devildawg99

Well i think i screwed up cutting my rear for flares. When i trimmed them out i cut up past the past the spot welds causing a gap between the wheel well and outside sheet metal. My question is will bushwacker flares or any other flare on the market cover that gap?

MudMann94

post a pic?

OnlyInMyXJ22

No, no flare will cover that because they mount on the outside.

Take a welder to it and weld them back together. Depending on your situation you may need extra sheet metal to make it all fit again.

zr2toxj

Yeah, I'd like to see a pic, too. But if you cut out those welds, you're going to want more than flares covering the gap. That's a structural seam for the unibody and you should weld it back together. If it's a wide gap, you may end up welding in a piece of metal to fill it in.

lynskynbnd

TJ flares! and they're cheep!!
I started out riviting past the weld then cutting. I've done this on 2 XJs.
Since then I've cut more out and welded the sheet metal back together.

94cherokeeman

I have a question im gunna run 33 on my xj with 4.5 long arm how much do I cut off. Pic would help a lot this is my dd

lynskynbnd

The setup below is
4.5" leafs with .75" shackles and 2" bumpstop spacers with 33" tires.
No rubbing in the rear.

devildawg99

i never cut it up past the inner fender well, i can push the outer metal and butt it up to the inner fender well so i think i can just spot weld it. I'll try to post a few pics later on. What i did was cut on the very upper line where it dips down to the actual flat fender metal if that makes sense.