been looking at jeeps on here with rolled fenders. would like to know the secret on how to do something like this. i could figure it out by myself but would probably look like ***

 

draw it out with a sharpie and cut on the line

 

Use a sharpie to mark where ya want,then use a die grinder,cutoff wheel,etc. And make relief cuts,then fold it back and your done. Remember you can always cut more out, but you can't always put it back.

 

if u want to do it like mine i posted pics on my profile or feel free to email me and ill send u more pictures with more detail. take off fender flares with 10mm nuts on backside of flare. cut on first bend with a die grinder and then notch it at every bolt hole. then use flat duck bill vise grips to fold each tab over ant third line.

 

the best ones I have seen on here are the ones done with a cheep metal saw, some sort of wrench to start the bending,(like a set of flat nose vice grips or cresent wrench) and a rubber malet.


Use a metal saw to cut some SMALL relife cuts.

Use to "wrench" to start bending metal back

Use the rubber malet to further bend back the extra lip in the wheel well.
(maybe do some extra body work to make it look real nice but a little sanding and black spray paint will go a long way)


First start by removing fenders and determining where you are going to want to bend the pinch seam.(you should avoid cutting threw the pinch seam welds) Cutting between every pinch seam is ok but looks like crap most of the time unless you do lots of body work or are really good at this kind of thing. You can make it easy by cutting two or three relife cutts at the two corners of the wheel wells and bend the rest back.

Start bending the pinch seam back little by little and when you can no longer use the flat nose vice grips or what ever, start using the malet.


Dont beat the crap out of it!


small hits till it looks good


You will want to take the tire off so you can get a good acurate swing withe the malet.


After you have the bending done you can sand the part that is bent and mask it off with some tape or your colledge rule binder paper and spray the inside with black paint and it will look pretty darn good.


sorry no pics on this one but just let your imagination run a little and do it your own way.

 

heres what i did on my manche, traced around outside of flares and cut it with a die grinder and put door edge gaurd on it. looks better than the fold method by far

 

Don't know about on a manche but if you do that to a Xj you just screwed it up because you cut above the pinch welds and you will have to weld it closed.

 

You must be from Australia! I've always wanted to know how do you guys keep everything from falling off into space?

I like Kevin on Trucks method of just cutting them, then getting a small diameter piece of solid round steel, bend it to the shape of the cutout, then tack welding it to the back of the fender. Once cleaned up, its solid as heck, and looks pretty too. No way it could cut a tire.

 

Ya I had to weld it but I wanted max clearance and the fold method looks bad most of the time. now I can stuff 33's no rub. And my cut basically looks like it was like that from the factory


ps....i only had to weld the rear....and i assume the xj is a lil different in the rear

 

That's a great idea.I think the secret with the cut and fold is to take your time and make sure ALL of the relief cuts are exactly the same.Both of my Xjs came out pretty good.But the round steel sounds like it would be very clean and you wouldn't have to worry about the paint chipping as munch as it will be covered.

 

I have never heard the round steel method. But I think that is what I will try on mine. Eventually I will get around to it when the weather is better.

 

 

Nice trim job! Looks good

 

Never liked the look of square cut fenders on a Xj,mostly because they dont match the rear.Thats just a personal preference btw.

 

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