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Old Oct 27, 2011 | 12:20 AM
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Anyone ever do this? I'm worried about the bottom being too short and looking goofy. My tires rub the flares on the sides closest to the door when I turn. They are 33x14. I'm trying to score some 34x10.5 to save my other tires for the wheeling trips.
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Old Oct 27, 2011 | 12:12 PM
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Anyone tried this? I like the look of the stock flares.
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Old Oct 27, 2011 | 12:18 PM
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Yes. Quite a few have done it. Search a bit.

There was even a TOTM thread that has pics or lots of different setups.
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Old Oct 27, 2011 | 12:25 PM
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Originally Posted by Gee oh Dee
Yes. Quite a few have done it. Search a bit.

There was even a TOTM thread that has pics or lots of different setups.
I'll keep looking. I wasn't finding anything of any use though. I'm looking for sort of a "write-up" about how high to move them and before/after pics. The write up will help me figure out the best way before I do it and look back and say "****! I should have done it differently" lol there really isn't a whole lot of room to screw up here.
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Old Oct 27, 2011 | 12:36 PM
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Here's a good one for the rear:
http://www.yuccaman.com/jeep/reartrim.html
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Old Oct 27, 2011 | 12:38 PM
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It looks like I'll need to move the front one up and back.
I need to move the back one forward and up.
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Old Oct 27, 2011 | 03:35 PM
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Flex it out, cut fender till the tire clears, then mock up flare, and mark out holes. Drill the holes, use some little bolts and washers. I cut my flares to match my bumper ends, but I think you can just switch sides with them though. I hope this helps
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Old Oct 28, 2011 | 08:18 AM
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Here's how I did my front, didn't need to do the back.
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