Tube Fender's a-custom
river raider uses 14 g on their flares also
JK Jedi
Joined: Oct 2010
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From: Southwest Reno, NV
So I dunno, maybe I'll bed line the lower part of the Jeep to "fix" it. I'll figure it out later, I'm jus happy that I now get to move on to bending tube 
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I had a local machine shop bend me up some 6"x 3/16" bar stock to match the bend in the lower rocker panel then I welded on some more bar stock to tie into the body mounts. Cheap and very stout. Cost $40 a side including the steel.
[/QUOTE]I had a local machine shop bend me up some 6"x 3/16" bar stock to match the bend in the lower rocker panel then I welded on some more bar stock to tie into the body mounts. Cheap and very stout. Cost $40 a side including the steel.
JK Jedi
Joined: Oct 2010
Posts: 6,222
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From: Southwest Reno, NV
I had a local machine shop bend me up some 6"x 3/16" bar stock to match the bend in the lower rocker panel then I welded on some more bar stock to tie into the body mounts. Cheap and very stout. Cost $40 a side including the steel. Gives it a boat side look and maxes your side clearance.
JK Jedi
Joined: Oct 2010
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From: Southwest Reno, NV
Not sure on how you plan to attach the skin but I think you will want those mount brackets to go to within about 3/16" of the factory end in the opening so you have a clean edge to weld the skin to.
JK Enthusiast
Joined: Oct 2013
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From: The Valley South of Fresno California
Built my driver side flange this morning in 90 minutes, something that took me all day to do yesterday. That's a big relief since I really wanted to be bending tube and building the frame brackets today. I thought it would take me longer, but I guess I spent way more time going backwards yesterday than I realized.
I also found this yesterday, confirmation that the stock Rubi rails are junk. I saw that they were bent, but I didn't realize how much they impacted the body until I actually removed them. This is just an example, but on both sides of the jeep, the rockers, quarter ends and fenders are damaged to the point of cracking the paint. You can see it if you look past my ugly weld
So I dunno, maybe I'll bed line the lower part of the Jeep to "fix" it. I'll figure it out later, I'm jus happy that I now get to move on to bending tube
I also found this yesterday, confirmation that the stock Rubi rails are junk. I saw that they were bent, but I didn't realize how much they impacted the body until I actually removed them. This is just an example, but on both sides of the jeep, the rockers, quarter ends and fenders are damaged to the point of cracking the paint. You can see it if you look past my ugly weld
So I dunno, maybe I'll bed line the lower part of the Jeep to "fix" it. I'll figure it out later, I'm jus happy that I now get to move on to bending tube
Yea you cant have a slider attached to the pinch seem prime example as to why......
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JK Enthusiast
Joined: Sep 2013
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From: Pioneer, CA
I had a local machine shop bend me up some 6"x 3/16" bar stock to match the bend in the lower rocker panel then I welded on some more bar stock to tie into the body mounts. Cheap and very stout. Cost $40 a side including the steel. Gives it a boat side look and maxes your side clearance.