CK5 is the Devil

[muddybuddy]

is just do a nice trim job on those fenders and leave it be. no point in spending good money to fix something if your gona continue to wheel it and cut it up again. keep those fenders on, that way if more damage happens to them, no big deal. then eventually once you decide to tone back your wheeling habbit, swap in new fenders and pretend like nothing ever happened

i know if i went through the trouble of fixing minor damage like with new fenders and then did it again a couple months later i would be pissed at myself that i spent all that money. my truck was really clean too before i started wheelin it. its still very clean, with just minor damage. eventually im going to cherry it out after i decide to either a) stop wheeling it, or b) can afford to buy a beat up rig that will be trail only.

 

[ryoken]

CK5 is the debil.....

 

[Dafey]

With a 4"lift and 33x12.5 do ya`ll think Ill have this problem?

 

[JohnDeere]

With a 4"lift and 33x12.5 do ya`ll think Ill have this problem?

When I had that setup up, it would always rub when it really started to flex. It messed up the alummin piece a couple of times but never bent the fender. I could flex it all they way out and be fine. If the tires were turned it would hit the fender alot quicker, so I only had it flex alot if I was going straight.
You will be fine if you keep the tires straight but you could trim a little on the bottom lips. The damage I did was with very little flex(probly about 14" and my setup can proble do twice that) Dam big tires.

 

[noJeepshere]

we had a black 85 c20 sub years ago with a fire breathing dragon under the hood. man i loved that ride. black is the way to go. btw, trim away!

 

[jimbug]

Come to the Dark Side

Ah that aint damage! I thought you took a tree trunk to the fender or something? Cut away my friend THERES NO TURNING BACK Go ahead join us become "THAT GUY" I know ya want to

 

[mudboggink5]

Be carefull, cuz when you start cuttingYou dont want to stop. also make sure to take your time, and cut alitle at a time.

 

[Craig Artzner]

My Blazer is still stock. I'm carrying the torch for the mallcrawlers!

 

[blazerbones]

I cut the corners off the front fenders where tires usually rub. Then rolled the metal over and put the chrome trim back on. You cant even tell I cut them.

wanna see pics of that too...

 

[jimbug]

CUT CUT CUT CUT...... The first one hurts the rest.... is euphoric


No with all seriousness, you are liable to do more damage with and to your tires, the more sheet metal is in the way. Not to mention trail damage on thse low hanging fenders

 

[obijuan]

My Blazer is still stock. I'm carrying the torch for the mallcrawlers!

WAY to go bud!

 

[mudboggink5]

Be carefull, your truck might look like this one day, and you'll be starting over like i did.

 

[AJMBLAZER]

Get out the cutting wheel and go at it. Mine's kinda rough but I ran out of warm weather to paint in and will make it look nicer when spring comes.

As mentioned before spacing the front axle forwards would fix this issue. The front axles on these trucks are not centered and are actually about 1" to the rear. Moving them forwards solves the common rubbing problem for most people.

 

[CK5]

Back when I had the body on.

 

[Dafey]

When you space the axle forward , does it mess with the D/S length?

 

[AJMBLAZER]

On some vehicles, yes. Seems some driveshafts have the necessary length in the slip splines while others don't.

I was lucky enough to discover that mine doesn't.

 

[79chevyk10]

This Is How It All Starts

One thing leads to another.................................

 

[Dafey]

What did it cost for a new D/S?
Im gonna need a new rear shaft

 

[blowedupmotor87]

CUT! CUT! CUT! We cut mine, Clarkjw24 took the grinder to 'em for me and did the initial cutting (I was afraid to cut chunks of sheetmetal off ) then, I did the little smoothing out and painting of the cut areas. I think they came out quite well, here's a pic:

 

[chevyridinhigh79]

blowedup yours looks stock like it came from gm that way. i wouldn't cut but after seeing yours im starting to rethink my strategy for my k10