Hey bro, you think you could post a few pics of the process you used on your rear fenders? Gotta say, to me at least, they're the most proportional looking I've seen to date. I like how you kept em below the body line also. Truck is looking righteous.
thanks guys i appreciate it. def have a few minutes in em. i took some photos as i did em but not the whole process.. ill post em and try to explain them the best i can. the truck is stockfloored with the stock rear end runnin the stock inners and the outters are i believe are 275/35/22. so obviously i had to widen them and raise them. i widened them exactly 4.5 inches and raised them exactly 2 inches and the fit right under the body line. extremely happy the way they came out.
the first thing i did was cut the fender right in half from front to back and then took the inner piece and cut those in two from front to back. i got boxes and boxes of license plates from work and they worked perfect to brace em. i layed the truck out on 2.5 inches of blocks because i havent raised yet at this point. i sat the outter piece on the fender on to the tire and shimmed it with misc crap to get it to sit where i wanted. then i stuck the inner pieces on. i measured the top gap out to exactly 4.5" from front to back. then got a couple straight plates to help hold them in place. i dont remember what the front and rear gaps were but they were more then the top because the angle they are at. once i had it all symetrical i went to town screwin license plates on till it was sturdy. once i had all the gaps covered i cleaned the inside up with a 25grit green roloc disc then started glassing. once i had an even coat covering everything i removed the plates and ground down the bumps the screws made and laid down some more glass. i put several layes on and made it about 1/8" thick. then the gap where the brace runs the fender i gut a strip of wood 1x2 out and fit it in and glass the shit out of it like they do on the stringers of a boat. once the fender was sturdy i cut the top off pretty much right thru the center of the 4x4 sticker and did the exact same process but moved it up 2" and braced the gap with plates and glassed the crap out of it. i ended up using 3 gallons of resin on each fender. then i brought it to my friends body shop and he drilled a million tiny little holes all over the fender and layed a completed coat of glass over the entire fender. he used about to more gallons on each. then about 2 gallon mud to bodywork them. now they are heavy as shit and def. strengthen up my bed a ton. they dont budge. theyre freakin solid. one actually fell off a stand while sandin it and it didnt even chip it. they are symetrical, body lines line up, and strong as hell. im willing to bet they'd win a fight with a street sign.i cant wait to get the bed painted. i hope this helps you out..
Thanks for getting these up so fast. I've been looking at 2 to 3 other ways of doing this. Never would have guessed the outside would clear doing it like you have here.... But damn if you ain't nailed a good looking fender. I'm gonna have to follow your lead on this. but you'll have to send me some of them extra license plates so I can get them rocking impressions to lol..
you know , you could have youre fiberglass guy , make some moulds of them now that there still unpainted , i bet you could make a little money selling these fenders as a "bolt on" option for those running these rims on youre type truck and than theres the fact that when you wreck one of them you can have one made without all the cutting chopping glassing sanding and filling stuff