4x4 Station Wagon
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Oregon
Thanks to a great right up from www.rocklizardfabrications.com i was able to trimm my fenders no problem. I had already taken a sledge to the back of my 98 xj to take care of the first spot that rubbed (the back of the bumper).
Dont worry i cleaned it up later!
Next i trimmed the front and i achieved plenty of clearance! I pounded over the metal lip that sits half way in the wheel well also. I then taped it off, roughed it up, and painted my exposed metal and my sledge hammer job with rubberized undercoating. I took it down to flex it up and now it rubbs on the front of my rear fenderwell about ?10 inches up from the bottom.
I cut all the way up into the spot welds as described.
I want to find a way to remove more sheet metal with out seperating the to sheets in the unibody. Has anybody tried to cut, and reweld spot welds? or weld back in place metal? or am i just being a sissy and should hack away?? I realize i could lower my bumpstops and easily fix the problem since it happens when i stuff about half of the sidewall of the tire up into my fenderwell. However I want all the flex i can get.
Any pictures or ideas would be great. :wow:
Ohhh shoot i just noticed my spring pin..... I am never going to live that one down. I swear i was trying to decide weither or not to include my overload spring before i cut. Also i know i talked about flex and then i have a tight band on my leaf packs however i just threw the lift on a month or so ago and that is temp untill i can come up with a better system. I dont want them walking into the tire for some stupid reason.
Dont worry i cleaned it up later!
Next i trimmed the front and i achieved plenty of clearance! I pounded over the metal lip that sits half way in the wheel well also. I then taped it off, roughed it up, and painted my exposed metal and my sledge hammer job with rubberized undercoating. I took it down to flex it up and now it rubbs on the front of my rear fenderwell about ?10 inches up from the bottom.
I cut all the way up into the spot welds as described.
I want to find a way to remove more sheet metal with out seperating the to sheets in the unibody. Has anybody tried to cut, and reweld spot welds? or weld back in place metal? or am i just being a sissy and should hack away?? I realize i could lower my bumpstops and easily fix the problem since it happens when i stuff about half of the sidewall of the tire up into my fenderwell. However I want all the flex i can get.
Any pictures or ideas would be great. :wow:
Ohhh shoot i just noticed my spring pin..... I am never going to live that one down. I swear i was trying to decide weither or not to include my overload spring before i cut. Also i know i talked about flex and then i have a tight band on my leaf packs however i just threw the lift on a month or so ago and that is temp untill i can come up with a better system. I dont want them walking into the tire for some stupid reason.
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