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Triming Fenders, Covering Gaps

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Gunny65

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I am sure many of you have dealt with this. Some may have left it but I know others have fixed it in some manner.

I trimmed my front and rear fenders and am tired of worrying about/digging the mud, dirt, rocks, etc stuck in between the outer sheet-metal and inner sheet-metal. If you have trimmed you know what I am talking about.

Did you tack weld the edges together? What about the areas that are to far apart to squeeze together? I suppose you could cut a piece of metal and fit it in place then weld it in. Anyway, links to build threads or pictures would be appreciated. Explanations or always welcome. :waytogo:

I will try to get some good pics of what I am talking about tomorrow but again it is pretty obvious to those who have trimmed fenders.

Thanks.
 
I forgot to get pics but, in the meantime, nobody else closed the gaps up? No input?

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I have in the past but seem to remember the gap being large enough all the way around to justify a filler strip.

Don't have pictures though. Just cut a strip of some thin gauge sheet and worked it in. Ground flush and tack tack tack...
 
here's mine moved back 5"... excuse the rotted wheelwell...




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it worked out so all i had to do was bend the well kinda flat in the back.. even with the firewall... here it is without the well..


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if you ignore the slider, chopped off bottom, new mounting of it, I basically added a 1/8 plate to the cut lip...
 
I was wondering how you attached the fenders on the bottom with sliders. Great picture, nice work. :thumb:

Btw did you cut the bottom of the doors off for the sliders. :dunno:

Just would like to know cause my door bottoms are shot and so are my cab corners.
 
max 02 said:
Btw did you cut the bottom of the doors off for the sliders. :dunno:

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alot of people replace their ROCKERS with weld in sliders, not the bottom of the door itself. There are even venders with readily available bolt in sliders.
 
Gunny65 said:
I am sure many of you have dealt with this. Some may have left it but I know others have fixed it in some manner.

I trimmed my front and rear fenders and am tired of worrying about/digging the mud, dirt, rocks, etc stuck in between the outer sheet-metal and inner sheet-metal. If you have trimmed you know what I am talking about.

Did you tack weld the edges together? What about the areas that are to far apart to squeeze together? I suppose you could cut a piece of metal and fit it in place then weld it in. Anyway, links to build threads or pictures would be appreciated. Explanations or always welcome. :waytogo:

I will try to get some good pics of what I am talking about tomorrow but again it is pretty obvious to those who have trimmed fenders.

Thanks.
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well when I did mine, I cut it a bit less than I needed and took a ball peen hammer and a dolly and went to town, bending the outside piece in and the inside piece out and overlapped them, I was going to tack weld them but never got the chance, I ended up scrapping the truck before long, but I have my wagoneer done the same way and I can take pics of that one if you want.
 
I added pictures to my second post.

Thanks for the pics Ryoken, it helps a lot.

Thanks for the input guys. I was thinking about putting some filler metal strips in and this helps make up my mind on what to do. I can't really mess it up much further. LOL.
 
badmix said:
Wow, you really want saw-zall happy on that. Id try and close those gaps up with some strips inserted or hammer on it to close it up and maybe tack weld it some.
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Yeah, I accidentally cut off more than I planned on the front. I messed it up but it is a trail rig so no biggy. I still want it to look good and not rust out any sooner than necessary but still a trail rig. Actually, that is the second cutting trying to fix the first. Did great on the rear, the front...not so much. :doah:
 
I actuAlly don't care about my gaps. I'm not after any body awards. I decided to quit caring about any body damage or small things Anymore on my 4x4s



If the mud becomes an issue, I may fill with the plastic stuff we use on stock cars. It's like sheet metal ,but we just pop rivet it in place.
 
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