Wrangler fender build

I was tired of looking at my bent up front fenders and I really crushed the drivers side last weekend on “Trail of doomâ€, so I decided to build new front fenders.



I started by drilling out the old seam spot welds.


with the help of a sawzall I removed the old fenders.



The jeep looked cool with out front fenders but I want fenders as I am sure I would just crush the hood with out fenders.


I started by building the fender mounts




I bent the tubesd and tack them in place. I made pattern pieces out of cardboard so I could test fit everything to make sure I liked the look and to see if I had the proper clearance that I was looking for.


I free hand cut all the pieces


Fitted the pieces together and tack welded them together






I still need to weld everything together and move the charcoal canister for the fuel tank vent as the inner fender well will move back to where the canister is now. Then do what I really hate doing paint them up to make them look perdy.

That's what I did with mine. Now I'm much happier. Here's a link to my progress.

http://www.the4x4network.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=818

looks good, in starting to hate the look of stock fenders more and more.
i made a set for my yj, a bit ago, but cut my hood 4.5" up and raised the whole fender for more clearance,

boxboy said:

Fitted the pieces together and tack welded them together

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That cool angled piece should do wonders on tight trails:kissmyass:

Toyotanut said:

That cool angled piece should do wonders on tight trails:kissmyass:

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That is to keep the damn tire humpers away :clappy:

boxboy said:

That is to keep the damn tire humpers away :clappy:

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I was thinkin more along the lines of being able to drive by braile:flipoff:

Those look really good. I am in the process of the same type, however I am running tube along the outside of the stock top and incorperating them into some sliders.

Finished

Here is a before:


Here is after:

sweet man, any closeups?

How close would you like?

Close enough to see my crappy paint job :flipoff:

ahh you used a satin primer paint and a flat orange. Thats why it cracked..LOL.. My antenna mount is the same way :redneck:

JOOP said:

ahh you used a satin primer paint and a flat orange. Thats why it cracked..LOL.. My antenna mount is the same way :redneck:

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No I just didn't let the primer dry. I only had that problem on one side.

i wouldnt mind a pic of the far back tube tie in to the tub.

MarcW said:

i wouldnt mind a pic of the far back tube tie in to the tub.

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K, I don't have a good close up here at work I will load one up when i get home.

What kind of paint is that?

sweet, I liike it.

Look great Scott. Some day if I ever get running I'm building a set for my CJ. I'm going to do something a little different, but the end product will look similar. Good inspiration.:beer:

boxboy, not sure if you saw me today on the main road at reiter, or realized it was me. i was in my lowrider cherokee, and you were headed the other way, i saw your orange paint and waved :flipoff: