hahaha yeah i'm jack wells's nephew
Cool Cool. Were you at Dune Fest with him?
Well you know by now I dont let grass grow under my feet.....or the Jeep for that matter. I just finished the install on my new flat flares. I did much more then they wanted in there instructions. I did not do the cut and fold method which to me is a hack job and looks the part as well. I decided to part the seams then re-weld them for a much better end result, and a stronger connection between body panels. Doing it this way yielded about 3 hours per side extra. Here are some pics to show my progress of the rear install. The front was just too easy, some simple cutting was all that I did to make those fit.
First I drilled out the factory spot welds. Then I peeled back the outer layer of the body exposing the inner layer. Most would have probably crapped there pants when seeing they had cut into the body this far.....oh but not me...lol Its demo time!
Next I carefully cut and bent the inner layer to form with the outer one creating a joint to weld up. I tacked it in place......man is this stuff thin!
After that I proceeded with the welding and grinding smooth.
Then I put a coat of primer on to seal things up.
Here is the flares installed and finished. I have decent clearance now. Hopefully I wont rub on them or I will have to install longer bumpstops.
If this belongs in a tech writeup section feel free to move it, but there's not much tech involve.
