HELP... flaring fenders

ive got a s-10 blazer and i need to flair the rear fenders to allow more travel. has anyone done one or have any sugestions on how?

its not the lip around the wheel well its the actuall panel under the window

thanks!

thats almost impossible with out reshaping the whole 1/4 panel, narrow the axle or get diff offset wheels.

stick a base ball bat in there lay out on it and drive over it a few times. It helps to have a friend to work the bat and you want to go in small amounts.

get a fender roller?!?!? ive also seen people do it on pre-runners..

youll have to cut/unbolt the supports that run in front and behind the wheel wells( the small round tubes that bolt to the rockers)...cut the actual wheel tubs away from the inside of the body or anywhere that connects the outer fenders to the inner wheel tubs..... use a bottle jack and a piece of 2x4 and slowly extend the jack to push the area above the wheel wells out... start directly above the center of the fender and work your way out to each side...

more than likely if its your first time you'll be cracking some paint especially if they need to be flaired a lot... if the truck doesnt have pretty paint fuck it, and go for it!!!

i doubt its gunna end up pretty....


i know there was a guy on metalmeet that had a roughly 2 inch gap in his body from doing a chop and he literally stretched the metal with a hammer and dolly i guess to fill the gap. no extra metal at all. it was cool to see pics of that.

your metal is soo thin , its gonna be hard to stretch the metal that fare...
best bet is gonna make new panels or something or maybe cut a section out of your panels, bring it out some , then fill the gaps with extra metal..
heres a link of John Kelly making some fender flares... but if you notice 2 pics are the front of the car where he stretch the metal with a bead/sand bag and hammer, then smoothed it out will hammer and dolly..
http://allshops.org/cgi-bin/community/communityalbums.cgi?action=openalbum&albumid=9980138836765