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Old 07-02-2011, 03:40 PM
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Anyone have any good pictures on how they modified their pinch seam and Rubi rails to fit 35s? What did everyone use to cut them?
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i used a grinder to just cut it diagnoly so it was nowhere near the tire then sprayed it with some rubberized bedliner,
Old 07-02-2011, 04:17 PM
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apparently it is not necessary to cut your pinch seem to fit 35's, I thought it was when I cut mine, but I am glad I did it anyway, much cleaner look and oh ya, it was fun
as far as pics and info on doing it just search and you should find it, there are two ways of doing it, cutting it and the other way is to take a big effen hammer (BFH) to it. I used a sawzall( reciprocating saw)
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I dint have to cut, I guess I got lucky The Rockrawler lift moves your axle back in order to avoid rub ::beers:::
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Search for Planman. He did a thread on it when he put on 37's. Really nice write up.
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Mine don't rub either, you can actually see that the axle has move back slightly with the new control arms that were installed with the lift.
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Sawzall + 10 seconds

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I used grinder for my 37's but didn't need to with 5" lift.. Cleaned it, primed it, and painted it.. My axle moved forward because I wanted my pumpkin at correct angle of ds
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yea with some lifts and tire combos you dont have to but its cheap insurance on protecting 1000+ dollars of tires
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Thanks to all for the info!


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