PARTS & SUPPLIES NEEDED
TJ Flares
Black Spray Paint
Electrical Tape
Misc Mounting hardware
TOOLS NEEDED
Basic handtools
Drill & Bits
BFH
Small vicegrip clamps
Paint Pen
Dremel or angle grinder
I had an Aw4 installed by the guys at Krawltex and since it was 1 5/8" longer than my AX-15 I had them redrill my spring perches 1 5/8" back. That resulted in my rear end no longer being centered in the wheelwell. I had already opened up the stock YJ flares as much as I could (See the tech section for that writeup) but I had a set of TJ flares a friend had given me. The simple solution seemed to be to install the TJ flares and center the rears on the axle. I think it came out awesome.
1. The first thing I did was to remove the stock YJ flares. As you can see the rear definitly is closer to the tire.
2. So I mocked up where I wanted the flare to go, clamped it in and made some marks. Where you mock up the flare is up to you but I tried to move it as far to the back as possible. Then I made my cut with my grinder. I took off a few inches on the rear side and a bit at the top.
3. Once I was satisfied with the cuts I had to beat the inner part of the rear of the well back with the BFH. You know it when you see it but it's where you'd have mud flaps ... if you had em. Next I clamped the flare back into place and using the paint pen I marked where the holes needed to go.
4. After drilling the holes I installed the flare and hit the holes & cut area with a little paint.
5. For the fronts the first step was to remove the YJ flares and alter the TJ flares. I wanted to use the YJ blinker on the TJ flare as I had seen Superjoe do on his YJ, so using the dremel I cut until I liked the fit.
6. Mounting & cutting is like the rear though I did notice one of the YJ holes lined up with the TJ flare perfectly (just in front the YJ blinker hole). Once I got the flare on I taped off a line on the front of the fender for cutting
7. All I can say about the cutting is to take your time. If you go to fast (especially with an angle grinder) you'll bubble the paint. Anyway, that's about it. It takes a while but I think it's well worth it.
