![]() With everything in place, the final product fits like a charm. With some careful marking and cutting, its possible to get a tight fit of the side sill to the overfender. These fasteners have a low profile and allow for easy removalreplacement of the rear overfender should things go wrong on track.įortunately, the mold Spoon uses to make these fenders offers a great finish and no filler is required to get a flush fit to the quarter panel-impressive stuff. Next, we installed the riv-nuts with a Huck Riv-Nut setter and bolted the overfender in place with some 16mm M50.8 stainless button head bolts. Use 150-grit sandpaper to get a beveledsmooth edge after cutting. This deletes the rear bumper mounting tab, but the bumper is now short enough that the OEM three-clip mount provides plenty of support along with the lower screw-in mounting point. With the rear bumper cover marked, we used the 3-inch cut-off saw (again), a file and sandpaper to get a beveled edge. With the work on the quarter panels complete, it was time to mount the rear bumper cover and continue cutting. ![]() The excess flange can be cut down with a 3-inch cut-off saw, and then use an angle grinder to remove excess weld and achieve a nice flush finish with the outer quarter panel.įinally, a half round file was used to remove any high spots and get a smooth finish and edge on the joint between the inner and outer quarter panel. Its much easier to weld an edge to a flange, as opposed to an edge to an edge.) By notching the inner fender flange and using the Eastwood fender roller, it was possible for us to flare the inner quarter to meet up perfectly with the outer quarter.īefore proceeding any further, we mounted the wheeltire and fully compressed the suspension to ensure there was adequate clearance all around. ![]() Using a 3-inch cut-off saw, we made the cut in just the outer quarter panel. We marked several 2-inch marks across the top and then used a piece of welding filler rod to shape the desired arc and marked it out. When ordering the Spoon rear overfender, be sure to specify whether you need the stock AP1 rear bumper or Spoon rear bumper version. There are several other overfenders available on the market, but we chose Spoon because it shields the tire from the bottom of the rocker around and down to the bottom of the rear bumper. To achieve the extra wheeltire clearance that an overfender affords, its necessary to cut the outer and inner quarter panels to allow for adequate compression travel.Ĭonsequently, we contacted the helpful folks at AJ Racing and ordered a set of Spoon rear overfenders. ![]() The Js snorkel angles towards the front bumper as it goes over the front frame bar so you actually cut out a fair bit to get the snorkel through it. On cutting of the air dam I actually had to cut a bit more than first expected. ![]()
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