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chad
03-03-04, 08:37 AM
I need to trim my fenders this weekend to fit my new 33's. Do any of you guys/gals have any pics or write-ups on this. I have some idea of how I want to do it, but any additional info would be great. By the way, it's a 2000 XJ so I want it to look fairly nice still.
Thanks,
Chad

jmbrowning
03-03-04, 09:48 AM
If you have 5.5" of lift on yer XJ, you shouldn't need too much fender trimming. The Missus put in the RE XD5.5 and only had a slightly dinged passenger rear sheetmetal where the tire folded over the sheetmetal to widen the well. Fixed with a bit of bumpstop extension.

Having said that, here is the Jeepin.com writeup on fender trimming the XJ (http://jeepin.com/features/chop/index.asp).

Dukes69
03-03-04, 12:24 PM
Originally posted by chad
I want it to look fairly nice still.

See there is where you got me. I was going to post pics of the ol XJ. I think it looks ok, but some might not think so.:8 Good luck. Oh, just for reference, I went at mine with some tin snips and a hammer! :D