tymatt

My account dose not yet allow me to post in the fabrication thread. Some one showed how they did it so I went for it. Hurts just a little knowing it was a totally rust free body and that cut and fold...OUCH.

XJ ONLY

Lookin good

tymatt

didn't work on it this weekend. this is state its in now.

uber

love these armor/fender combos.. looks awesome!

Barrelmaker

Did you buy the skins and tube?
Or fab yourself?
Looks good either way

tymatt

no I fabbed them myself. 3/4 emt and sheet metal plating. bent with a cheap harbor freight break and conduit bender. thanks only three more to go

zebvance

Looks great! Most of luck to you with the other three.

sweeper

I like the looks of them! Do you think the EMT will hold up? I was going to do something like that but use riged for the strength.

Lowrange2

They look like they fit better than the 900 dollar ***** flares.

Barrelmaker

I was thinking about emt also.
Might not be able to drive on, but would holds up better than plastic.
Easy and cheap to re make if needed.

tymatt

I started with riged pipe but bending and reproducing the same bend over and over again turned out to be very challenging to do. I went with EMT and it was then much easer. As far as holding up, there way stronger than the fender there bolted to so short of tearing the fender off I imagine they'll do fine.

tymatt

Thanks. Time consuming though.

98XJ40K

Judging by the quality of your work, I'm sure you know this... Make sure you remove that galv off the emt before welding and ventilate your area well. Something I almost learned the hard way!

BTW, those look great! Let us know how they hold up.

tymatt

I mixed a light solution of 75% water 25% meriatic acid. Then water rinse. Strips the galv off in just minutes.

sweeper

This is very true. Lol I like what you have done.