New direction 10 years on

Where did the snappy fenders come from?

 

Probably would have went with a z cut but splitting the hanger like that was a good move too

 

That's pretty darn clever how you used a small piece of the frame rail liner to make sure you got everything lined up perfectly. I figure I'm gonna have to go down this road with my old 95 W9 here before too long and my biggest worry is getting things perfectly lined up so there's no long term issues with it.

I think the straight cut is the way to go as long as you have a nice liner at least 2 feet in both directions. A guy who used to post on here Ezrider, and still posts on youtube posted how he did his cut off using a straight cut. He works off-road doing 7-8 axle heavy haul side dump and hopper bottom work up in North Dakota. He's ran it for years with that straight cut and liner and had no issues with it whatsoever.

 

If you got lots of time, check out J.C. Smith Projects on YouTube. He did an old 349 Pete and he left nothing to chance on that job. It was very informative and I ended watching all 5 or 6 segments.

 

Overnight job this week, 11.25hrs is what I ended up with.