Cut and roll fender
 

Hey all, im wondering if it is better to cut and roll fenders or just plain cut them out for my bigger tires?

The back you have to cut and fold because it is two pieces of sheet metal welded together. If you straight cut it then your fender will be separate from the wheel well.

The front you can just cut, but I did the same technique just so I didn't have a super sharp edge to cut the tire up.

Thanks! Il upload some pictures once im done tonight!

In the rear I ran bolts through the mini flares to draw the two pieces of sheet metal together. Then I trimmed the fenders at the mini flare and back filled the seam with expanding foam. The fronts I just trimmed at the mini flares.

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what size tires/lift are you running? Sorry to OP

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Expanding foam is a good way to attract moisture/rust.

Under his (and others) profile picture you will see box that says what year his XJ is, if you click that box it will drop down a list of things about it such as lift and tires. If the box is accurate he is on 33s and about 5"s of lift, but he might be on 35s with how this picture was taken.

Hey unidentifiedbomb, driving a cherokee in the north east is a good way to attract moisture and rust. (: The expanding foam is just around the seam, not in the cut and fold area behind or in front of the seam. Plenty of places for moisture to escape. Just offering another option for Yukon to consider.
Thanks for the reminder to update my profile. Yes they are 35s with about 6 inches lift in the front and 5.5 in the rear.
Yukon, how have you decided to handle your fenders?

Did not know that thank you that is convenient.

So it ended up i had to cut the rear fender out because it was rusted underneath the flares, i will do the bit of expanding foam and am going to use bedliner for the rocker panel tonight and will upload pictures after my completion!

Here is with the fenders done and undercoating on the rocker panel!

The front looks nice and smooth. It looks like in the rear you had to cut above the mini flare. How are you holding the outer and inner panels together?
Edit. Forgot to ask, where are you that there is snow on the ground already?

Are those Dodge 17" Magnum, 300. Challenger wheels? I have used those myself a couple of times.


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I tac welded a strip of the metal i cut out to hold the two together and i live in whitehorse yukon canada! And also rims of a 90's crown vic

hey Yukon ... watt's the yellow magnetic light on your roof for ?