DirecTV brand inner fenders

On my Comanche my tires rubbed the front part of the inner fender, so while opening up the inner fender for clearance for a larger tire, I decided to do something about that on this Jeep.

I took the fender off and took a look at what we have to work with:


Then I cut and folded the pinch-seam, and cut a nice size hole in the inner fender. This is about as big as you wanna go, unless you plan on relocating the Computer.


Then I found some free metal.


It's got a custom dome shape to it for extra clearance. I then cut out a chunk to patch the hole.


Then welded it in.


With a light under the hood, I could see a few pinholes, so I just laid a bead of silicone on the inside, and painted the outside. (This was really my first time welding sheet-metal, so I had a few sins to hide.)

The finished product.
Before:


After:


Painted:

i wish TnT still gave out those stickers =\

I have a few extra dish's kicking around, thanks for the idea for free metal.

nicely done.

Thats friggen awesome! You have part of a satellite dish holding your XJ together! What would Howard Hughes say if he saw that!? :roflmao:

I really gotta get my ass in gear to cut and fold one of these days. Maybe next wkend...

Very nice though. Maybe I will have to do something like that with some of the sheet I have laying around depending on where I need the clearance.

Ha ha, awesome! love the ingenuity! I will be needing to do this soon, so i might have to look around the scrap yard...Thanks!

Got the passenger side done today.

In this picture you can see the battery tray in the hole I cut out.


The patch I made.


Welded in place.


Here is a shot of what I did on the inside.


Thanks to EricsXJ for the idea.