Fiberglass Front Fender Install

[1450ranger]

Is it possible to keep the sheet metal inner fender well when installing fiberglass fenders on the front of Broncos?

[BajaBronco13]

See Tony's thread:

http://www.gofastbroncos.com/forum/view ... &start=160

[philofab]

Yes, I did it on my crew cab. Reinforcement is a good idea and it's a bit time consuming.

[tcm glx]

Yes, I did it on my crew cab. Reinforcement is a good idea and it's a bit time consuming.

Yes, and yes!! Agree with what Philo says.

[ChaseTruck754]

Yes, I did it on my crew cab. Reinforcement is a pain in the ass but needed.

I fixed what Philo said.

[1450ranger]

Great info thanks. I was looking at my bronco and it looked like you could drill the spots out and basically pull the outer fender off w/ little effort.

[BajaBronco13]

Great info thanks. I was looking at my bronco and it looked like you could drill the spots out and basically pull the outer fender off w/ little effort.

Yep that's what Tony did.

[hobbyturnedobsession]

I did it that way. 2 drill bits a split chin and some square tube oh and a week and a half later they were skinned.

[philofab]

Great info thanks. I was looking at my bronco and it looked like you could drill the spots out and basically pull the outer fender off w/ little effort.

They make a bit just for that but I just take the plasma and cut the outer off. Faster and leaves a little more strength.

[VintageIronFab]

When I read this I am wondering out loud so dont flame the hell out of me.
1. You take the factory fender off right-- and on the factory fender there is an inner and outer component to the factory fender correct.
2. Might sound dumb but I have a 96 will a 91 fender work?
3. My factory fenders are in perfect shape-- can I buy a typical dented up fender outer provided its not been wrecked and take the outer skin off?
4. Are the factory fenders hard to take off or a terrible pain--thinking salvage yard fender to do the mods to?

Man why is the factory steel on these FSB's shit???

Thanks for the help,
Matt

[Rmc]

It's a pain in the scrote to remove the outer skin, there's a spot weld about every 1-2 inches on all seams. As far as buying a beat up set to skin, that's up to you. You can always do what I did and build some framework to hold the glass and provide support to the core support. I think making frame work is less labor intensive.

[philofab]

Factory fenders aren't really worth anything... I throw them away most of the time.

[Tchajagos]

A cut off wheel works much faster than drilling out all the spot welds.

[Tchajagos]

The fenders take a bit to get off only because of all the stuff attached and hard to access spaces. Make sure you take a diagram or know exactly where all the bolts are to take it off. Some are hard to find. Idk about the older fenders on a newer body. They might not have the same stuff bolted on? No clue. I don't see why you couldn't used a fender that's has dents on the outside but inside is fine. You are just going to throw it away anyways.

[Rmc]

I love the super sneaky one in the door jam filled with mistery debris.

[Travisfab]

Im about to pull my fender mount/hood pin/support set up, if anyone is interested.

[fibermike]

I am interested in a set of steel fender take offs to use for tooling to build a set of narrower fronts, Some guys think the ones I have now are going to be to wide.

From talking to others a metal frame makes more sense (providing hangers for the inside goodies) to me.

[Smart Alex]

My truck has a single 1" square thin wall tube.
It is nutserted at both ends to bolt to cab and core support. 10/32's
You guys are over thinking and over building things. Lol

[fibermike]

My truck has a single 1" square thin wall tube.
It is nutserted at both ends to bolt to cab and core support. 10/32's
You guys are over thinking and over building things. Lol

Alex is right, plus fixturing it before taking the fender loose so you dont have to realign everything.

[VintageIronFab]

so you take the factory fender off and you are left basically with the "hole" between the body and the core support. I guess the beauty of the stock fender is you aren't having to build anything from scratch. For those of us that do that, unless you have done it quite a few times its about twice as long as you typically figure it will be. How many hours do you all have in the inner fender supports?

How do you all with tube supports without the factory inner fender like having no inner fender at all??