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Old 11-22-2010, 10:50 PM
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i have a 95 cherokee. i already took the flares off and now want to move on to the trimming anybody have any good tips for this as well as pics of your own?
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i taped off where i wanted to trimed and used a drimel tool,
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nice nice. i really like that. how did you prep for the flat black front??
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its acualy spray on bedliner,it just looks like flat black(it feels like sandpaper) but i use a drill wit a wire brush drill bit and ruffed up my paint,taped it off then sprayed
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i now have the whole thing done in it now
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Here is the front I cut up before the line and folded it maybe some custom bushwacker later.




And this is the rear same things but I painted.


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i now have the whole thing done in it now
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thats sooooo awesome ive never heard of anyone doing that to their car
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that looks real good, more of a professional look than mine haha
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Here is the front I cut up before the line and folded it maybe some custom bushwacker later.




And this is the rear same things but I painted.


that looks soooo good i think ill do that. it seems relatively easy. what did you cut it with?
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thats sooooo awesome ive never heard of anyone doing that to their car
thanx,ive only had it done like that for a lil while but so far so good wit it and i got alot of complements on it in a week already
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I used 4.5" angle grinder with cut off blade. I just cut and folded. I also used rubber hammer and 2x4 lumper. Applied black sillicon from inside to prevent getting cut.
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