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MAranger
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So being the frugal college student I am, I have been looking into steel fenders i could use as inners to enlarge my wheel wells to fit larger tires without lift. Poking around online i've found some good options in the $30-50 per fender price range.
Tonight I went to home depot, and something caught my eye and got me really pumped. They stock a galvanized steel basement window well, the type you sink in the ground surrounding a window below terra firma.
they stock two diameters a 36" and 48", both 12in wide, and the 36" is going for a whopping $13 a piece, with an arc height of 16". The width of them is corrugated, it would probably be easier to work with it if it were flat but whatever.
I haven't pulled a fender to take measurements, but the 16" arc height puts the top of the well an inch or so below the body line when the diameter is angled in the stock orientation. Being that the stock steel inner fenders, which connect the cab to the core support, are 6" or so behind the surface of the fender, these wells would also provide a hefty flare. Of course you'd be cutting your fender to match the radius, and ditching your plastic wells.
tuck 35's for $13 a side, sounds like a steal to me. I'm considering doing this. or 48's!
Tonight I went to home depot, and something caught my eye and got me really pumped. They stock a galvanized steel basement window well, the type you sink in the ground surrounding a window below terra firma.
they stock two diameters a 36" and 48", both 12in wide, and the 36" is going for a whopping $13 a piece, with an arc height of 16". The width of them is corrugated, it would probably be easier to work with it if it were flat but whatever.
I haven't pulled a fender to take measurements, but the 16" arc height puts the top of the well an inch or so below the body line when the diameter is angled in the stock orientation. Being that the stock steel inner fenders, which connect the cab to the core support, are 6" or so behind the surface of the fender, these wells would also provide a hefty flare. Of course you'd be cutting your fender to match the radius, and ditching your plastic wells.
tuck 35's for $13 a side, sounds like a steal to me. I'm considering doing this. or 48's!
