ptonjeep

ive been thinking about trimming my fenders and have a few questions.

will i be able to cut them with just aviater snips or am i gonna have to bring out the old cutting wheel. i feel like i have more control with the snips.

and im worried about the fols that i make coming down or something and slashing a tire. is there anyway to easily get rid of the "tabs" that i make or do i just bend them over hope for the best....thats all i can think of right now but im sure ill think of more questions later

ptonjeep

oh and any home brew fender flare ideas are apreciated also

EVILXJ

I would use a body saw or jig saw or something along those lines for the best looking cut

XJ BoSS

I highly suggest using the body trim molding from auto parts stores. It makes a huge difference.

DaveVmax

did mine with jigsaw

jeepxjmike20

i trimmed my fenders with angle cut off wheel. works great. i do not recommend the auto part store trim instead use dpg offroad perteko trim to cover the cut edges it works great.

XJ BoSS

Used a 4 " ange grinder

Cherokee9t8

I just used a regular little air powered cut-off wheel to cut the slits, and folded them tight into the fender. I've stuffed my tire pretty hard into the fenders and haven't had any problems with the tabs cutting the tire (have bent the fender and tabs though).

ptonjeep

how did you all go about bending your tabs? did you use a hand brake, or just mash them up with a hammer? or is there a betteer way

XJ BoSS

Do you mean on the inside of the fender ?

ptonjeep

yeah

XJ BoSS

Mark the pinch welds cut in between and beet them inwards.

ptonjeep

what are the pinch welds?