best tool to cut guards with?

[InSanE]

i am doing a guard cut soon to fit these 36 peede's im getting under my truck and im just wondering what people have used to cut their guards i was thinking of getting a small air operated 90 digree grinder or an air hacksaw just wondering what people are using thanks.

[v840]

I used a 4inch grinder with 1mm cutting discs. Easy as.

[chunkz]

angle grinder...

have spare discs
dont wear shorts either and lay under where sparks are going to be

[Mick.]

I usually use a 4 inch grinder with the really thin blades. I find you have a lot more control with these than you do an air hacksaw or any other cutting tool for that matter. An air hacksaw is better for going around corners though .

Cheers Mick.

[stuckwithlux]

my mates and i used a pnuematic tool to cut the roof of his zook. I think it''s called an air chisel??? they come with a little attachment to cut panels. they work bloody well, you wouldn't know it by looking at it, but it won't burn the paint around the edge and it doesn't leave any burrs so there is nothing to clean up afterwards. ill see if i can get a pic of it for you.

[matsmad]

9 inch griner!

Thats what i used

[matthewK]

best tool for the job id says a hand held plasma cutter
next best thing
just a 4inch grinder just becarefull the 1mm disc have tendency to shatter

if ya dont have that id says a jigsaw but it be farken loud:)

[eighty8]

I used a 4inch grinder with 1mm cutting discs. Easy as.

If your talking rear 1/4 guard cut, l just did mine last night.

4' grinder and a 1mm disc cut them like butter..easy as...

[Screwy]

as said 4 or 9 inch grinder...

i also have the 3 sets of tin snips to tidy up lose ends and cut the lip back into them

[spannercrab]

I'm going against the grain here ...

An air hacksaw ... http://www.tradetools.com.au/ProdView.a ... uct=ZK9301

Designed for cutting panels and curves - and no mess or burrs to clean up after the cut.

Awesome for that particular job (panels and thin sheet) ... almost useless at doing anything else

The 1mm x 4" would no doubt be a heap faster though ...

[CRUSHU]

I'm going against the grain here ...

An air hacksaw ... http://www.tradetools.com.au/ProdView.a ... uct=ZK9301

Designed for cutting panels and curves - and no mess or burrs to clean up after the cut.

Awesome for that particular job (panels and thin sheet) ... almost useless at doing anything else

The 1mm x 4" would no doubt be a heap faster though ...

X2 I used a air hacksaw, great for a fine cut, no burning the surrounding paint etc. Also for getting the curves right, and no sparks to burn into the paint of car or other things around you.

[giantracing]

an axe......... oxy........ chain saw....... plasme cutter.

the best tool if it is for your own guards is a 4 inch grinder with the 1 mm cutting blades. put some masking tape on the guard mark with a pen on the tape then cut the middle of the tape. the tape will take a lot of the heat and your paint wont blissta. do it all the time....

[stool]

I used a combo of standard hacksaw and 5" grinder

Paint was no problem as i needed to bog the rest of the quarter pannel
above the cut on both sides from rock rash

[Patroler]

I used a jigsaw over the grinder, less sparks and cuts around corners better, just mask up the gaurds with plenty of masking tape to prevent scratching.

[bagsy]

I used a 4inch grinder with 1mm cutting discs. Easy as.

I used it aswell , pefect for the job, just take your time

[bru21]

i have always used a jigsaw, but from recent zook experiance with my bros snorkel i would say avaition snips hands down. so neat, tidy edge. rember red cuts left, green right, yellow straight

cheer bru

[Mousie]

i reccomend a chainsaw....

works like a charm good for stress relefe

[gurumon]

i used aviation shears.... cheap, quick and easy

[Cossie]

nibbler

[Beastmavster]

Best tool to cut into your car with..... a couple of drunken mates....

Generally, I've tended to use 4" grinder... but have used a jigsaw before, and a rotary air tool.

A sawzall would be good too.

[bigears]

i'am also cutting mine soon do you just fold a lip after you cut and leave the inner guard out ?

[Tayls]

im looking at cutting my guards as well, but how do you's get another lip or fold at the end of the guard? Something to screw the rubber flares to...

[jkv6]

the best tool to use is the one close to hand did one side with 4 inch grinder and the other with 9 inch grinder both did the job easy just could not be farked to walk to the other side of the car to get the 4 inch the 4inch did a neater job but who really cares bog and paint will hide all sins

[nzdarin]

I've used both a jigsaw and a 4" x 1mm angle grinder. Personally the grinder will do the whole job but a combination of both is the neatest. I wouldn't worry too much as you'll make a huge mess folding the lip back in anyway.

["CANADA"]

red cuts left, green right, yellow straight

cheer bru

You sure about that

[Tuflux308]

use a 4 or 5" grinder with the thin disks
to fold the gards back after cutting mark a line where u want the fold, get the grinder and make some slices about 4" apart into the bit that u r going to fold. Get a mate or someone, two hammers (1 big 1 small) and cold chisel or a bit of plate with a sharp edge. Take the chisel and hold it in behind the gard right on the other side of the line, get your mate to hold the big hammer on the outside oppsite the chisel to take the shock then use the small hammer to tapp the gard around. Work up and down together doing the whole area little bit at a time. It will prob start to tighten up in the bits where it goes around sharper bends, dont just hit it harder just make some more slices with the grinder this will stop your paint from flaking on the fold. And put some rag over the big hammer so it dosn't mark your gard.
Did mine the other day, so happy no cracked or flaking paint looks perfect.
P.S dont try to do it without the big hammer to take the shock or else u dont get a sharp bend and when u start bashing at it to make it sharper all the paint cracks and flakes off, looks shit.......
Hope this helps, prob wont make sence to anyone but me but at least i tryed ay.

[Tuflux308]

use a 4 or 5" grinder with the thin disks
to fold the gards back after cutting mark a line where u want the fold, get the grinder and make some slices about 4" apart into the bit that u r going to fold. Get a mate or someone, two hammers (1 big 1 small) and cold chisel or a bit of plate with a sharp edge. Take the chisel and hold it in behind the gard right on the other side of the line, get your mate to hold the big hammer on the outside oppsite the chisel to take the shock then use the small hammer to tapp the gard around. Work up and down together doing the whole area little bit at a time. It will prob start to tighten up in the bits where it goes around sharper bends, dont just hit it harder just make some more slices with the grinder this will stop your paint from flaking on the fold. And put some rag over the big hammer so it dosn't mark your gard.
Did mine the other day, so happy no cracked or flaking paint looks perfect.
P.S dont try to do it without the big hammer to take the shock or else u dont get a sharp bend and when u start bashing at it to make it sharper all the paint cracks and flakes off, looks shit.......
Hope this helps, prob wont make sence to anyone but me but at least i tryed ay.

[jessie928]

best thing to use is a nibbler.
Air operated,

Jes

[bru21]

best way to fold the guards is get some 20x10mm flat bar about 100mm long. cut a hacksaw groove in it the depth of the blade roughly on the 20x10 edge through the 10mmside. use it like a spanner and work it about an inch apart back and forth prob 5 times along the guard. looks factory.

[RMP&O]

A cut off tool, which is basically a mini grinder about 2". Runs on compressed air and does about 20,000rpms. Eats up discs fast but who cares you can get 500 for $50. Works very well for delicate cutting on all kinds of steel as it is small, light and hand held.

For folding steel I always use a set of big wide jaw vise-grips. The kind with the flat jaws used in body work.