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whats up guys, and ladies if their is any, i tried starting a thread on my phone and wasnt working out, so here we go again but with my macbook. any who i aquired a month ago, and yes from the post and my name, a original right hand drive 1998 cherokee, jeep came from new york so sadly it does have a decent amount of rust, but i guess ill just deal with it. i have lots of plans for it, but we'll start slow and progress as time pass's.. heres pics of how i got her.

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some pics of the rig out wheeling

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anyways i picked up these puppys the other day, 16" factory jeep rims off a 99' wrangler painted black, brand new bfg km2 mud terrains brand spankin new tires for a good price

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i was really in a hurry to mount the new wheels since the ones that were on the jeep were bald, dry rotted, and werent even all terrains, i was worried of fitment do to the jeep being stock height and the tires being 32's, i put them on anyways and just how i thought, they rubbed every where

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so i started researching, and just as i thought i found a diy post on this forum for trimming fenders, so i decided to to copy the op's design as best i could, with what i had at home



this is the worst of the rust, pretty freaking bad i extends under the rear driver side door (right hand drive drivers side haha)


i put a wire wheel to all of the rust as best i could


then taped up above the folding point (bend in rear 1.5" of the rear fenders) and began cutting in lines

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once i figured i did as best a job as i could with the wire wheel, and after bending the 1.5" of fender, i painted the the bare metal and folding points and inside the wheel well with rhino liner



and the end result

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the other rear fender was allot easier, probably because the lack of rust ahahaa



dewalt grinder with cutting wheel, does work



now bent back


cleaning off the surface to tape it up


shouldve cleaned the damn thing before i started hahaha


surface cleaned


taped up and painted, also i use the same cleaner from previous pic for just in case of over spray, never know how the wind is going to act


end result

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the rears rubbed the worst, atleast now i can drive the damn thing, thats all i have done so far, will update tomorrow or the following when i get around to doing the front..

hopfully next week i get around to ordering a few things, im planning on only a 2" lift, but ill be going hard with a nice set of fox shocks, will also be ordering a light bar and a snorkel from 4wheel parts, will also be doing a custom exhaust at home, and will be making a trip to the junk yard this weekend.. hopfully in 2 weeks ill be able to order the front bumper i want and winch, also some other small stuff like diff gaurds, wheel spacers, all new brakes (calipers, drums, rotors ect) and around that time should be up for a tune up

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100+ views not one comment, i figured the rhd part would draw attention

tiegs89xj

👍👌 never seen one of these before!

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it was a rural mail carrier in its day, their actually some what common in the northern states from what ive been told and from what ive looked up, im in south florida and its really rare down here, every where i go people are amazed, local jeep groups seem to think its pretty cool also lol.


well update, finished the front fenders today, went mudding, got stuck in some thick **** and my buddy had to pull me out, he went and yanked and the chain broke, and a piece of the chain broke my rear window always thought chains just broke and fell, first time ive seen that happen, well ill post pics of the front fenders in a second

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wheel off, preparing the driver fender




started cutting with my dewalt grinder with a cutting wheel


all cut off, grinded down as much imperfection as posible, painted, then mounted the wheel to move the jack to the other side

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now the passenger side, same steps..



end result driver side


passenger side

BigBirdxj

Pretty cool, although you called it her, I do believe it is a mail Jeep, a him, sorry!

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not going to have much to update for the next couple days. going to be ordering a few things next week, so until then ill just post pics from the jeep out in corbitt, plan on going this weekend