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I found this existing rip in my Jeep the other day

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As you can see, it has made its way out to the outer part of the Jeep

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Another shot

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The inner part of the tailgate door next to the hinges

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Close up

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There is the origin of the rip

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Another shot of the origin of the rip

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So we decided to get the weight off of the tailgate - remove spare

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Spare gone = dirty mess. Note the upper and lower holes in the hinges that will no longer line up

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Now the tire bumper guard is off. DIRTY MESS

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This is where the tailgate door was rubbing due to the excess weight

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Same thing on the hinge side

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After tire bump removal. What a surprise.....its dirty!

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After a little clean up

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It looks cleaner

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Put chrome screws in the holes

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Looks shorter now. I think I like it.