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Old 01-04-2014, 12:45 PM
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This started when I wanted one tons under my XJ, I started thinking about the lack of room I had, looking at the quarter I made tape lines on the gas door side to see how much room I have to go back, then I made the cut.
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The cut was a little big but I started by cutting the inner wheel house in half to picture what it would look like.
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I only see one picture.
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Having problems with pics.
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Then I found a floor pan at work to fill the hole on the back side, I cut the floor and pushed it back in
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No gas in my welder
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I used a 3/4 gas line and bent it to roll with the new quarter, and to reattach the inner wheel house to the quarter
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Also did the cut and fold
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After prime and seam sealing I put some paint on it for the time being.
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Sorry about all of the post, it wouldn't let me do more then one.

The quarter got to hot but I didn't care what it looked like because I'm getting quarter gaurds.
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