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steelepathy
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fender liner mod

Postby steelepathy » Sat Aug 24, 2013 11:41 am

hello,

im getting a set of spacers for the path next week and did my measurements and i know roughly how much i need to take out of them. ive seen the thread here using a heat gun to push the liner in but is there anyone else whos had to do this and anything i should look out for? i was thinking of cutting the liner altogether and screwing on a separate piece of plastic the goes further into the recess in the wheel well to provide the clearance. what do people reckon is the best method? i only need about 10mm more space to get it to fit.

thanks!


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Postby RCAPathfinder » Mon Sep 23, 2013 7:42 pm

what size tire do u want to run. do you have any lift?

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Postby steelepathy » Sat Oct 12, 2013 7:09 am

Hey,

Not to worry. Managed to get it sorted. Have the pathy at stock height but now running 265/70 r17 bfgs with 30mm spacers and no rubbing after a little surgery on the liners.

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Postby RCAPathfinder » Sat Oct 12, 2013 2:43 pm

Post some pics

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Postby steelepathy » Wed Oct 16, 2013 5:46 am

howdy, heres a few pics of the pathy now with the 30mm H&R spacers installed and the fender liners moved. pics are not great sorry, took them off my phone.

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20131014_145505 by cainMTB, on Flickr

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20131014_145637 by cainMTB, on Flickr

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20131014_145424 by cainMTB, on Flickr

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20131014_145811 by cainMTB, on Flickr
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20131014_144931 by cainMTB, on Flickr
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20131014_145943 by cainMTB, on Flickr

heres a pic of the front fender liner , showing the front on the wheel. this was the only part that needed a bit of cutting. i didnt actually have to cut the liner itself. when i took it out theres loads of space behind it where the front fogs are mounted in the bumper. i just heated it up and pushed it further into the void in the bumper, then using the existing holes that the front mudguard uses to clip to the bumper, i bolted the liner down. the only bit i had to cut is the plastic clips that stick out to hold the liner in its original place.
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20131014_144815 by cainMTB, on Flickr
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20131014_144836 by cainMTB, on Flickr
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20131014_144830 by cainMTB, on Flickr


heres a shot before the spacers were put in
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20130824_143616 by cainMTB, on Flickr

and here is a pic after they are installed
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20131014_145448 by cainMTB, on Flickr

and heres a pic of the spacer... really needs a wash!!
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20131014_145734 by cainMTB, on Flickr

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Postby RCAPathfinder » Wed Oct 16, 2013 6:09 am

Nice. I have to do mine but I'm too lazy.....

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Postby steelepathy » Wed Oct 16, 2013 6:12 am

haha sure just keep driving, it will wear itself down eventually. its not too big a job if you have the right gear to lift it. only took a couple of hours but now theres tonnes of space there so i dont need to worry about any rubbing when im offroad

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Postby iheartmypathy » Wed Oct 16, 2013 3:24 pm

RCAPathfinder wrote:Nice. I have to do mine but I'm too lazy.....
haha me too.


the truck looks really nice with the spacers. i think that i'd like to get some for mine.

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Postby RCAPathfinder » Wed Oct 16, 2013 3:45 pm

So. You had to trim in front of the tire. Mine looks like i will have to trim behind tire when I install them.

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Postby NmexMAX » Thu Oct 17, 2013 7:56 am

Before trimming, I'd say try this.
http://www.clubfrontier.org/forums/f26/ ... ols-28535/

Basically, adjust your camber bolts the way it is described, and then go in and have the toe adjusted.

This makes for more room near the door panel.

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Postby RCAPathfinder » Thu Oct 17, 2013 8:10 am

Can't adjust camber bolts. They are the u adjustable ones and can't be changed because they are frozen to sleeve. Which changing causes a whole new can of worms.

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Postby patomwazi » Thu Oct 17, 2013 8:42 am

@steelpathy...from the plates i take it you are in Ireland....may i ask how much you got the spacers for??...and link pls...just want to compare the quote i got from here

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Postby akley88 » Thu Oct 17, 2013 10:22 am

steelepathy wrote:haha sure just keep driving, it will wear itself down eventually. its not too big a job if you have the right gear to lift it. only took a couple of hours but now theres tonnes of space there so i dont need to worry about any rubbing when im offroad
when i put my current tires on i made it 15 ft of backing up and turning before the tires ripped out the front fender lining. never put it back on.

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Postby steelepathy » Thu Oct 17, 2013 12:13 pm

@patomwazi. Yea I got them from alloywheels.ie. you can check em on their site but I got the h&r 30mm. If you send them a mail with what you are looking for they will give you a price. I think the full set was 200 euro but ill double check when im home.

@akley88... ouch.. yea I was pretty worried that would happen when I was leaving the shop. I got them to install the spacers and they said they wouldn't rub but I knew they would So when they put em on and they were rubbing they didnt charge me for the install. They weren't rubbing too bad but I was taking corners extra wide and slow to be sure!

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Postby patomwazi » Thu Oct 17, 2013 1:23 pm

BLIMEY!!!...that is effffffffing cheap!!!....will defo contact them...was quoted the same for almost 380euros...!!!...


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