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3A, 3B, DJ Technical Knowledge Base => "Modifications"-- Technical Questions, Answers, Incites => Topic started by: Buildinghippy on February 07, 2013, 01:38:43 PM

Title: custom front fenders
Post by: Buildinghippy on February 07, 2013, 01:38:43 PM
with the ford 289 one of the po put in my jeep there is a loss of space in the front and on the fire wall, the manafolds are touching. so i made some new fenders that are 6" longer and add 2" on each side. i used 1/8 so that i could get away with out the mid brace.

(http://i1304.photobucket.com/albums/s522/buildinghippy/D28771B4-D574-49FF-8F4D-D4180CED84B8-8609-000016B5DBF7063F_zps4f0cc5c8.jpg)
cardbord templet i made

(http://i1304.photobucket.com/albums/s522/buildinghippy/DD32D713-754D-4A21-B920-FFC5C536FFFE-7736-000014AB72D7C913_zps858b34f0.jpg)
cutting out on the plama table

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bending up

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tacked up to weld

(http://i1304.photobucket.com/albums/s522/buildinghippy/1A7D41AF-03A1-4852-8ACC-7EFB97228483-7736-000014ABCAC4EA11_zps3038233f.jpg)

(http://i1304.photobucket.com/albums/s522/buildinghippy/6E7E1F1E-B79F-4E3A-A5A5-07813EB72962-7736-000014ABD31CE20D_zps5d719aa9.jpg)

(http://i1304.photobucket.com/albums/s522/buildinghippy/847A0460-62F1-4A50-B3A0-1A9EF0A075BA-7736-000014ABE2EFC505_zps691ba7a0.jpg)
here you can see the spacers i made to gain the 2"

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(http://i1304.photobucket.com/albums/s522/buildinghippy/832ABBCF-26FA-4565-9C6F-E7E3388D7C6B-7736-000014ABF84AD511_zps961fecfd.jpg)

Title: Re: custom front fenders
Post by: duffer on February 07, 2013, 01:46:52 PM
Ahhhh, if I only had access to all that-----------------------------------

Nice work and waiting for an installed pic!!!  You can sometimes get around some of the firewall problems using a little body lift-also helps a bunch with the under-hood space.
Title: Re: custom front fenders
Post by: Buildinghippy on February 07, 2013, 02:21:13 PM
thats the shop at school. it nice being able to use it.
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You can sometimes get around some of the firewall problems using a little body lift
with the motor being longer it pushed the trans back to, and i wanted to get it back close to stock.
Title: Re: custom front fenders
Post by: Comanche_County on February 19, 2013, 08:16:21 PM
Nice!
Title: Re: custom front fenders
Post by: Buildinghippy on March 26, 2013, 10:55:54 PM
(http://i1304.photobucket.com/albums/s522/buildinghippy/470A5132-AB1F-4A08-960D-EEC5B3832BFE-21042-00002EA6C75EE6F9_zps31c98392.jpg)

(http://i1304.photobucket.com/albums/s522/buildinghippy/FC1CC337-D633-45A2-8776-94CE4626D7A0-21042-00002EA6D3620FA2_zps8a01a2e2.jpg)

(http://i1304.photobucket.com/albums/s522/buildinghippy/376B4502-4CA6-41D6-B951-BA0E8622CC43-21042-00002EA6983E4B19_zpsc55ccae5.jpg)

A few pics next to the originals
Title: Re: custom front fenders
Post by: hawkjeep on July 11, 2013, 07:08:52 PM
nice work
Title: Re: custom front fenders
Post by: Buildinghippy on July 17, 2013, 06:03:56 AM
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nice work

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Nice!

Thanks guys