So I finally got a set of fender flares to chop thanks to h1ker. I am kicking around ideas and after looking at all of the threads out there, it seems there are about a million ways to do it. So far the one I liked the best was this one.

http://project-jk.com/jeep-jk-write-...ry-fender-chop

Wondering if anyone has any tips before I start hacking away, or any other recommendations for a different look. I will post some pics when I am finished, hope to be done on Sunday morning.

 

I left some "lip", too. And I thought leaving the liners in while doing the cuts would add rigidity and make them easier to cut properly so that's what I did.

On the rears, I noticed that the inner liner meets the fender pretty far from where I wanted to cut so I just taped it off and used a saber saw to cut it. Then I just gave the inner liners a big yank and they popped out. Piece of cake.

That method wouldn't work on the front since the inner liner would interfere with the saw blade. So, I used a Dremel cut-off disc to get most of the way through and finished the cut with a utility knife. A few machine screws have to come out to remove the liner then it rips out, too. I haven't cut and put the liner back in at all and just used spacers of something I found in the garage to put on top of the body bracket under the fender.

Sanding was done w/ 80-grit on an orbital sander and I did not use door moulding.

 

Once it`s done!!I left about a inch,down around the edge for strength.Bought a set of amber leds for sidemarker lights.You can always cut more off....lol...,but you can`t put more back on.

 

Ditto. I did the same shape as WOL did in the write up. I like them better than the ones with the lip and they seem plently strong enough. Make sure you measure and tape off your lines. Double check everything before you cut. I was in a hurry to do mine and if you look down some of the lines they have a little bow to them. One of these days I will get around to shaving off a little more to clean them up. I used the door edge trim. Scoot is absolutely correct. If you don't use a heat gun they won't stick for crap. I need to replace the door trim on mine. Once I straighten the lines a little better and get them just how I want I'm going to use some super glue on the door edge trim. Becareful when you cut your front fender liners. Try to take a look at someone's rig with zenon flat fenders and how you do the inner liners when you use those fenders. I had never seen the zenon's installed until AFTER I had already cut my fenders, fender liners, and installed them. I had to get another set of front inner liners and re-do them. Maybe someone who has the zenons can post some pics of how the inner liners are cut and installed with them on this thread so you can see what I mean.

 

Thanks for all the great tips so far. I never even thought about the heat gun for the door trim but will definitely remember that. When your talking about the fender liners, did you trim yours like they did in the write up that I mentioned in the first thread? If so, did this not work out or if I follow this carefully should I be okay?

 

Id be doing the same thing had I not gotten a killer deal on fenders I was set on reds fender chop thread I thought it looked the best. Good luck and post pics...

 

My idea was to make it look mean. I cut more off than most want, but that is the beauty of that mod. It is unique to everyone's jeep. I wanted an open wheel-well look anyway. I applied the door trip in warm 70-75 degree weather 2 years ago, without a heat gun, and it hasn't given me a bit of trouble. I also used a grinder with a cut-wheel. Then I went through with a box cutter to shape them to the exact size. Definitely use some blue painter's tape to tape the lines a few times and step back to see how it will turn out before you cut.

 

Measure once, cut twice, drink four and take lots of pics. My door edge stuck with no heat, but I did it on metal cuts in the summer.

 

I'm planning on taking the fenders inside tonight and letting them sit by the furnace vent in the basement to warm up and then doing the cutting inside as well. So, hopefully I will not run into any issues with them being too cold.

On a side note, my whiskey shelf is up to 36 different bottles (got 4 more last night, the segrams dark honey is awesome, so hopefully I don't drink too much while cutting) You guys will need to stop over next time your in Batesville!

 

So after about 30-45 min prep time measuring and such I finally started cutting. My tool of choice was the Dremel Multi-Max with a wood/drywal blade and it worked awesome. Now if it would warm up enough to spray all of the damn snow off the jeep, I will get these babies put on tomorrow.