The way I put rear W/T flares on

[jsinajeep]

I hope this will help someone

I started off by cutting the old flares off about 1" from the body


Then I cut the corner


Then I started clamping from the bottom up on both side

and pop riveted it up as I went front then rear and then the top[pop rivet it into the fender flange]


then I heated the corner and hammer them up and pop riveted them


After I have it all riveted in I cut the flares off next to the body


Then I spot welded it all the way around and filled in the corner


Then I used the grinder to clean up the weld some[not to much]


Then fitted the fender where I wanted it and pop riveted it on[fiber glass fender]


I used a auto seam sealer to fill in between the body and fender and painted

[Gumby]

Nice work Jerry.

[jaber]

That looks great. Nice job.

[Tad]

You are a patient man Jerry.

[cma]

Yes, well Job done! And great description!

[Atla]

Bravo! Nicely done

[ScottsMojo]

Jerry, will you work for really cheap beer???

[husker77]

Where did you get the flares?

[jsinajeep]

Where did you get the flares?

BJ use to sale these and I bought them used from a member about 4-5 years ago
I am not sure if Zack sale these. I know he does sales fiber glass fender.

[rstep]

Good job Jerry.

[Road Trip]

Very nice work!

[66stepside]

Nice work, this is the first post I've seen where someone has taken the time to outline the process step by step despite it being a common problem- way to go!

[jsinajeep]

Nice work, this is the first post I've seen where someone has taken the time to outline the process step by step despite it being a common problem- way to go!

Well I am the old man and someone else will need to put this somewhere
so everyone can find it. I did this over two years ago and could not figure out
how to post more then one picture per post until now.

[rocklaurence]

Do you think that the panel epoxi would work as well instead of spot welding? BTW, nice work

[jsinajeep]

Do you think that the panel epoxi would work as well instead of spot welding? BTW, nice work

I have heard that epoxy is good on some stuff, but like I said Old Man and I know welding hold

[j2sax]

I know this is a resurrection, but when you riveted the flare in place above, did it overlap the the inside of the cab? I was reading the instructions that BJ's has with theirs and it mentions that. I was not if the ones you had were a different design... I looked at the ones on Z & M's (Zachs) website as well... they are less expensive than BJ's, but not sure which design they are

[jsinajeep]

Not sure what you are asking. The flares were cut off about 1" outside of the body and as you can see in one of the pictures the outer part
flares stick under the body about 3/4" and that is what I riveted the inner fender to. Then cut the outer piece off in welded the flanges together.
I hope that helps. You need to remember that was over 4 years ago and I have slept and getting older.

[j2sax]

I know THAT feeling! Thanks that helps.

[shimniok]

great job. Seems like that could lead to a good technique to cut 4 door fenders for bigger tires, too.

[Nikkormat]

Any idea who made those flares Jerry? That seems like a slam dunk to do. The flares could even be made removable using nutcerts.