Fenders: To cut or not to cut??

For sure!!! Free!! They look great!! Thanks Clifford


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No problem and thanks. I used a dremel tool to cut them and for the edge I used car door trim to finish it off. Everyone asked me how much I paid for my fender and I tell them it’s my factory fenders and they don’t believe me haha.


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Red Knight15 said:
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I just used the blue painters tape and cut most of it with a jigsaw. Used a finishing sander to smooth them up a little. Zero paint chipping. That was done about 2.5 years ago.


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Man they look great!! Clean!! I think it’s is my project for next set of days off!! Will post up when done. Thanks for all the info and pics!!


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Lojo said:
What have you guys done to the inners?? Modify or remove them...??
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Removed the rears and sprayed undercoating in the fender well. Up front I trimmed everything, the rigid skeletal part as well as the liners. Some people completely remove everything but I think the fenders end up looking droopy without the rigid part.

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Didn't go to the complete flat fender cut but did get the clearance needed. Need to get the trim on still.
 

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fiend said:
I didn’t care for the cut stock look. It’s free, but it always looked kinda half assed to me. Lots of people do it though. Really just a personal decision. I went with the MCEs cuz I wanted plastic. They are nice.
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just a heads up for anyone thinking about MCE. i ordered some over labor day, and i still haven't gotten them. apparently, the guy that owns MCE is having real trouble with suppliers. keep getting told they will ship next week. yada yada.
 
jesse3638 said:
Removed the rears and sprayed undercoating in the fender well. Up front I trimmed everything, the rigid skeletal part as well as the liners. Some people completely remove everything but I think the fenders end up looking droopy without the rigid part.

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I definitely don’t want them droopy...
 
My trimmed fenders don't droop a bit, and if they flap on the road, it is only slightly, as I have looked and can't see them move.

The crusher fenders, and other rigid aftermarket ones, will crush your quarter panel in if you rub the fender on a rock, tree, or other obstacle.

The trimmed fenders flex, then pop right back with no damage at all. Worst that will happen is popping a couple of plastic clips. A bag of replacement clips is about $8

I'm sticking with the trimmed fenders.
 
jdofmemi said:
My trimmed fenders don't droop a bit, and if they flap on the road, it is only slightly, as I have looked and can't see them move.

The crusher fenders, and other rigid aftermarket ones, will crush your quarter panel in if you rub the fender on a rock, tree, or other obstacle.

The trimmed fenders flex, then pop right back with no damage at all. Worst that will happen is popping a couple of plastic clips. A bag of replacement clips is about $8

I'm sticking with the trimmed fenders.
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Thanks for the insight... I would not have thought about that.


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X2 on the trimmed factory flares. I was climbing and obstacle few weeks ago and caught my rear flare on the rock, if it was a body mounted metal flare it would have transferred the impact onto the body and probably messed up my quarter panel. I would post pic but my phone messed up and don’t currently have my pictures on the lender phone.


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trim them after I did I couldn't believe it took me so long to do. . really not that hard. I took the rear liners right out and sprayed with a bed liner, left the front in NEW CUT.jpg
I went back after and trimmed so more. like the look up front better.
 
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