Stock width beams and glass

JonMac31 · Post by **JonMac31** » Wed Aug 10, 2016 10:00 am

Hey guys,

I have been searching and talking back and forth on fiberglass fenders/bedsides for a while now. And I am not sure which I should do. I have deaver 5.5" coils up front with a 10" 7100 bilstein on Camburg coil buckets.
I have stock width beams, running a homemade drop bracket (previous owner did it) and I am running 35's. I have had to trim some areas of the inner fender liner and still need to trim some more, but is glass needed for stock width beams?
A lot of people have said if you have stock width beams, then don't buy glass, but instead save your money and put it towards something else. How much trimming needs to be done before the justification for glass is appropriate?

In the rear I have deaver J40's, camburg extended shackles, and will be running bilstein 5100's 14" shocks. I have not been able to test ride yet, due to a bad pinion angle, so I don't know if I will be rubbing in the rear or not.
With stock leafs and horrible rough country shocks, I was rubbing a little bit. Will I need to widen my bedsides in order to compensate for bump?

What are your guy's thoughts/experiences with this?

Thank you!

RyanDS650X · Post by **RyanDS650X** » Wed Aug 10, 2016 11:11 am

Do you have aftermarket wheel with a large offset?

JonMac31 · Post by **JonMac31** » Wed Aug 10, 2016 11:16 am

I believe they are aftermarket wheels, the PO painted them so there is no indication of the type. I have 35x12.5xR15 - which is pretty standard for 35's I think?
As far as offset goes, I don't think so.

cs_drums · Post by **cs_drums** » Wed Aug 10, 2016 11:34 am

Sounds like you need to find a set of stock Alcoas. These should be cheap to find, much less than buying and installing fenders. I'm not a fan of any truck with stock with and flared fenders. Money is definitely spent better else where

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RyanDS650X · Post by **RyanDS650X** » Wed Aug 10, 2016 1:42 pm

Post some pics of where you are trimming. Do you have bumpstops? I get a rub at full bump on the backside of the fender but i have rubber control arm bushings that need to be replaced.

JonMac31 · Post by **JonMac31** » Wed Aug 10, 2016 1:48 pm

Ryan I will post pics when I get off work. In the front of the truck, so far I have had to trim my fender liner along the backside of the wheel well (behind the tire) - both sides (driver & pass).
I also think on full bump it hits the top of the wheel well (although not entirely sure).

For the rear, I need to trim the front of the wheel well (in front of the tire) because that is where it rubs when getting tucked. I also notice it rubbing on the upper back side of the wheel well. That probably doesn't make sense, but I will explain it when I have pictures.

Tchajagos · Post by **Tchajagos** » Wed Aug 10, 2016 3:13 pm

You can always take out the inner fender. You will have to find a way to support everything else under the hood. Autofab makes some stock appearing fenders that have larger openings.

JonMac31 · Post by **JonMac31** » Thu Aug 11, 2016 7:18 am

Tchajagos wrote:You can always take out the inner fender. You will have to find a way to support everything else under the hood. Autofab makes some stock appearing fenders that have larger openings.

Well I thought about taking the inner fender out but I don't know if I want to go through the trouble of relocating things just yet. I also like the idea of having some sort of protection when it comes to wet/muddy conditions.
Since it is only behind the front tire that rubs, I was thinking of trimming the inner fender liner as-needed and then stretching up and tucking it into the fender itself. Then just kind of grind away the metal fender pieces in the way.
I could even cut the fender itself to make it more of a curved transition into the door instead of a 90 degree sort of thing. But i'm not sure.

Tchajagos · Post by **Tchajagos** » Thu Aug 11, 2016 10:52 am

A lot of people do trim that rear section and push the inner fender up. You might want to set the bump stops so they hit before your tire bashes into the inner fender.

JonMac31 · Post by **JonMac31** » Thu Aug 11, 2016 11:13 am

Tchajagos wrote:A lot of people do trim that rear section and push the inner fender up. You might want to set the bump stops so they hit before your tire bashes into the inner fender.

That's the other thing I was thinking of doing as well. Trim it up as much as possible and then set bump stops. I was cycling the suspension and I can tuck it quite a way before it hits and begins rubbing. The 10" bilstein 7100 I have is 26.06" extended and 16.03" collapsed. I can get that shock to collapse to around 18" I believe? (don't have my measurements with me) before it begins rubbing badly. So maybe set bumps around 19-20" collapsed just before it begins rubbing.
What do you think?