Fenders?

[superstarai]

   How do you cut your fenders what tools? Also what do u do to make it look sick and not like u took a torch and started cutting and ended up like what the hell! Any help would be great. Rear also.

[WHITE_TRASH]

Sawzall with a NEW blade will work real good.

[superstarai]

 THanks white trash thats another project unfountraly down the road or maybe not! 

[foxfab]

anything that you want to cut em with and then use a 180 grain flapper/grinder on the edges and itll clean up nicely.

[superstarai]

 Thanks man. I love your toy youve been working on! How much did you take out of those fendes?

[84runner]

you can also use tin snips or air sheers ,and a die grinder or a air nibler 

[brainlessfool]

A can opener?

[YotaYota]

I jus cut mine on sun, used plasmo cutta  ,then flapped it like foxfab said, ill post some pics tomarrow.

[Hyena]

I cut most of mine out with a sawzall.  then i cut lines to make flaps and bend them in so there werent many sharp edges.  BTW, i really like your avatar superstarai.  Wait, i think i already said that hehehe.

[superstarai]

 Hey hyenna lets get together sometime in the future and have some fun! What do you say? Thanks for all your help guys i think i'll just use a sawzall and a grinder and do it! Later in the year of course thanks again! I cant wait to start crawlin with u guys out there.

[Hyena]

i would love to but colorado is kinda far away.   

[Brian83]

I use a 4 inch grinder with a cutoff wheel

[Brandon]

air saw - bout $15 at harbor freight, anything else will rip it apart or burn the paint..

[superstarai]

 Okay thanks for all your help and hyeena i meant out their in cali not co

[hessiankid31]

I used a big Dewalt jigsaw on mine, with a fine tooth bi-metal blade last time. My first attempt was on a rusted out old Ford with a sawzal. The jig was much easier to control. If both sides don't come out perfectly even, so what. Unless you have bionic eyes, you'll never notice.

[superstarai]

 THanks dude. A jigsaw does sound better

[BigMike]

Jus cut up your fenders already!!

[hessiankid31]

Also, FYI, if you do scew it up royally, replacment fenders are going for around 60$ on E-Bay. I'm on my second set now. When I made most recent cuts, I masked off the cut line w/ thin masking tape and followed that. Just do it. Once you start cutting, it becomes a very fun disease.

[lal357]

what about a air cut off tool

[81Toy4x]

I used a sawzall to cut them, then I cleaned them up with a hand file.  They turned out really nice.
http://board.marlincrawler.com/index.php?topic=3765.30

[lal357]

i was thinking of cutting the whole flare out of mine and sweeping it down in the front like you did then maybe i could lose the body lift blocks so its not to top heavy(8" total)
outlined it yesurday but with al this damn rain in the after noon i could take awhile (no shop to put it in and was told the car port is a no cutting zone by the wife)

[hessiankid31]

I forgot, you've got the factory flare outline to follow since it's first gen style, can't remember if its square or round for your year, but it's basicly a ready-made template to follow when you cut. I tried my first set of cutouts with air shears and an air chopsaw, but the Jig was easiest for me to control. Use a good quality FINE tooth bi-metal blade. Slow and smooth. You can also make your cut a little lower than where you want to end up and leave yourself some room for error. You can always clean it up w/ a soft gdinder stone later. Here's a likn to the place I've bought replacment fenders from, around 35$ each. http://stores.ebay.com/PERSHING-AUTO-BODY-PARTS_W0QQsspagenameZl2QQtZkm

[lal357]

no need for replacement fenders i got a whole 82 for parts i figure after this i'm going to cut me a set of 1/2 doors out of one of the sets i have its kinda funny i went from hardly a spare part to more parts than i have room for (shelf full)

[hessiankid31]

just a SHELF? jeez, I've got enough crap to build at least two extra civics, 1.5 supras and a 4x4, or one Monster Garage Uber vehicle. Count yours :hahaha:elf lucky. Lucky I have a patient wife.