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Old 07-09-2017, 07:03 AM
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This is how I trimmed my front and back, along with hr rubi rails. I am happy with how they turned out, and amazed at how much it opened up the wheel well. I used an angle grinder with a cut off wheel. I think it took me fifteen minutes total. Covered it in masking tape, marked how I wanted to cut, and no discernible peeling. I just touched up with gloss rustoleum, and it all matched rather nicely.
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Originally Posted by Erok
I used a sawzall, a couple minutes on each side, and haven't looked at it since. One day I was going to hit the whole inner fender area with truck bed liner anyway.
That's how I did it also. Gotta do more trimming now for my new 40s.
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Originally Posted by Az scooter
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This is how I trimmed my front and back, along with hr rubi rails. I am happy with how they turned out, and amazed at how much it opened up the wheel well. I used an angle grinder with a cut off wheel. I think it took me fifteen minutes total. Covered it in masking tape, marked how I wanted to cut, and no discernible peeling. I just touched up with gloss rustoleum, and it all matched rather nicely.

I need to do my Rubi Rails, was that just simple cut and put plug back in new shorter piece. I hate the way they stick into wheel well? Why do they do that?
Old 07-12-2017, 09:52 AM
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Originally Posted by JKcity
I need to do my Rubi Rails, was that just simple cut and put plug back in new shorter piece. I hate the way they stick into wheel well? Why do they do that?
Yes, nothing more to it.
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Thanks guys. It looks like something I can do easy enough. I will give it a try.

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Old 07-12-2017, 10:31 AM
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Originally Posted by prelucir
Thanks guys. It looks like something I can do easy enough. I will give it a try.

-John
Making that initial cut is simply a hurdle to jump over. After that it's nuthin'. LOL. Same with drilling holes in the body for armor.



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