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Old 03-13-2010, 07:34 PM
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I plan on getting a 3in lift in the somewhat near future but until then what can i do to make more room for my tires?
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trim the fenders
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trim the fenders
how much can i take off without compromising the structure of the jeep?
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the front you can take of a crazy amount, for the rear you gotta watch out for the pinch seam, do a search on here for how to trim rear fenders there may even be a write up on it in that section, me i just made a few cuts in the bends on the rear and then beat the crap out of them with a hammer till they bended in, for the front before i took the fender flares off i just traced the outline with a sharpie and cut along that it trimmed off like two inches prolly, you can fit 31's on a stock suspension with proper trimming
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just cut..
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There is a writeup in our writeup section for the rear fenders and one for the front.
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Originally Posted by froggie
how much can i take off without compromising the structure of the jeep?
It's an XJ, the structure of the Jeep comes compromised from the factory.
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