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Dre

You know, I am laughing because this is something I would have done! Great job! It will get looks and laughs, but in all, it is VERY functional and neatly made..... I like it!

Nate Flag

I copied these last week and I'm really happy with them. Thanks for the great idea.

Some random guy on the freeway pointed at them and gave me a thumbs up. It made my day.

Dre

On the real, that's pretty damn good.... Can I say damn on here? It I was a cop, I would have made an excuse to pull you over to look at it!

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LazyEyedPsycho

I like 'em. Tons cheaper than BW's too. Defiantly thinking of copying this when I trim my fenders.

BigDog/CJ

Ok I finally got around to trimming the fenders and starting the flares. Still got a little more heatting with the heat gun and shapping to get them to where I want them but they are coming along. I didn't like the look of the hole at the ends so I cut the pipping part in half and I like it and it made them easier to work with when heatting them and forming them. After getting them to the shape I want them at I'm going to scuff them up evenly and then shoot them with some paint.









As you can see here I cut them at a angle in to the body and then heated and bent the tuing in to the body of the jeep. I didn't like how it looked the way it went inwards with the body line.

I'm glad I found this thread after I went and bought this stuff to do mine I was thinking I was the only one crazy enough to try to make flares out of something like this until I found this thread lol Cheap, looks good and get to keep $300+ in the pocket can't go wrong there that's for sure.

CJ

cruisemissile

Awesome idea! Yeah, the VA state police are the fun ****'s, you can't get by with anything there! lol.

_StationWagon_

But while aesthetically pleasing, folding them in sort of defeats the purpose, doesn't it? Show a pic a bit wider angle so we can see the full effect. Looks good tho.

nukinfuts29

I really want to try and build these

BigDog/CJ

Not really because where I started the folding in of them is where all the other ones are just cut off and stop. The fold starts towards the bottom of the fender where the body line curves in and under. I will try to get some more pics up tonight after working on the other side.

CJ

Nate Flag

Nice work BigDog!
I never thought to use a heat gun to shape them. I really like the way those look. I hope I won't have to, but if I ever have to redo mine (knock on wood) I'll give that a try.
Also, how do you have them attached? I don't see any rivets or anything. Are they glued on there?

BigDog/CJ

No they are riveted on there I just notice you can hardly see the rivets in the pic and I didn't use angle on them I use left over pieces of the fender in one inch squares with a whole for the backing and the plastic is on the inside of the fender so it is riveted in-between both pieces of metal.
Also cut the tube part so didn't have the open holes not only did I like the way it ended up looking like that but also made it easier to work with with the heat gun as well

Sno_Blynd

ima do this and copy your design big dog but also ima try to do it on the front of the flare as well as the back.

BigDog/CJ

What are you talking about doing on the front of the flares and the back of the flares? If you are talking about the way I angled it in then I don't see why you wouldn't be able to. This is how I cut it to do the back part and then just slowly heat the round part to form it and put it at the angle along the cut. It trys to get a little deformed but you just have to take your time with it and keep shaping it to what you want it to look like. I hope this is able to help you out.


This is a wider shot of the back part angled in as ask for, as you can see where I started the angle inwards is where others are just cutting it straight across and also where bought flares stop as well.


I haven't got to do the rear wheel flares yet but I'm sure they will be a little harder to do seeing how can't take rear off like you can the front fenders and I have yet to cut the rear wheel wells out yet for the new size tires now.

CJ

the jeep man 94

nice job guy