05-Jul-2015
One side complete!
Well, it took me about 4 1/2 hours to fit and mount the passenger side front skin onto the flare. I am hoping that the drivers side goes a little quicker seeing that I already have the pattern. I'll have to flip the pattern but a quick look shows that it is slightly different than the passenger side.
05-Jul-2015
Pretty good fit
After all the screws were tightened down, the fit of the skin looks pretty good.
06-Jul-2015
Driver side flare done!
The driver side took me about two hours, much better than the 4 1/2 hours that the passenger side took.
Now on to the rears wich are not going to be much fun!
07-Jul-2015
Laying out the patterns for the rear flares
Now that the front flare skins are done its time to start on the rear flares. The rears are going to be a little more extensive in the skin work.
07-Jul-2015
Rear pattern almost complete
The pattern is almost complete and ready to transfer to the aluminum.
09-Jul-2015
Rear flare skin aluminum
After making patterns for the rear skins I cut them out of aluminum and proceeded to finish fitting the aluminum to the flare.
09-Jul-2015
Rear flare skins complete
After fine-tuning the aluminum I drilled and tapped all of the mounting screws in the flare skins are in place.
13-Jul-2015
Tube flares primed
After fitting all of the aluminum skins to all four flares I pulled the flares off of the Jeep then did a final sand on them and primed them with eproxy primer.
14-Jul-2015
A shooting tree!
I had to make a stand that would hold all four flares while I shot them so I could shoot them all at the same time.
14-Jul-2015
Clear ready to spray
To get the matte finish that I want, I have to add a flattening agent to the clear. It sure makes it look very cloudy like watered down milk!
14-Jul-2015
Paint complete
After laying down three coats of black I shot the clear for a nice matte, durable finish.
15-Jul-2015
Mounting the skins
After peeling off the protective tape from the aluminum, I did a final fit to the flares and then fastened all of the 10-32 button heads.