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Old 01-20-2009 | 08:10 AM
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They look good
Old 01-20-2009 | 08:27 AM
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Originally Posted by BowtieGuy3
Are those the stock flares on there, or are they from a TJ or something?
its TJ rear flare, i put mine a litle higher its look like this:

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nice
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are you guys doing the cut and fold on the front and back?

i want to go flareless and i got the rear covered.. but not sure about the front
Old 01-20-2009 | 09:07 PM
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not fold the front just cut:
Old 01-20-2009 | 10:31 PM
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no just cut the front man and cut/fold the back
Old 01-20-2009 | 10:40 PM
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the rear gonna be cut and fold of course
Old 01-20-2009 | 11:24 PM
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ok... is it possible to just take the bumperettes off the bumper to have excess to cut the fender below the headlight bucket instead of dropping the whole bumper... or would it just be easier to drop the whole bumper?
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its all up to you man. I didnt do either just nice and slow around the bumper
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i wonder if i could take a sharpie and trace the top of the fender all the way around and use that as a cut line...
Old 01-21-2009 | 12:39 AM
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I used a water-color marker we have at the shop to help mark repairs. Comes right off with water man.
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did u trace the whole top of the fender?
Old 01-21-2009 | 07:53 PM
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yes i did man. it came out great.
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I'm going to start trimming tomorrow. Any last words of advice? My blades for my angle grinder aren't very thin.
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they should only be about 3/16th wide. Make sure u have a cut-off wheel not a metal cutting wheel there wider



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