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Old Jan 18, 2012 | 05:13 PM
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Originally Posted by jeepgeek2002
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http://www.tomken.com/catalog.php?se...l%26cat%3DTube

dont rivet them in.. they wont hold. i tried it.. Bolt them in.
My god that website is overpriced. Everything on that site is overpriced.
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Old Jan 18, 2012 | 05:30 PM
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Originally Posted by XJeepWerks
My god that website is overpriced. Everything on that site is overpriced.
You got that right, i about **** myself seeing the price of those tubed fender skins. $591 sheeze and thats just for the fronts
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Old Jan 18, 2012 | 05:34 PM
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Originally Posted by 541_halseth

You got that right, i about **** myself seeing the price of those tubed fender skins. $591 sheeze and thats just for the fronts
I know, your looking at well over a grand for flippin' fender flares.... no way in my book.
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Old Jan 18, 2012 | 06:34 PM
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and that is why im makin them ill show all my plans and how to do it and it wont cost ya a penny lol i mean if i get it right
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Old Jan 18, 2012 | 08:02 PM
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that was realy good insperation to build my owm and not pay that much
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Old Jan 19, 2012 | 09:49 AM
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Originally Posted by 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.
those fended ont even lok like that good of quality and the sheet metal doesnt even come down all the way i have mine made to wear it comes all the way down the fender and will wrap under neath and blt to the pinch weld when its all on and im sure it will cost way less thn 500 bucks for the front and be stronger then just a skin with a flare made onto it
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Old Jan 19, 2012 | 10:38 AM
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When I do my tube flares i'm gonna order the front fender armor and rear fender armor that also incorporates tail light boxes from Jeeptubes. The front armor for the pair is $160.00 and the rear armor with taillight boxes for the pair is $295.00 which I will use as the base for the tube flares. Here's the link for the armor.

http://shop.jeeptubes.com/category.sc?categoryId=15

And then i'll order the prebent Tube flares from them also. The Pair of fronts are $100.00 and the Pair of Rears are also $100.00 then all I got to do is cut them to length I want notch them and weld them to the fender armor and then make the skins for them. Here's the link for the prebent tubes.

http://shop.jeeptubes.com/category.sc?categoryId=8
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Old Jan 19, 2012 | 10:50 AM
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yea i thought about goin that rout i realy like there armor i might end up orderin the rear armor from them but im gona make my tubes kinda boxy lookin to match my tube doors i got i think the limes will go better with my cherokee since there is mostly box lines on them anyway
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Old Jan 19, 2012 | 10:50 AM
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ones u get that from jeep tubes make a thread id realy like to see how it turnes out
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Old Jan 19, 2012 | 11:44 AM
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Ya I'll do a thread when I build them. But I'm not ready to build those yet sence im need to order it all first. And right now my money is tied up else were at the moment. But when I do order them and start building them I'll start a tread. Can't wait to see how yours turn out. Looks good so far.
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Old Jan 19, 2012 | 11:47 AM
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i feel ya on the money part im gettin ready to get married so my money is tied up to thats why im haftin to build mine i had the metal layin around so it aint costin anything
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Old Jan 19, 2012 | 12:03 PM
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and like i just posted on my build thread sorry this project isnt gettin updated much i work away from home all week and only got time to work on it on the weekend so i should be updating with more pics tomarrow night hopfully thanks for everyone thats showing interest
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Old Jan 25, 2012 | 07:41 AM
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finaly got the fender armor done this past weekend and hit them with a quick coat of paint till i can figure out how i want the tubes to go then ill put the truck bed liner on and i ended up bolting them on with 1/4 inch bolts
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Old Jan 25, 2012 | 08:23 AM
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Looks good! Any bracing behind the fender yet?
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Old Jan 25, 2012 | 08:41 AM
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not yet im gona have to make a diffrent type of brace then i planed since the fenders are perrty thin im thinkin about welding a 1 and 5/8 tube to the inner fender then makin a 2x2 1/4 inch square plate for the end on the fender and drillin it so i can run bolts threw the armor and plate so its all tied together i think it would make it alot stronger
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