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What are you guys doing to fill the gap left between the fender and the pinch welds where the front door hinges are after trimming your front fenders? I have trimmed mine, went fender less and was not able to retain the inner fender lining as I can no longer attach it to the flare. We have snow coming in about a month and I can already feel the cold air coming in the door when on the highway!

I have seen the "pool noodle" and expanding foam option (sure wasn't pretty). Anyone else have a better way to fill the gap and keep the road gunk out? Pictures would be AWESOME! Thanks in advance!
 
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He's talking about fender liners, I didnt find that too hard to understand. Unfortunately I have no input here, I left mine out and haven't even done the pool noodle solution. (I'm in AZ, too hot for snow)

But I think all I've seen since I've been scanning these forums is the pool noodle idea.
 
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lilnapsak said:
i used garden trim trimed it to fit snug and just used the fender bolts to hold it in place.
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You used garden trim to fill the door hinge gap, or you used garden trim to make flares? Do you have a picture?

You might be on to something here though. I think the width of "the gap" may be close to the width of the garden trim, approx 5-6". Would have to fab up some sort of mounting though. I dont want to have to poke any more holes in the outer fender.
 
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i just ripped it all out and left it open and we have some nasty winters here in washington and never had any issues with cold air getting in, have you checked your door seals? mine are worn out but still work fine
 
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I used the pool noodle solution in washington for three years now with no problem. You have to really stuff them in there, and make sure you secure them in right. It works awesome. its held up to many muddy wheelin adventures and many pressure washings. Try it out. Its cheap.
 
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mnwildfan2k said:
You used garden trim to fill the door hinge gap, or you used garden trim to make flares? Do you have a picture?

You might be on to something here though. I think the width of "the gap" may be close to the width of the garden trim, approx 5-6". Would have to fab up some sort of mounting though. I dont want to have to poke any more holes in the outer fender.
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I can get pics later. Its used for what you are asking for not a flare. It uses the factory holes that hold the fender on right in front of the door. Open your door and take a look. There 3 torx I belive. I think I added a few self tappers near the topbut I don't remember
 
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I did the pool noodles. Works great, and just for added security I sprayed expanding foam around the noodles.
 
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lilnapsak said:
I can get pics later. Its used for what you are asking for not a flare. It uses the factory holes that hold the fender on right in front of the door. Open your door and take a look. There 3 torx I belive. I think I added a few self tappers near the topbut I don't remember
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I would appreciate pics. Thanks!
 
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has anyone done a write up on trimming the fenders that i could look at? i have had my xj a week and have already contimplated going out and buying something to hack them up. tore off the bumper end caps and made a "shorty" bumper front and rear, and i am fabbing up some steel end caps to cover up whatever pump that is on the front pass side. but i hate how the fender trim comes all the way underneath the front bumper.... i was thinking cutting it a couple of inches from the bumper and leaving it like that, kinda of like a bushwacker style.. any suggestions... sorry to hijack thread.. :cheers2:
 
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josh_jacklyn said:
has anyone done a write up on trimming the fenders that i could look at? i have had my xj a week and have already contimplated going out and buying something to hack them up. tore off the bumper end caps and made a "shorty" bumper front and rear, and i am fabbing up some steel end caps to cover up whatever pump that is on the front pass side. but i hate how the fender trim comes all the way underneath the front bumper.... i was thinking cutting it a couple of inches from the bumper and leaving it like that, kinda of like a bushwacker style.. any suggestions... sorry to hijack thread.. :cheers2:
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There's a little thing called the search tool. use it
 
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I think I may have found my solution... found a chunk of aluminum duct work, about 2ft by 3ft at home depot along with some jb weld steelstick and some self tapping panhead screws. Cut to fit, attach/fasten, finish with spray bedliner... maybe? Hopefully I can start on this tomorrow or Saturday and see what happens. Stay tuned! :)
 
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i just keep my hinges greased up and spray the road crap and mud out of there, eventually i'll end up bending a piece of sheet aluminum to fit in there all nice and pretty, but for now just keep it clean and lubed
 
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My XJ is a '92 and I used fender liners from a post '97 Xj. They are a little smaller & don't fit perfectly in my slightly larger wheel wells, but they work fine. I had to cut 1 in half and sort of overlap it. It is attached with plastic body trim holders (don't know if that's what they're called) in the original fender-well holes, and a couple of small screws. I've had them in there for years now and they have never fallen out. Every now & then I check the plastic bolt-thingies to make sure they're secure.

No pool noodles for me. Gonna look around to see if I have any pics of them. You can get creative with these. Looks stock, keeps the mud out & holds up to the pressure hose. My front mud flaps are screwed into these as well - very handy, but I usually remove the flaps before wheeling. I also paint them black if they get scratched up too much.
Pics are older: 1 shows when the D30 was being rebuilt. You can see the plastic clips. Another is while 3-wheeling. Hope the pics aren't too large. I don't usually upload directly from the computer.
 

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