Spent a few days in Big Bend National Park

RCC

RCC

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The family and I spent 5 days in Big Bend this past week. We had a really great time and put some mileage on our JT. None of the trails were very hard but there was a lot of beautiful scenery.

On a few obstacles at max flex I noticed I was rubbing the fenders some. Is this par for the course or do I need to do some more cutting? I assume adjusting the height wouldn’t help this? Planning to hit some more technical places soon and would like to limit damage if possible.

Tires will hit here front and back-

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A few other pictures of my JT in Big Bend.

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If the fender rub is just some mild abrasion (rather than possibly tearing something up/off) then maybe the solution is to just ignore the noise and put some more miles on the tires until the rub goes away.

I have visited most of the west and my recollection is that Big Bend has some of the roughest seeming terrain. I have only off-roaded there once (for remote camping) and it was in my old CJ-5 which was not extremely capable and had some exhaust manifold and possibly some carburetion issues.
 
bobfriesenhahn said:
If the fender rub is just some mild abrasion (rather than possibly tearing something up/off) then maybe the solution is to just ignore the noise and put some more miles on the tires until the rub goes away.

I have visited most of the west and my recollection is that Big Bend has some of the roughest seeming terrain. I have only off-roaded there once (for remote camping) and it was in my old CJ-5 which was not extremely capable and had some exhaust manifold and possibly some carburetion issues.
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Mild fender rub doesn’t bother me at all. My concern is getting into bigger obstacles and removing a fender.
 
I love that place! Old Ore road is a great trail. And I see you did Black Gap, that’s another fun one. Great looking Gladiator, too!
 
I can’t wait to get back out there! The next time i go will be the first time in a jeep. Black Gap is a Badge of Honor trail, if you care about that stuff. All in all, Big bend is a great place to go for some good trail time. Maybe next time checkout Big Bend State Park up the road and try some of those trails!
 
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