any advise for chopping rear fender
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any advise for chopping rear fender
I plan on chopping my rear fender on my street bob just above the tailight and just below the fender struts, has anyone done this in their garage and are their any recommendations for tools to use and pracautions to not scratch any paint on the fender. also how to paint the rim after the cut.
There's several threads here regarding the cut...but not many regarding paint. Since you've got black denim, you can do it with a rattlecan...with vivid paint like me, I wouldn't know what to tell you. The paint issue is one reason I haven't chopped mine yet.
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First mark the area with masking tape(3 OR 4 layers)Then mark the tape with a pencil where to cut.I use a cutoff wheel, the tape will help the wheel from skipping around.Go slow you may have to cut it a little big in some spots and later file or grind it smooth.All bare metal must be primed befor paint. Sounds EZ
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I like to use a cut-off wheel.
I did this one when my fender cracked...had to trim material under the strut which I wouldn't have done if it wasn't cracked. Figured I mignt as well bob it too.
I used the top edge of the hole for the light as the guide.
Sold to a member on here who was going to paint it and install it and never did hear from him.
I did this one when my fender cracked...had to trim material under the strut which I wouldn't have done if it wasn't cracked. Figured I mignt as well bob it too.
I used the top edge of the hole for the light as the guide.
Sold to a member on here who was going to paint it and install it and never did hear from him.
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