Fender Chop/split Worth it or a Mess?

[rflauto]

Still Waiting for these they made a point of being “50 state legal” from the concept

Nice! What brand are they?

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[2nd 392]

Nice! What brand are they?

They are on a concept Jeep teased us with, but never produced, even after making the point of them being 50 state legal.

 

[Ecorubi]

Jeep shop near me does fender splits. Retain OE factory painted fender, removes all the plastic underneath, swaps in aftermarket LEDs and aftermarket wheel well liners. Looks great and adds 1.5" or so of room.

 

[rflauto]

They are on a concept Jeep teased us with, but never produced, even after making the point of them being 50 state legal.

 

[2nd 392]

 

[Hercules]

AAL bracket and light for my front fender chop- I don’t plan on doing the rear anytime
Soon- the rear plastics pieces are coming off anyway with my (soon to be hear I hope) next venture aluminum rear bumper. The fronts though- I went with dv8 inner liners a long time ago, helps with ventilation too. The install video helped guide me along, and I love the look afterwards. Def helps with my 37s and 2.5 Clayton lift. While I have noticed the real lower part flop a little on the highway at 65+, the fenders aren’t going anywhere- I used the AAL fender hardware with the bolts and nuts sets. That puppy ain’t coming off. I might think about trying fabricate some sort of support for the button if it really starts bugging me. So far, no complaints. One image has the oem and the chopped look side by side. (I did mine one at a time over a weekend…ran out of time)

 

[Jammer]

I love the look of mine after removing the cheap black plastic fender liners. Got the AAL lights and some Barricade metal fender liners and looks bad ass! So much more room. I have a Mopar 2” lift and 37’s.

Hey I know this is the old post but if you get this message I've got the 37s also and thinking about using the brigadier inner liners and doing the chop can you post a photo of yours I'd appreciate it I want to see what it looks like I have the Mopar lift also I want to see what it looks like after the chop with 37 thank you

 

[st01tz]

Hey I know this is the old post but if you get this message I've got the 37s also and thinking about using the brigadier inner liners and doing the chop can you post a photo of yours I'd appreciate it I want to see what it looks like I have the Mopar lift also I want to see what it looks like after the chop with 37 thank you

Here you go! I have to say the AAL light brackets rust out in no time here in New England. They should make them out of aluminum.

 

[Jammer]

Here you go! I have to say the AAL light brackets rust out in no time here in New England. They should make them out of aluminum.

That looks really good The 2-in Mopar lift actually lifts at 3 inches we found when we get ours back in 2018. Here's mine with 37 12.50 17 but I never did the chop yet. What inner liners do you have in the front? Don't want to buy a pair for the front of rear that you have to powder coat that's just another expense lot of people aren't doing them now if they're just leaving them there and shipping them that way I want them all black. Problem is I don't know how to do that myself I'm just not mechanically everybody said it's easy but I wouldn't trust myself doing it. So I'm looking at $2,000 parts and labor I mean for that much I might as well just take $2,000 or buy some new fenders. The job is the way to go he can do it yourself but I can't. I see a lot of people now instead of going with their own price most of them are fabtech metal cloak the other great and durable but I was quoted fenders and interliners and labor 4500 to put fabtech on hell 80% of his cosmetic you know I'm not most people some do but I'm not going to go out there and bang the hell out of my Jeep on the rock sideways and you just tear the s*** out of it It's got to last me for a long time I'm single now divorce so one income and retired I got to keep just you for a long time I've already had a 6 years I can't afford to tear it up just recently got divorced after 28 years. But I see a lot of people abusing the ones off the internet they look pretty good best top had some I looked really nice and now barricade or something brandicaid makes a pair that look okay Even four-wheel parts shelves and so they're not going to sell anything that's cheap that comes back broken and rusted they have too many complaints I do like these though they'll cost me it'd be cheaper to buy all eight pieces front and rear liners and fenders and they're still three or warranty then doing the job they may be a good deal on them I don't know if I'll get the fenders or find somebody help me with a job you like these senders here at least they have a running light I'm keeping the running light I don't want to lose that. But at least the running light on these are pretty bright I saw them at night I've seen a lot of people running these they look just like the best type for their barricade or something like that. Give me an idea cuz my Jeep's wife what do you think about that I mean if I could do the chop myself then yes I'd save money but I can't so it's going to cost me about the same amount of money I really hate you spend $2,000 into dropping all four and I still got the same fender I just chopped them you know what I mean I'm still didn't get anything new accept some liners I don't know

 

[st01tz]

That looks really good The 2-in Mopar lift actually lifts at 3 inches we found when we get ours back in 2018. Here's mine with 37 12.50 17 but I never did the chop yet. What inner liners do you have in the front? Don't want to buy a pair for the front of rear that you have to powder coat that's just another expense lot of people aren't doing them now if they're just leaving them there and shipping them that way I want them all black. Problem is I don't know how to do that myself I'm just not mechanically everybody said it's easy but I wouldn't trust myself doing it. So I'm looking at $2,000 parts and labor I mean for that much I might as well just take $2,000 or buy some new fenders. The job is the way to go he can do it yourself but I can't. I see a lot of people now instead of going with their own price most of them are fabtech metal cloak the other great and durable but I was quoted fenders and interliners and labor 4500 to put fabtech on hell 80% of his cosmetic you know I'm not most people some do but I'm not going to go out there and bang the hell out of my Jeep on the rock sideways and you just tear the s*** out of it It's got to last me for a long time I'm single now divorce so one income and retired I got to keep just you for a long time I've already had a 6 years I can't afford to tear it up just recently got divorced after 28 years. But I see a lot of people abusing the ones off the internet they look pretty good best top had some I looked really nice and now barricade or something brandicaid makes a pair that look okay Even four-wheel parts shelves and so they're not going to sell anything that's cheap that comes back broken and rusted they have too many complaints I do like these though they'll cost me it'd be cheaper to buy all eight pieces front and rear liners and fenders and they're still three or warranty then doing the job they may be a good deal on them I don't know if I'll get the fenders or find somebody help me with a job you like these senders here at least they have a running light I'm keeping the running light I don't want to lose that. But at least the running light on these are pretty bright I saw them at night I've seen a lot of people running these they look just like the best type for their barricade or something like that. Give me an idea cuz my Jeep's wife what do you think about that I mean if I could do the chop myself then yes I'd save money but I can't so it's going to cost me about the same amount of money I really hate you spend $2,000 into dropping all four and I still got the same fender I just chopped them you know what I mean I'm still didn't get anything new accept some liners I don't know

Inner fenders are Barricade, holding up well!

 

[Jammer]

I found some white Rubicon's fenders only for 300 do yalll think doing the chop on my white Rubicon with the black hard top would look ok if I change the black fenders to white ? I saw one and it locked good still what do yall think? keep the black or white would still look good ? I just think those painted ones look so much better then the black ones

 

[Jammer]

I know American Venture has the quick release or its easier to take the whole front inner fender out. what about the Artec one ? because wouldn't you have to take the inner fender out to change the aux little battery ? I know you can do on top under the big battery but i always seen them do under the stock inner fender pretty quick that way when they replaced it before. And which one looks better to yall ? i don't really like the Artec logo that much

 

[Jammer]

Chopping the factory fenders was one of the best modifications I made to my JLUR. It gained 3.5" of tire clearance up front and 2-2.5" out back.

I used the AAL highline lights, liners, and fender retention hardware kits. I also copied a page from Roky's book, and recycled a small section of the factory inner fender structure for the rear lowest end of the chopped fender. Between that and the retention hardware, which replaces the factory white clips, the fenders are rigid enough to not move at highway speeds.

I do like the way American Adventure sells the bolt thigs that cover up all the white clips dont they ? can that be used on any other inner fenders ? I see you have them how do they go on ?

 

[Jammer]

I did it on my last JL and wasn’t a big fan of it, always had the bulb out light and the fenders were super flimsy, although that is fixable. Now on my current JL I did the quake chop light and didn’t completely split the fender. They gave me the bulb out harness and I’ve had these installed for a year with no issues

So its not flimsy going down the road now ?

 

[blackJLURubi]

So its not flimsy going down the road now ?

So its not flimsy going down the road now ?

Not at all if you don’t do the full fender chop

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