Chocolate Thunder
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Title says it all. I’m curious to see what it looks like if anyone has done it.
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Thanks! I knew someone out there would be running their Jeep this way. I can’t tell whether I like it better without it or not. The bottom looks kind of “unfinished”. Maybe adding the corners of the Rusty’s rear fascia...3 screws hold the plastic fender to bumper filler panel, and 2 bolts holding a sheet metal bracket to the frame. I put the frame bolts back in the holes, sans the bracket. I gave the end of the factory steel bumper a nice whack with a rubber mallet before and after removing that bracket, and didn't notice any loss of bumper support. That convinced me that the bracket is more for supporting the plastic than the bumper itself.
1st two pics are more recent, 3rd and 4th are back with the Dynatrac lift and still waiting on the rear liners.
There’s a YouTube video of a guy who did that. Don’t remember who. He trimmed the corner piece and relocated the hole.I wonder how the Rustys rear fascia works if you trim the rear pinch seam
I've yet to do a real focused search, but have been keeping an eye out in my online travels for an armor panel that wraps all the way around the lower 3 or 4 inches of the body. JL Life did a video about the Rusty’s rear facia panels. It left me wondering if a 1-piece option exists. Check it out.Thanks! I knew someone out there would be running their Jeep this way. I can’t tell whether I like it better without it or not. The bottom looks kind of “unfinished”. Maybe adding the corners of the Rusty’s rear fascia...
Check out the video I just posted above. It's a trim to fit kinda piece.I wonder how the Rustys rear fascia works if you trim the rear pinch seam
Lol! I spotted this post right after hitting the post button.There’s a YouTube video of a guy who did that. Don’t remember who. He trimmed the corner piece and relocated the hole.
I wonder how the Rustys rear fascia works if you trim the rear pinch seam
Another factor is the length you set the control arms to. You may be able to pull the axle forward enough to clear the rear pinch seam, but that has potential issues as well.So the bottom of the pinch seam on the rear wheel well causes issues with tire clearance with bigger tires is what I’m getting from this. I just put on 37s and it hasn’t left pavement yet so it hasn’t caused me a problem yet.
How big an issue is it? Enough to cut down a tire? Is it an issue that can be avoided with bump stops? I have 2 MetalCloak pucks in back, about 3.5” to upper bump.
I had to remove the plastic filler pieces, that your thread is about, immediately after leaving the shop that mounted my 38's. Even the bump in the bottom rear of the liner was getting caught by the tread, just normal driving on road.That’s the video I was talking about. That seems to be an extraordinarily half-assed job IMO, but you can get the point.
@Headbarcode yours looks kind of weird with so much of the painted metal visible beneath the rear fender of the back side. Did you remove the lower edge of the fender for practical clearance reasons for your big tires or just like the way it looks? Do you gain any clearance with the rear corner of the pinch seam as the closest point to the tire?