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Neal Glessner (Nealg)
| | Posted on Sunday, February 17, 2002 - 10:47 pm: | 
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I�ve seen posts that discuss pulling the rear fender out instead of trimming in order to accommodate larger tires. Can anyone explain or illustrate this procedure? |
Lester Burnham
| | Posted on Sunday, February 17, 2002 - 11:06 pm: |
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I know trimming sounds bad, I was scared to do it also, but it really isn't to noticeable. I bet most people who aren't looking for it would even know. Take a look at Sam Yu's truck. At least with 235/85's the trim job isn't bad at all. |
todd
| | Posted on Sunday, February 17, 2002 - 11:16 pm: |
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Locate the bolt on the bottom of the rear quarterpanel...it will be about an inch behind the mud flap.
Unbolt your quarterpanel and using a 4 x 5/8 mending brace and the origingal quarter panel bolt attatch the mending brace to your quarterpanel. Then using the third hole of the mending brace and a new bolt attach it to the original fender brace. This will move your quarter panel out about 2 inches, enough to fit 265/75/r16 tyres with no problem. The whole procedure will take about 10 min. per side. |
Kyle
| | Posted on Sunday, February 17, 2002 - 11:20 pm: |
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Todd pretty much has it there. Or you can just redrill the three holes that hold the liner in and scoot the whole thing over a little...
Kyle |
Disco Dad
| | Posted on Monday, February 18, 2002 - 12:14 am: |
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Kyle what size tires do you run with your quarter modification? |
Nadim
| | Posted on Monday, February 18, 2002 - 12:33 am: |
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The first time I trimed was to accomodate the 235/85s with a small lift, the second time was to accomodate the 265/80 with a 2" lift, and 2 days ago i trimmed everything because I could not stand hitting those shitty aluminum pieces everytime "high country" was available. The trim job was nice and usefull, as the day after I went over a HUGE gully and now all that hits is my rear NATO hitch.
Nadim with 'trimmed' Disco |
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