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Cutting front and rear fenders/ bumper tomorrow

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Old Jan 14, 2010 | 05:01 PM
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Default Cutting front and rear fenders/ bumper tomorrow

What tools will i need and what advise can you guys give me?

and has any one painted there fenders with Bedliner?

and..

im going to remove the plastic air dam.. and get the skidrow plate and im gonna fab up a surprise for yall on that one...

thanks
cody!
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Old Jan 14, 2010 | 06:56 PM
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Old Jan 15, 2010 | 12:46 AM
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I used angle grinder w/ cut off wheel for the fenders.
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Old Jan 15, 2010 | 05:04 AM
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Originally Posted by alt_phil
It's amazing how fast my sawzall with a metal cutting blade ripped through my bumper, and with a relatively small amount of shavings to file off. Like butta!

Then I grinned at my shorty rear bumper and pretty much left the darn thing. Ugly and functional.
HAHAHAH UGLY and functional?? hahaha how
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Old Jan 15, 2010 | 07:10 AM
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There's quite a few Write-up's on the bumper mod (TINMAN had one of the best). You should check them out.
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Old Jan 15, 2010 | 10:08 PM
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JK Inferno has a great write up with pics too. Good Luck....
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Old Jan 16, 2010 | 06:00 AM
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WoL has the write I used to do mine, it's pretty much perfect.

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

only thing i'd suggest that he didn't mention.. when you mark your front fenders to cut, make sure the cut goes past the little ridged "finger" looking part of the under side, they taper down and stop at about the perfect width. I cut mine in too much and had to cut through the under side's ridges and it looks ugly upclose, but if you keep the underside ridges in tact, it looks almost factory!

good luck. I used a dremal with a metal cutting blade, made the cuts perfect.
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Old Jan 16, 2010 | 08:42 AM
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Originally Posted by ThinkMud
WoL has the write I used to do mine, it's pretty much perfect.

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

only thing i'd suggest that he didn't mention.. when you mark your front fenders to cut, make sure the cut goes past the little ridged "finger" looking part of the under side, they taper down and stop at about the perfect width. I cut mine in too much and had to cut through the under side's ridges and it looks ugly upclose, but if you keep the underside ridges in tact, it looks almost factory!

good luck. I used a dremal with a metal cutting blade, made the cuts perfect.
thanks!! will it look stupid with only 33's? and leveling kit?
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