Hey everyone!!! Quick question and I was hoping some one could help. I just bought a 85 cherokee with a 3inch lift and love it!!! I was told 33in tires wouldnt fit without cutting the fenders? Any is deas on the best way to cut them? Dementuon not material lol

 

search...search some more...and if all else fails search again...topic has been covered so many times probably in like 80% of the build threads also...

 

check my build thread, i found the best solution for how to trim the fenders,

my thread is in my signature....

 

how about clean off at the body line? thats a 33 in picture

 

Awesome thanks guys for all your.help

 

Take the flares off. Tape off how far up you want the flares to be cut. Then go to town with a sawzall or a jigsaw. Or whatever type of saw your comfortable cutting your fenders with.

 

id try a cut off wheel before i went either of those. cut off wheels are clean, cheap and wont f it up like the saws

 

X2! cut off wheels and fender trimming go hand in hand

 

I dont think 33's will fit with out cutting but I could be wrong. cut slow and take your time. mark out your line and remember you can always cut more but you cant put it back on.

 

They wont fit. You will have to cut.

Remember to bumpstop.

 

Yea dont go crazy cutting just so you can flex out on 33s thats what bumpstops are for!

 

Lol was this a joke? I'm thinking it was

If you don't trim the fenders at all, you won't be able to turn the wheel at all, I had that on my 4.5" so your 3" will only be worse. If you have to trim anyway, trim enough that you can get the full uptravel of the shock before rubbing the fender. No sense in cutting just enough and then bumpstopping for like 2" of uptravel.

 

mines cut for 37s and 4in of lift. thats why its at body line

 

No that wasn't a joke . . i didn't say don't cut the fenders at all, i said don't go crazy cutting the fenders as in cutting off more than you need . . 2" will be plenty of uptravel

 

2" is plenty of uptravel if your shocks are such a length that they would max at 2.5" or so. however, if you can get 3"-4" of travel out of those shocks, trim accordingly. if youre already cutting the fenders, dont sell your suspension short, cut enough that you can use all of the lift that you paid for