graemebshaw
Member
Hi all,
A few weeks ago I performed a fender chop, installed AAL fender liners (front and rear), the Quake sequential LEDs, and also used the AAL fender retention hardware. I had gotten a lot of really useful advice from people on this forum, especially @RKKRAWL, but thought it was worth a post to put down some lesson's learned.
One thing that was useful for me was to combine (and rearrange) the steps from the three sets of installation instructions (fender liners, LED lights and retention hardware) into one simplified list. It meant I didn't have to jump around watching different YouTube videos while out in the driveway performing the installs or hunt around looking for the right size sockets etc. With that in mind, here are my simple redrafted instructions:
As you can see from the this short video I uploaded:
, when doing the front fender chop, the inner fender support is actually in two pieces and can be separated. The boxy part is what reduces wheel clearance and should be removed. The back part that is physically bonded to the fender shell is only a few mm thin and provides some desirable rigidity to the fender – so I chose to keep it. By doing this, I was able to maintain the black frame at the rear of the fender – I have a (possibly vain) hope that it may also allow installation of mud flaps (eg. Weathertech) at some point. They would however need modification since they usually mount using one the same frame holes that the AAL liners use.
I included a few pics of the jeep taken this weekend that shows the finished install. I like the look of the mods so far, but will be even happier when I get my Next Venture Motorsports bumpers.
A few weeks ago I performed a fender chop, installed AAL fender liners (front and rear), the Quake sequential LEDs, and also used the AAL fender retention hardware. I had gotten a lot of really useful advice from people on this forum, especially @RKKRAWL, but thought it was worth a post to put down some lesson's learned.
One thing that was useful for me was to combine (and rearrange) the steps from the three sets of installation instructions (fender liners, LED lights and retention hardware) into one simplified list. It meant I didn't have to jump around watching different YouTube videos while out in the driveway performing the installs or hunt around looking for the right size sockets etc. With that in mind, here are my simple redrafted instructions:
- Remove plastic fender liner
- two 10mm bolts on the inside top
- six push-pins
- two plastic rivets at back edge
- Remove fender
- disconnect lights
- two 10mm bolts at front
- needle nose pliers to squeeze back of white clips (11)
- Add AAL fender liner brackets (locations #1 and #4) to frame
- Remove DRL light from fender
- Partially remove black plastic inner support from fender
- just the “boxy” part of inner fender support by breaking the plastic welds between the two pieces of black plastic – use a trim removal pry tool
- cut off tab on front inside edge near DRL
- Install seven (7) nut-serts for fender shell
- Do not install in 4 holes that will be used by the fender liner brackets
- Re-install fender (including AAL fender liner brackets #2 and #3)
- Install new DRL light (two 13mm bolts) and test
- Install AAL quick-release fender liner
As you can see from the this short video I uploaded:
I included a few pics of the jeep taken this weekend that shows the finished install. I like the look of the mods so far, but will be even happier when I get my Next Venture Motorsports bumpers.
