Cut Fender Thread

VeruGE*144 said:
Did you just slip in on and shrink it with heat gun, or put a little glue inside of it?


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Usually comes with glue inside of it. A little heat probably wouldn't hurt. I've heard of guys adding their own glue inside as well since the stock stuff sometimes isn't the best.

If you do your cuts clean enough, you don't need the edging though. I don't have it on mine.
 
GraniteCrystal said:
Usually comes with glue inside of it. A little heat probably wouldn't hurt. I've heard of guys adding their own glue inside as well since the stock stuff sometimes isn't the best.

If you do your cuts clean enough, you don't need the edging though. I don't have it on mine.
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Ok i see.
I think I remember seeing that you cut painted flares. I have two set of flares black and painted to match my billet silver color. I think I want to cut the painted ones and save to black ones for the winter to have a bit more coverage. I will definitely shoot for clean cuts to avoid the trim

Thanks bud,


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VeruGE*144 said:
Ok i see.
I think I remember seeing that you cut painted flares. I have two set of flares black and painted to match my billet silver color. I think I want to cut the painted ones and save to black ones for the winter to have a bit more coverage. I will definitely shoot for clean cuts to avoid the trim

Thanks bud,


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Here is link to when I did mine. Pic of tool I used included.

https://wayalife.com/showthread.php?p=858643
 
If you do use the trim, use extra glue around all the spots where the stuff changes direction. Even with extra glue, ours come off from time to time. Even though we cleaned the edges with alcohol.

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Lay the roll of edging out in the sun and let it get soft before trying to put it on. Some parts of the fenders are thicker than door sheet metal, so it can be tricky to coerce that stuff into place.
 
I left them on. You can use plastic pieces as wedges to get the fronts off the supports enough to cut them. Between a sawzall, 4.5" cutting wheel, and a jig saw, it came out great in a couple of hours.

Watch this video- he's obviously in a hurry because in the comments he says he did 7 jeeps in one go. But pay attention to how he does the rears. I did the same- quick cut, yank and done! That's at the 5 min mark.


 
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zimm said:
I left them on. You can use plastic pieces as wedges to get the fronts off the supports enough to cut them. Between a sawzall, 4.5" cutting wheel, and a jig saw, it came out great in a couple of hours.

Watch this video- he's obviously in a hurry because in the comments he says he did 7 jeeps in one go. But pay attention to how he does the rears. I did the same- quick cut, yank and done! That's at the 5 min mark.


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Thanks!


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FINALLY! I can participate in this thread. I think I have saved about half of the pictures from here trying to figure out what I wanted to do.IMG_3184.jpgIMG_3188.jpgIMG_3187.jpg


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For the guys that have cut their fenders using a multitool. What blade did you use?

I used a blade like this when stubbying my front stock bumper. It worked great, but was wondering if anyone has tried different blade types with a multitool and what produced the best results.

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Outdoorsman_JK said:
For the guys that have cut their fenders using a multitool. What blade did you use?

I used a blade like this when stubbying my front stock bumper. It worked great, but was wondering if anyone has tried different blade types with a multitool and what produced the best results.

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Thats the same blade i used... seems easier to make curves following the lines of the fenders compared to the squared off blades
 
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