help with rear fender trimming.
 

Well trying to find the best wayto trim my rear fenders. Any one have suggestions

cut up to the pinch weld, then fold over.

i think the cut and fold method does prove to be the best b/c you cant trim a lot in the rear. ends up lookin good too.

Hate to hijack, but I was wondering the same thing. I don't recall seeing a writeup on here has any detail on exactly how to do the "cut and fold" for the rear (correct me if I'm wrong). I understand the concept but some pictures would be nice.

https://www.cherokeeforum.com/f51/cutting-rear-fenders-1718/ i think this will get u there i did it and it worked out great:cheers:

sweet thats what i think ill do

I did the cut and fold
5.5" lift and 33's
http://i434.photobucket.com/albums/q...llister041.jpg

Jason has a good wright up as well.
http://www.jeepin.com/features/chop/

http://jeepin.com/features/bushwacker/page2.asp

http://jeepin.com/features/bushwacker/index.asp

sweet

I did the cut and fold as well. Take your time and it can look good.
http://i149.photobucket.com/albums/s...p/100_3691.jpg

so does a dremel work for cutting the fenders

It would take you a long time and a lot of wheels

it prolly could i kno there is another thread on here that a guy used tin snips to do it. i just cut mine up a lil bit today and my angle grinder went thru them like a fish thru water. but you can pick up angle grinders from tsc for like 30 bucks and its totally worth it. im sure that sometime soon im gonna be gettin another!

Yea i have a angle grinder but i was just wondering because i think the cut would be more precise but i think a grinder will do.

im actually cutting the front and put rear TJ flare....

its gonna be cut and fold+ rear TJ flare at the back for me

im going flareless i think it looks sicker.

actualy its my daily drive. with 10 inche rim the tire get a litle too wide for the police of my area ( if more than 1 inch outside the flare they begin to get hungry )

that why i must keep some kind of flare....

http://www.rockkrawler.com/spages/im...llery/xj16.JPG

Cut the bulk with a whiz wheel, then grab the Av. snips and make relief cuts all around, then fold in, hammer & dolly down, prime, paint and call it a day. Add rubber trim if you want.

for the front I prefer it. it make a much cleaner cut

sawzall.

if i had use a sawzall, must forgot my windshiel washer
http://images47.fotki.com/v1398/phot...MGP1771-vi.jpg

actually i use angle grinder... maybe for the rear but ...

i just used a cut-off wheel for the front and it worked wonderful. Now for the back tomorrow

thanks for the write ups i cant wait to do it on my heep

as long as you are careful and take your time the angle grinder should work really well for you

Cut my fenders and they came out really good

here's one I did for scorpion automotive before he closed down. in a roundabout way it made it's way back to me so now it sits, an empty, rust-free heavily modified shell (anyone need a nice xj shell?)

http://s248.photobucket.com/albums/g...ts%20jeep%202/

thats alot more welding then i wanted to do man. i like the cut and fold it came out with the probly pretty close to the same clearence as you did.

mm. not really, I ended up fitting a 33x12.50 tire stock with ZERO rubbing anywhere. but yes, the cut and fold is quite a bit easier.

Are those the stock flares on there, or are they from a TJ or something?

to me they look too round to be XJ flares, so my guess is that they are from a TJ

They look good

its TJ rear flare, i put mine a litle higher its look like this:
http://images47.fotki.com/v1403/phot...MGP1610-vi.jpg
http://images44.fotki.com/v1405/phot...MGP1611-vi.jpg

nice

are you guys doing the cut and fold on the front and back?

i want to go flareless and i got the rear covered.. but not sure about the front

not fold the front just cut:
http://images45.fotki.com/v1423/phot...MGP1586-vi.jpg

no just cut the front man and cut/fold the back

the rear gonna be cut and fold of course

ok... is it possible to just take the bumperettes off the bumper to have excess to cut the fender below the headlight bucket instead of dropping the whole bumper... or would it just be easier to drop the whole bumper?:dunno:

its all up to you man. I didnt do either just nice and slow around the bumper

i wonder if i could take a sharpie and trace the top of the fender all the way around and use that as a cut line...