tube fenders, any thoughts?

[fang619]

ive been thinking about getting fiberglass fenders for a while now but i think i wanna just get some tubing welded up and skin it with sheet metal and have some heavy duty fenders. heres a poor quality pic anybody ever done anything like this?

 

[LIMA BEAN]

Yep seen it. One of the badest ass rigs up here in Alaska has that but on the rear section. His front array is sectioned mean too, exos are common but not often filled in right. You will have to cross over fore and aft of the hood to tie in though, otherwise KAPUT soon as a boob bumps it.

 

[Original_Ranger84]

Yep seen it. One of the badest ass rigs up here in Alaska has that but on the rear section. His front array is sectioned mean too, exos are common but not often filled in right. You will have to cross over fore and aft of the hood to tie in though, otherwise KAPUT soon as a boob bumps it.

Oh is that the red ranger that was running around on the ak network and Norakor forum? I think that its pretty awesome!

 

[bmonee5]

nice truck, seems like that exo frame would make it look pretty badass.

 

[fang619]

nice truck, seems like that exo frame would make it look pretty badass.

yeah thats what im hoping for, i figure after materiel($180) and labor (only $50 cuz a welder friend of mine is desperate to make payments on his yota) i should only be paying a little bit more than some used fiberglass ones from craigslist

You will have to cross over fore and aft of the hood to tie in though, otherwise KAPUT soon as a boob bumps it.

yeah i wanted to try and add that in the pic but with the glare and color of my truck it was too hard, ill take some pics from on top of a ladder and repost em with a better angle/more details

 

[adsm08]

tubular.

 

[spdcrazy]

tubular.

perfectly said!

are you going to be using chromoly? could get real heavy if not...

 

[fang619]

are you going to be using chromoly? could get real heavy if not...

yeah ive been considering the weight issue but im not exactly sure what ill do yet, anybody have a good person to go to for prices on chromoly in the southern CA area?

 

[spdcrazy]

using smaller diameter tube will help as well. but chromoly would still be the best bet i think.

could be a fun project!!!

 

[Boggin]

my buddy is having my old 86 ex cab ranger, were gonna be tubing that one up good. ill get you some pics when we do it