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Time to install the rock sliders I purchased in October of last year.

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This will be the last time the side looks like this. "Lets hack away."

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Step One: Remove flares

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Wow, they were dirty under there.

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Yep, front dirty also.

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The tires really stick out there without the fender flares.

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Will require cleaning .

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Here is the slider. We need to cut to fit. They were fabricated to fit a CJ up to a CJ8 Scrambler.

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Another view. We will need to drill the holes as well.

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Needed to remove the wheels to get an accurate measurement.

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Ooohhh.........I see a brake job in the near future .

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Todd cuts off the excess metal. Big thanks to Todd H. and Tim C. for all the help. I would have be...

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Much material eliminated. Pay no attention to the "Hillbilly" work bench.

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After the final cut. Note: We used a "SawsAll" for the big cuts and a 4" angle grinder for the tou...

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A closer look. Cut to form along with the wheel well of the YJ.

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I can't say enough about this workbench brought to you by FORD.

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Gettin ready to do the drilling on this drill press mounted securely to the Ford workbench.

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Go Tim, go! Drill away!

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We drilled these holes to the existing ones on the body so that we could hang and me...

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OK, we needed to do a little "body work" so I grabbed the professional body work tool and "straighte...

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Mounted, and ready to measure for the rest of the holes.

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These were the existing holes we mated to. These bolts will be hiding behind the flares, so they ca...

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A little flex in the metal, but it will suck up to the body later.

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As you can see in my face, cleaning the flares = fun job!

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Scrub, and scrub. Found out that Ajax with bleach cleans them up good.

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OK..........this got old in a hurry!

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Tim takes time to pose. As you can see, we had to knock off a little of the plating on the inside.

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To get a flush mount with the bolts and washers, we needed to knock off some of the diamond plate. ...

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New holes in the Jeep. No turning back now!

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Good shot of the hole pattern. Holes are drilled. Now we will mount and match these holes and dril...

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The holes after we mounted and removed the slider.

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There we go, mounted up with the stainless button head bolts.

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Tim gettin ready to drill the other side.

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Getting good at making holes.

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More body work required. Notice how the straight edge is not flush.

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Still not flush.

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There we go.

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Making the holes in the body using the holes that Tim drilled on the press as a pilot.

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Time to test the strength of the sliders.

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Both tires off the ground. I give it a passing grade!

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OK, we got a little sidetracked on a Bumperette Removal job that Tim was just dying to do.

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Lets get rid of these. By the way........not gas carriers!

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One down. Notice the bumperette removal tool on the ground.

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Another view. This will be painted the same color as the silders .

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OK, only one more weld to go.

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Grind.....grind..........grind.....

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Other side = OFF! No more bumperettes.

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Clean up!

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Hit it with the primer.

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Hmmmmmmm........gray works, maybe I'll leave it like this.

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Putting the flares back on. This was the worst part of the job .

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Weather stripping tape to fill the gaps left by the overlap of the sliders to the body.

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Complete with rock sliders.

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Not a bad job.

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Another view, driver side.

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Bumper complete, without bumperettes. Paint job looks good.

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Rear view, bumper.

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Cose-up of new & improved bumper.

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Passenger side slider view.