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guard chopping

Post by Duff »

im going to cut the guards on my patrol to fit bigger rubber. has any one got a run down on how they did it. i cut a little and once you cut the guard theres a hole where the body pannel meets the wheel well guard. how do people fill this hole up. i was just thinking of sikaflexing it all up
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Re: guard chopping

Post by bogged »

Duff wrote:im going to cut the guards on my patrol to fit bigger rubber. has any one got a run down on how they did it. i cut a little and once you cut the guard theres a hole where the body pannel meets the wheel well guard. how do people fill this hole up. i was just thinking of sikaflexing it all up
check the nissan forum there was a few of these done a few months ago
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Post by Duff »

yer i did a serach and there is no real answer to how to do it exactly.
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Post by RB zook »

i got 3 inches out of mine used the inner gurad/ wheel arch bashed that up to meet the pannel i chopped and welded it up there


thou in the rear needs some sheet metal as i couldnt get enough out of the wheel arch
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Post by hypo »

u talking bout a rear 1/4 chop or the front guards Andrew ?

if u want info on the rear 1/4's give A1MAV a PM.
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Post by Duff »

ive done the quater chop i just wanna trim the wheel arched back to allow some bigger rubber like 38 or 39
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Post by hypo »

ok, give A1 a PM as he has opened up the rear of his rear wheel arch, coz he has moved his rear diff back a bit.
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Post by shakes »

http://www.outerlimits4x4.com/PHP_Modul ... hp?t=39167

thats a fair load of info too. and some in french too boot!
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Post by bru21 »

use a jigsaw ans steel cutting blades. use electrial tape as a guide/ protector. i welded some 50x3mm on the edge for something to bolt rubber to
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