does anyone have a how to on front fender triming? pic??? 
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front fender triming
- Thread starter louied
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Cutoff wheel on a grinder and go slow/be careful 
what he said. Sometimes a piece of painters tape is a handy guide also. Get it right where to you want it, and then make the cut. Slow/careful is the word. Let the 10,000 RPM work its magic.
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GM4wheeling
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don't forget to wear your gloves and safety glasses!!
steve_kibbe
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Just before we went wheeling...
Randy92782
1 ton status
yeah don't do like that last picture. WEAR GLOVES!! that's just asking for a finger cut off but other than that the best way to say it is:
drive up on something and you can determine exactly how much you want to cut off
drive up on something and you can determine exactly how much you want to cut off
after you removed the trimings what did you do to close up the inside of the fender?Just before we went wheeling...
Most people don't do anything.
Randy92782
1 ton status
X 2 i didn't do anything when i did my old truck. didn't have to on my Blazer cause i had enough lift to clear the fenders with my tires
Mudstud
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Be consious of your speedo cable. If you are concerned about the inner fender just cut a couple slots in it to kind of perforate it, then bend it along that perferation. I ended up having to beat the pinch welded lip of the body over to gain a lil more clearance.
Here what I cut off. Ignore the lil piece missing on the bottom of the fender- just a lil cancer I nipped in the bud. Since these were taken I've cut some more of the inner fender out toward the outter edge of the truck.
Here what I cut off. Ignore the lil piece missing on the bottom of the fender- just a lil cancer I nipped in the bud. Since these were taken I've cut some more of the inner fender out toward the outter edge of the truck.
Randy92782
1 ton status
how would that get in there???
I left it about an inch long on the outside piece and folded it in, then I tack welded it together.
K5Blazer28
1/2 ton status
is the guy grinding wearing slipers...? =]
K5Blazer28
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Same prosses for the rear?
Mudstud
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It runs behind the inner fender. It's easy to nick it with the grinder cutting that section. You can see it in this pic. No, not the brake line.
Randy92782
1 ton status
oh now i see mine doesn't run there. gotcha nowIt runs behind the inner fender. It's easy to nick it with the grinder cutting that section. You can see it in this pic. No, not the brake line.
steve_kibbe
1/2 ton status
I was wearing Crocs, not the best, but what ever
I just cut the inner fender straight across, all the was to the frame.
I just cut the inner fender straight across, all the was to the frame.
Supreme70
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I was able to cut the fender back to the firewall braces and still use the inner wells, u just have to cut a relief in them and bend them back. I did cut half of the lower fender support bracket away and then I used 22 gage steel and made new lips on the fenders.
does anyone have a how to on front fender triming? pic???
There IS a Technical Article on this subject:
http://coloradok5.com/fendertrim.shtml
It's funny too....wait until you see Steve's truck and his sweet mall-Terrain (white letter) tires.... I think he was trying to clear 31's!!
Randy92782
1 ton status
that's one sweet mall-terrain tired rig though 
