Good on ya. Debt free is the way to go. I had to cool it on the mods for my truck a while back so that I could just man up and pay it off. Now if I could only get the Mrs. RIV Customz to do that with her scion. She is upside down on that thing 2 fold!
Your truck is great. Make sure to...
Fiberglas fenders installed
I'm working on the splash guards still. I transferred measurements to a template but haven't done any fit tests yet; a project for next week I guess.
I got the fenders and inserts back today. I put the inserts in but my daylight is pretty much gone so not enough time to install the fenders on the truck and fab up the splash guards and get them painted. I guess I'll have to wait til this weekend. Here are a couple phone pics.
I bought some 18ga CFE sheet metal. Its plenty sturdy for a splash guard but east enough to flex to get the curvature I need for the wheel well. I took some measurements and I think I can fab something up. I need to cut part of the stock splash guards but don't want to do so until I get the...
Maybe look for a bigger splash guard from a larger vehicle and trim it down. Someone suggested doing some fiberglass to fill the gap. I'm not sure yet.
Here is what I have done so far. This is a shot of one of the fenders.
I did a little paper mache so I could get the contour of the fender to practice cutting and fitting the inserts.
Here is one of the inserts.
I made my own template because the one that came with the inserts...
I was thinking about that or even getting some old splash gaurds from the junkyard and combining them with fiberglass. But because the fenders have the 4" rise, I would not only have to extend the splash guards out but up. I was also thinking about ordering splash guards from a much larger...
So I bought and receieved some fenders from glassworks unlimited and put some fender inserts in. I need to do some minor modifications and possibly some cutting and fiberglassing for a perfect fit. But my major issue is that my wheel well splash guards dont extend to the new fenders. I have...
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