12-03-2020, 11:46 AM
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Looks awesome! Cleanest cut line I’ve seen, better approach yet understated and classy compared to most. Can you provide more photos from different angles (underneath, inside wheel well)? Did you retain all the factory bolt locations? I’m itching to try to duplicate this on my 2020 Venture. Time to chop ‘er up 💪
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His cut looks pretty similar to mine. If you do it right, you don't cut out any bolt locations. I ended my cut in the wheel well right under the last fender liner bolt.
I'll tell you right now that I cut out too much fender liner when I did this. My advice would be to leave as much as possible, only start cutting the fender liner once you know exactly how you're going to secure it in there, then cut the excess.
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12-03-2020, 11:58 AM
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His cut looks pretty similar to mine. If you do it right, you don't cut out any bolt locations. I ended my cut in the wheel well right under the last fender liner bolt.
I'll tell you right now that I cut out too much fender liner when I did this. My advice would be to leave as much as possible, only start cutting the fender liner once you know exactly how you're going to secure it in there, then cut the excess.
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Nice! Looks great. Thanks for the quick response. How much of the “guts” are exposed? I gather I’ll have to paint the washer bottle and tie up the fog light wiring. Anything else you’d recommend?
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12-03-2020, 12:10 PM
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Nice! Looks great. Thanks for the quick response. How much of the “guts” are exposed? I gather I’ll have to paint the washer bottle and tie up the fog light wiring. Anything else you’d recommend?
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With this particular cut, which I mentioned before is like the middle-of-the-road option, the washer bottle is not overly exposed. I spray painted mine black at first, but I'm not in a hurry to do it again now that the paint is wearing off. It's just not that noticeable.
A heat gun will be helpful to manipulate the fender liner how you want. And zip ties are perfectly adequate for holding it in place if needed. I like using the zip ties, since they are easy to put on, they hold well, and if you need to cut them off to get in there it's no biggie to replace. Sounds like a hillbilly fix, but it's effective and easy, and nobody will notice.
Also, I wouldn't worry about getting your cut edge perfectly smooth. The edge trim (which I recommend, obviously) will cover it up nicely, no need to sand it down.
Your fog wiring will be more exposed, depending on what you do with your fender liner. Definitely a good idea to tuck it out of the way, but like I said, keep as much fender liner as possible to try to keep it covered. This was my mistake.
Other than that, there's nothing to it. Cut conservatively and then shave off more if you need, it doesn't work the other way around.
EDIT to mention: Wear safety glasses and sleeves. You'll get hot melting plastic sprayed all over you. It won't burn your arms or anything, but it stings. And you definitely don't want it in your eyes.
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12-03-2020, 12:17 PM
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With this particular cut, which I mentioned before is like the middle-of-the-road option, the washer bottle is not overly exposed. I spray painted mine black at first, but I'm not in a hurry to do it again now that the paint is wearing off. It's just not that noticeable.
A heat gun will be helpful to manipulate the fender liner how you want. And zip ties are perfectly adequate for holding it in place if needed. I like using the zip ties, since they are easy to put on, they hold well, and if you need to cut them off to get in there it's no biggie to replace. Sounds like a hillbilly fix, but it's effective and easy, and nobody will notice.
Also, I wouldn't worry about getting your cut line perfectly smooth. The edge trim (which I recommend, obviously) will cover it up nicely, no need to sand it down.
Your fog wiring will be more exposed, depending on what you do with your fender liner. Definitely a good idea to tuck it out of the way, but like I said, keep as much fender liner as possible to try to keep it covered. This was my mistake.
Other than that, there's nothing to it. Cut conservatively and then shave off more if you need, it doesn't work the other way around.
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Sweet. Believe me, I am a huge proponent of zip ties, call me hillbilly if you like but those things are amazing!
I’m definitely going to do a conservative cut, I like the look better and given the fact that she’s my daily driver, I want to retain a fair bit of bumper to keep the aerodynamics reasonable, and wind noise down as much as possible. Thanks again for the solid advice.
I’ll post photos when I get the job done!
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12-09-2020, 12:39 PM
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Chopped mine the other day.
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12-09-2020, 12:49 PM
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Love that look. I'm thinking of doing the same.
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12-09-2020, 03:03 PM
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What is everyone utilizing for the plastic or rubber edge trim?
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12-09-2020, 07:33 PM
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What is everyone utilizing for the plastic or rubber edge trim?
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I used these from Amazon
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12-10-2020, 12:59 AM
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I cut mine up the other day. Kept it quite conservative. Thanks to ryguytheman for the solid advice.
One thing I want to point out is that I figured out a good way to attach the passenger side inner fender in a way that mostly covers the washer bottle, while also leaving almost all of the liner intact.
I cut the liner vertically just outside of the washer bottle, wrapped the inner portion around the bottle, trimmed just the end of that piece down a bit and zip tied the end of it to the plastic washer fluid hose retainer on the front of the bottle. The outer part I zip tied to the fog light bucket, after drilling a small hole in the bucket.
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12-10-2020, 12:30 PM
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Originally Posted by ryguytheman
With this particular cut, which I mentioned before is like the middle-of-the-road option, the washer bottle is not overly exposed. I spray painted mine black at first, but I'm not in a hurry to do it again now that the paint is wearing off. It's just not that noticeable.
A heat gun will be helpful to manipulate the fender liner how you want. And zip ties are perfectly adequate for holding it in place if needed. I like using the zip ties, since they are easy to put on, they hold well, and if you need to cut them off to get in there it's no biggie to replace. Sounds like a hillbilly fix, but it's effective and easy, and nobody will notice.
Also, I wouldn't worry about getting your cut edge perfectly smooth. The edge trim (which I recommend, obviously) will cover it up nicely, no need to sand it down.
Your fog wiring will be more exposed, depending on what you do with your fender liner. Definitely a good idea to tuck it out of the way, but like I said, keep as much fender liner as possible to try to keep it covered. This was my mistake.
Other than that, there's nothing to it. Cut conservatively and then shave off more if you need, it doesn't work the other way around.
EDIT to mention: Wear safety glasses and sleeves. You'll get hot melting plastic sprayed all over you. It won't burn your arms or anything, but it stings. And you definitely don't want it in your eyes.
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I cut mine according to your recommendation, and I really like the way it turned out! Thanks for your advice 🙌
Check out my last post to see my solution for the inner fender/washer bottle situation.
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12-10-2020, 01:27 PM
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Quote:
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I cut mine according to your recommendation, and I really like the way it turned out! Thanks for your advice 🙌
Check out my last post to see my solution for the inner fender/washer bottle situation.
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Well done, looks great! Glad I could be of some help.
The remnants of my fender liner are zip tied to my washer reservoir as well, but I cut too much to make a neat job of it like you did.
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12-10-2020, 01:54 PM
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Quote:
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I cut mine according to your recommendation, and I really like the way it turned out! Thanks for your advice 🙌
Check out my last post to see my solution for the inner fender/washer bottle situation.
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Man that looks good!! It looks like it's supposed to be cut like that. Very clean... Like most others in this thread who have not done this mod, here I am thinking, "I want to do this..."
I think I'm gonna do this....
I'm gonna do it.
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12-11-2020, 12:00 AM
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Originally Posted by smeerun
Man that looks good!! It looks like it's supposed to be cut like that. Very clean... Like most others in this thread who have not done this mod, here I am thinking, "I want to do this..."
I think I'm gonna do this....
I'm gonna do it.
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Do it! Read ryguy’s posts, his advice helped me a ton.
My best advice is spend some time getting your cut line taped out. Rip it off as many times as it takes, until you get a line that you are happy with. I literally spent well over an hour just messing with tape...I am picky. 😂
Have fun and post photos when you get ‘er done! 💪
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