Factory fender chop, inner fender question

mtnbiker995 · Jun 25, 2013

Is there any way to reuse/make use out of the factory inner fender? I'm about to chop my fenders but I'd like to have some kind of inner fender figured out first. If anyone has pictures or ideas please let me know, I live in the midwest and have to deal with way too much salt in the winter to even consider not having inner fenders.

Thanks!

Kneece · Jun 25, 2013

I just trashed mine. There is no way to keep it from flapping around as your driving.

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FrankenJeeper · Jun 25, 2013

I didn't re use mine as well.

2010 JKU Sport
1977 CJ5

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Atch · Jun 25, 2013

mtnbiker995 said:
Is there any way to reuse/make use out of the factory inner fender? I'm about to chop my fenders but I'd like to have some kind of inner fender figured out first. If anyone has pictures or ideas please let me know, I live in the midwest and have to deal with way too much salt in the winter to even consider not having inner fenders.

Thanks!

Absolutely, only part we trimmed on the inner fender on my buddies jk was right where it meets the sheet metal. You cut out the little hump then we used a zip tie through a precut hole in the body to hold it on.

cozdude · Jun 25, 2013

I saw a few who cut it to match the sheet metal and zip tied it to one of the holes to hold it at the bottom of the wheel well

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paychex.308 · Jun 25, 2013

i re-used mine up front and they DO NOT flap while driving! the rear I trashed though... you just have to trim the front in a way that allows you to secure them back without too much excess and still maintain good coverage!

andrew -

mtnbiker995 · Jun 25, 2013

paychex.308 said:
i re-used mine up front and they DO NOT flap while driving! the rear I trashed though... you just have to trim the front in a way that allows you to secure them back without too much excess and still maintain good coverage!

andrew -

Do you have a couple pics of your cut and trim so I could see what it looks like?

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Atch · Jun 25, 2013

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you can kind of see where we cut the inner liner and where the zip tie is.

JKAnimal · Jun 25, 2013

I agree with Paychex. Re-used the fronts and ditched the rear. Let me go take some pics.

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mtnbiker995 · Jun 25, 2013

Atch said:
Absolutely, only part we trimmed on the inner fender on my buddies jk was right where it meets the sheet metal. You cut out the little hump then we used a zip tie through a precut hole in the body to hold it on.

Do you have a pic of this? I think I understand what you're saying but it'd be nice to see

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JKAnimal · Jun 25, 2013

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Crappy phone pics but I hope this helps. I even re-used the side markers. I plan on painting the exposed metal black.
There is zero flapping.

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mtnbiker995 · Jun 25, 2013

Atch said:
View attachment 36671 you can kind of see where we cut the inner liner and where the zip tie is.

That's what I was thinking. I really like that idea, it's simple and basically exactly what I was looking for

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paychex.308 · Jun 25, 2013

mtnbiker995 said:
Do you have a couple pics of your cut and trim so I could see what it looks like?

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here you are...

drivers side

passenger side

andrew -

Holeshot · Jun 25, 2013

I kept mine as I live in a very muddy area, keeping the engine bay clean is primordial.

I used a rubber pad to fill the space between the body and the inner fender.

mtnbiker995 · Jun 25, 2013

Doknocker said:
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Crappy phone pics but I hope this helps. I even re-used the side markers. I plan on painting the exposed metal black.
There is zero flapping.

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I like it! Looks like I'll have to go find some of my black zip ties

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mtnbiker995 · Jun 25, 2013

paychex.308 said:
here you are...

andrew -

So you just used the bolts to hold it in place with out zip ties or anything extra?

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paychex.308 · Jun 25, 2013

mtnbiker995 said:
So you just used the bolts to hold it in place with out zip ties or anything extra?

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yep, just the factory plugs and bolt. adding a ziptie or two couldnt hurt though...

andrew -

mtnbiker995 · Jun 25, 2013

paychex.308 said:
yep, just the factory plugs and bolt. adding a ziptie or two couldnt hurt though...

andrew -

Hmm...I'll try to model yours and then throw zip ties on if needed! Haha

Thanks for all the quick responses and pictures guys, I'm feelin better about the chop now knowing that the inner fender is salvageable.

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paychex.308 · Jun 25, 2013

mtnbiker995 said:
Hmm...I'll try to model yours and then throw zip ties on if needed! Haha

Thanks for all the quick responses and pictures guys, I'm feelin better about the chop now knowing that the inner fender is salvageable.

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you can do this.... drill a hole in the skins at the bottom and force a plug in the body seam...

drivers

passenger

just make sure you triple check to put the hole in the correct spot!

andrew -

JAGS · Jun 25, 2013

I did mine with a zip. Once the wells are painted black, you won't see the zip tie.

Trim that outer edge of the liner to line up with outer edge of the body, or this won't work. Ask me how I know.

Luckily had second set of liners on standby.

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