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Old Jan 25, 2012 | 07:14 PM
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got the armor painted and mounted
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Old Jan 25, 2012 | 07:57 PM
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Looks good. Is that John Deere black?
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Old Jan 26, 2012 | 06:31 AM
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na just plaint rustolium black lol i shoulda did them in john deer yellow
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Old Apr 9, 2012 | 12:53 AM
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Hows this coming along?
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Old Apr 9, 2012 | 02:49 PM
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Did you have to form them to the fenders, since the body isent totaly straight? if that makes sence lol
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Old Apr 9, 2012 | 02:59 PM
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Cool idea, wonder if I can hack up a fender to fit over my fender...
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Old Apr 9, 2012 | 03:50 PM
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Looks really nice, well done!
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Old Apr 9, 2012 | 05:24 PM
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Where are the tube flares?
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Old Apr 9, 2012 | 07:07 PM
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sorry i havnt posted in awhile i havnt made any progress on the tubes ive been gone for a few weeks for military stuff. i did have to bend the sheet metal slightly to flow with the body then the bottom i cut and welded and bent to follow the lines. ill be putting a new 6.5 inch lift on next week then after that i should bck on te startin back on the flares thanks for still following
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Old Apr 9, 2012 | 09:54 PM
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I'm curious to see how these turn out I'm in the middle of building a set of these for my xj.
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Old Apr 9, 2012 | 10:15 PM
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The only problam im having is i dont have a tube bender so i was tryin to cut and weld it back but cant get my angles to were it looks good
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Old Apr 10, 2012 | 03:15 PM
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I had a bunch of stuff fabbed up when I had access But i'm getting ready to get my own tubing bender to finish my rear flares, I did not plan on doing rears at that time, probably around the beginning of may where r u located in the state.

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Old Apr 10, 2012 | 09:53 PM
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Im in beckley wv im plannin on doin rears to whenever i get the time.or just gettin on jeep tubes and buyin prebent tubes for the front and rear for 100 a set
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