john deer green

well i finaly started on my front fenders that ive been planning on doin for a while. My plan is to take sheet metal and plate the fenders i think what im using is around a 1/16 thick im realy not sure but its perrty stout and then im gona come off that with 1 5/8 tubing for flares ill post some pics of my progress so far

john deer green

heres my progress i got more pics as soon as i can get them to load

john deer green

thats the passanger side i should have it mounted and start on the flare this weekend

john deer green

i also have a question for anyone that has done this befor im thinkin about mounting these to the fenders with 1/4 in rivets the tube part will be tied into the inner fender so it will be stiff do yall think rivets would be a good idea for the sheet metal it will be hurculined over op of so u wont be able to realy see them

4.3L XJ

1/4" rivets take a big gun to put in

john deer green

i got the gun for it i was just wounderin if it was a good idea to use rivets i just dont wanna weld to the fenders cus its perrty thin and im not the greatest welder on thin stuff

4.3L XJ

It is not a bad idea, but I would use allen head bolts with self locking nuts on the other side if you can get to it. If not, use the rivets.

builtnotbought89'

Let me ask what the benefits are to this? I get the tube flares, but why sheet the fender? In an unpacked it will only fold the upper factory fender...

jeepgeek2002

for your inspirations:
http://www.tomken.com/catalog.php?se...l%26cat%3DTube

dont rivet them in.. they wont hold. i tried it.. Bolt them in.

john deer green

im bracing the fender with tubing ran from the inner fender and the main reson is to make my fenders look a little starighter in the front ive mangled them up perrty good i had the metal layin around and was bored and figured id see how it would turn out

john deer green

hopfully i can make them for a little less then they want for them those look good tho

john deer green

and thanks for the input on the rivets i wasnt sure how they would hold

builtnotbought89'

Cool keep us posted! I'm interested to see how it turns out

john deer green

oh i will i should have one side on this weekend if everything goes right and if yall have any better ideas let me know this is my first time realy fabricating anything like this on my own

john deer green

im probly gona start on the rear to this weekend and do the same and tie it all together with sliders