Has anyone ever????
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Has anyone ever????
Random question but... I was wondering if anyone has ever patched the round wheel arches of a 87-96/97 truck into a 80-86 fender?
I think too much and some times it gets me into truble
...LOL... I like the 80-86 front end more so than the 87-91, and was thinking of putting the clean front end off the white 86 below onto one of my other trucks before i junk it... Of course the wheel wells wouldn't match front to back. So i was wondering if anyone has had any luck with patching the round style arch into the older 80-86 fenders????????
I think too much and some times it gets me into truble
...LOL... I like the 80-86 front end more so than the 87-91, and was thinking of putting the clean front end off the white 86 below onto one of my other trucks before i junk it... Of course the wheel wells wouldn't match front to back. So i was wondering if anyone has had any luck with patching the round style arch into the older 80-86 fenders????????
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Yeah i want to put the 80-86 front clip on the 87-91 truck. But after you do that the fender arches won't match the bed wheel well arches. the 80-86 arch is a little flatter in the middle of the arch. So i was wondering if anyone has cut the round arch off the 87-96 fender and welded them back into the 80-96 style.
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A.) because I have a 100% rust free straight 87-96 bed and don't want to touch it...
B.) I like the round wheel well arch better...
Look like this... less the super cab and ladder rack of course...
B.) I like the round wheel well arch better...
Look like this... less the super cab and ladder rack of course...
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well that was my main concern... I was just wondering if anyone else had done it or if someone had seen a pic of a truck done like this. I was thinking maybe early Feb i might have some time to play with this. It's not like I'll be loosing much if i screw it all up... The 2 of the trucks below are just parts donors so i have extra pieces to play with... Worse comes to worse I can always just throw it all in the back of one truck and send it to the recyclers...
more to the point though... I was wondering if I could just cut the top of the arch out to make it round or whether i'd have to cut into the bottom of the fender...
more to the point though... I was wondering if I could just cut the top of the arch out to make it round or whether i'd have to cut into the bottom of the fender...
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well the body lines match going from fender to cab in the 80-96 years (ie purple circle)... So if you cut the arch and 1/2 of the back side of the fender out you'd be matching (ie red cut lines)... I think the real trick would be the front arch and how that meets with the front rolled lip (ie yellow/green area) of the 80-86 fender. For now I am just comtemplating the possibility... It would be a cool custom touch to add to a truck if you could morph the 2 fenders together!!!!
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I'm sure you could blend the front part easy enough... If I had a couple fenders layin around I'd cut them up n try it,but I don't.. Hell I have to fix some rust on my 94 yet.... I don't like body work too much, But I can do a great job it need be
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Here's a further thought... I saw some guys on tv do a fiberglass mold to make a custom fiberglass hood... this might be a good option to make a fiberglass mold of each section of the fenders that you like and then mash the 2 molds together later to form 1 mold of the fender you want... This way you can make a new set of fiberglass fenders that you want and never have a rusting problem on the front fenders again... I know this is above and beyond but I have a buddy that can get me all the mat and resin i need for next to nothing...
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I hate body work too... I don't like working metal that much... fiberglass doesn't bother me as much as metal does...
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There was a thread in the 73-79 forum about the front and rear wheel arch being the same. Don't know about 87 style. Can you get a hold of a rear wheel opening patch panel to compare?? I might want to due the same to my 86 as I have a 91 bed to go on someday...
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