[/QUOTE] |
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06-16-2007, 04:55 PM
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Got ignorance? Please see below. [QUOTE=kd4yor;4763909]Chris, I just think your having buyers remorse for all the work in your 8.8 for no added gain (over the Dana 35).[/QUOTE] |
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06-16-2007, 05:18 PM
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where in georgia are you? I might be interested in that offer
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06-16-2007, 05:19 PM
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I've been debating on trimming mine for awhile now and just wasn't sure how good it was going to look with the edges. Well yours looks excellent. Looks like I got something to cut up this week!
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06-16-2007, 05:28 PM
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Chatsworth, 30705 I am free all next week, so come on.
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Got ignorance? Please see below. [QUOTE=kd4yor;4763909]Chris, I just think your having buyers remorse for all the work in your 8.8 for no added gain (over the Dana 35).[/QUOTE] |
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06-16-2007, 05:40 PM
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Impressive. Eagerly awaiting write up
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06-16-2007, 05:44 PM
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Looks great! I trimmed my fenders a little while ago too...here's mine:
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06-16-2007, 05:45 PM
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Wow! Sahara fenders trimmed. How did you trim yours?
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Got ignorance? Please see below. [QUOTE=kd4yor;4763909]Chris, I just think your having buyers remorse for all the work in your 8.8 for no added gain (over the Dana 35).[/QUOTE] |
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06-16-2007, 06:15 PM
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I did the same thing to mine, but I used a cut off wheel and a rotary tool.
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06-16-2007, 06:54 PM
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Buzzin' Half Dozen !!!
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That looks really nice. You did a great job. I'm very interested to see the writeup so I can get mine done.
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06-16-2007, 09:36 PM
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 Not gonna be able to then, I'll be just south of ATL. I might have to try it on my own.
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06-16-2007, 10:13 PM
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looks good what did you use to trim them?
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