View Poll Results: open it? or lift it with bump stops
open the fenders like 2002fx4
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lift it with bump stops
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50.00%
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Open the fender? Or lift it?
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I guess lift it more... Idk. I'm not fond of the idea of "just" cutting the fenders. Maybe if you could reform them or put different flares on after cutting, but I'm not a big fan of just cutting them like above.. No offense to him, his truck is still badass, but it loses "classiness" with the cut fenders..IMO
#3
Well If I do it I want to weld in a new fender lip, then smooth it all out and repaint.
This was my initial reasoning for swapping all these fenders and bed. To cut them out. 3 out of the 4 current flares are trashed. I am already not going to run inner front fenders because of the coilovers.
the bed is going to get cut down to just side skins anyway.
This was my initial reasoning for swapping all these fenders and bed. To cut them out. 3 out of the 4 current flares are trashed. I am already not going to run inner front fenders because of the coilovers.
the bed is going to get cut down to just side skins anyway.
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to the ones that said about it being a clean truck, it might be now but its not going to be anymore. it just appears clean in the pictures.
i dont have the original fenders. I only have 1 set, the ones on the truck.
i wont run glass. its a trail truck its not going to hold up.
i wont run glass. its a trail truck its not going to hold up.
#15
Run glass. I've got a friend that beats the **** out of his tacoma out here. He's not a prerunner, but more an all-arround off-road vehicle. The glass holds up quite well. It's actually something I've been thinking of doing should I pull the sway bar.
As for the bedsides, I say cut em, re-lip the inner portion and maybe throw some flares back on to keep the truck looking clean.
Then again, if it's going to be a trail truck now why ya worried about glass and paint?!
Oh, and do you REALLY want to lift it and screw with the CoG more, even with the fullsize axels?
As for the bedsides, I say cut em, re-lip the inner portion and maybe throw some flares back on to keep the truck looking clean.
Then again, if it's going to be a trail truck now why ya worried about glass and paint?!
Oh, and do you REALLY want to lift it and screw with the CoG more, even with the fullsize axels?
#19
His own words. If Beard was going to to keep it clean "Street Queen", then I'd say lift it more. But in this case it sounds as if he's wanting function over form; it has a purpose now, to be off-road. Why screw with the center of gravity more just to keep it looking nice if "it might be [clean] now but its not going to be anymore"?!
#21
His own words. If Beard was going to to keep it clean "Street Queen", then I'd say lift it more. But in this case it sounds as if he's wanting function over form; it has a purpose now, to be off-road. Why screw with the center of gravity more just to keep it looking nice if "it might be [clean] now but its not going to be anymore"?!
I dont drive it on the street any more. What most of you dont understand is more damage will come to the truck if I dont take care of the fender problem. I just cant see lifting it so I should not have made that an option. I will have to think about this some more. Still very undecided.
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I'm definitely not trying to convey to half-*** it. Make it a clean surgery. I'm all for that. I think that front glass will give you room to not only avoid catching the tire on the fender, but also room to tuck it under flex/travel. The bedsides I'm still for cutting, re-lipping if possible and maybe getting some bushwhacker flares or something - nothing sticking out too far though.