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jeepcherokeethng · May 19, 2005

Well i took my flares off dont look to bad. Im goin to trim the front but as for in the rear what did do you do? Ive seen your not soposed to trim past the pinch weld or youll have a hole. Ive got 4.5in and 32's. I cant find the link on how to roll the rear metal in.

rock rash · May 20, 2005

jeepcherokeethng said:
Well i took my flares off dont look to bad. Im goin to trim the front but as for in the rear what did do you do? Ive seen your not soposed to trim past the pinch weld or youll have a hole. Ive got 4.5in and 32's. I cant find the link on how to roll the rear metal in.

cut into teeth, use a hammer to hammer back

Wil Badger · May 20, 2005

might want to try the search button to find things .

typed in "flares" and it was halfway downthe page

link

GottaBeJeep · May 20, 2005

The cut, fold and roll technique is a little overboard and looks like crap. There is no reason to cut past most of the pinch welds for anything smaller than 35's. I say most because for 35's, I have managed to trim into the very lowest pinch welds at the front and rear of the wheel well. Here is my fender trimming article that might help you out: http://www.rocklizardfabrications.com/fender_trimming.htm

I'm running 4.5" and 34" Trxus.

jephs422 · May 20, 2005

GottaBe-

Do you think that will be enough trim for 35's on an 8" lift. Your rig looks really sweet and I'd like to do mine like that..

jephs422 · May 20, 2005

oops, after reading alittle further I see it said you are running 35's.....

orvpark · May 20, 2005

if you do have a little hole or two a little glazing putty and some touch up paint does wonders

Goatman · May 20, 2005

Yeah, with 32's you don't have to trim that much. Even with bigger tires the rubbing problems are at the bottom (front and back of the wheel well), not so much at the top. On the top, you can tap the edge back with a rubber hammer without cutting any slots in it, but you shouldn't need to with 32's.

Weasel · May 20, 2005

On mine with 5" and 31's I had to cut right to the pinch welds on the rear. Now with the 33's and same lift I'll probably end up cutting even farther back.

98 Xj of Death · May 20, 2005

I just trimmed my front up to the fender fold line for 32s with 4.5"
I think this trimming was completely necessary, although I could fit 33s no problem now

I just need to trim the rear up to the pinch welds and bumper caps

IMO, use a cut off wheel, not the cut, fold, and roll method
It was my first time hacking and it came out pretty damn clean

TrailHunter · May 21, 2005

It doesn't matter how much lift you have, the tires still need to fit into the same hole when you flex. I trimed everything off where the fender is flat. it's about 2" at the top and I widened the well at the bottom and then cut the quarter panel off flush with the bottom of the tail lights. I welded the inner well back on and put new sheet metal under the qurter panel. There is tons of room in there now. I have 4.5" of lift can easily clear 36s, can probably clear 38s. I don't have any good pics right now.

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