I was looking at doing a mild fender chop (about 2 inch off the vertical side of the fender) but all the fender chops I have seen they take out or lose the front inner wheel well and you can see the motor and the fire wall. I was wanting to know if anyone has done a chop where they kept the wheel wells or know how I could do it before I start cutting. Also I was thinking about cutting around the side marker to keep it. Here is a photo shop image of what kinda chop I am talking about.









here is a before and after photo shop pic

 

Chop as much off as you want.

I have purejeep flat fenders, with a little trimming of the stocker inner liners you can make them bolt back into position. I'll try and get some photo's later

 

Yup, you can take the inner liners off, trim them down to fit whatever you need and reinstall them. I've got RR flat fenders and this is what I did to keep the snow and road crap out of my engine bay.

 

Look at my started threads under my profile.I just did a write up on this w pics and it turned out great.

 

Good to know thanks for helping me out. I didn't want to start cutting before I knew if I could keep the wheel wells.

 

I cut them almost all the way off
My inner fenders stayed on and are fine. On the front I had to put a screw into the frame at the bottom to keep it solid. No big deal.

 

https://www.jk-forum.com/forums/show...ht=fender+chop

3/4 of the way down theres a yellow one, AlmightyCrash, check his album

 

I, like you , wanted to retain the water/mud deflection capability of the OEM fender liners. Here's how I did it:

To do so, you need to remove the inner liners. I took my liners and determined where trimming and NEW BENDS would be needed in order to fit them back in. I then trimmed them; because they extended beyond the fender edges; and flipped them over and used a die grinder with an abrasive wheel (best way to trim the plastic) to RELIEVE the plastic a little on the back side of the new bends. Then I used a propane torch to heat the ABS plastic at the relieved bends. Once heated, I then bent the plastic beyond the intended bend angle; and immediately cooled the heated plastic with a wet rag; virtually SETTING the plastic in it's new bent form. I then reinstalled them at the factory clip points; and fastened the trimmed edges, via sheet metal screws, to the inner body sheet metal. Pics below….. hope this helps.


A couple more pics to follow.

 

As I promised:

 

Do you have anymore pictures? I really like this look