Pics of wheel well trimming

[BaGMaN]

Would love to see pics of trimming needed in the wheel wells. Info that would be helpful: wheel/tire info....wheel size, offset, backspace. tire size.

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[Stangman570]

Would love to see pics of trimming needed in the wheel wells. Info that would be helpful: wheel/tire info....wheel size, offset, backspace. tire size.

No trimming of the fenders required. Just remove the front and rear crash bars. I also had to remove the plastic blocks between the felt wheel liner and the rear crash bars on each side. I run 17x9 -12mm off set with a 295/70/17 Mt's. I'm off road all the time and I have very light rubbing at full lock and flex.

 

[ranger]

Nice looking wheels!!!

 

[BaGMaN]

This is what I ended up doing:
Ford Performance Fox Suspension Kit 2.0 IFP Off Road
Fabtech Offset Intrusion Beam Kit
17x8.5 Black Rhino Garrison Beadlock Matte Black 0mm offset 4.75" back space
BF Goodrich All-Terrain T/A KO2 DT 285/70R17

 

[Msfitoy]

You can slide out the front and rear crash bars with a little creativity...

 

[mukappa96]

You can slide out the front and rear crash bars with a little creativity...

have you "slide" your crash bars out? if so how difficult was the task, did you remove the wheel to get to the bolts? thanks

 

[Msfitoy]

have you "slide" your crash bars out? if so how difficult was the task, did you remove the wheel to get to the bolts? thanks

Yes you will need to remove the wheel/tire first. Start here:

https://www.ranger5g.com/forum/threads/project-msfitoy-v3-0.2804/#post-37443

In my reference, I did not remove the bumper. I only loosened the bolts at front (after removing the plastic fascia trim hiding the bumper bolts). Pull one side at a time and you can get it moved out just far enough to slide the front bars out. Repeat same procedure on other side.

I got back on the rear bar later after I got tired of not being able to maneuver in parking lots. As you can see, the rear was inhibited by a small amount of the fender.

Tires came off again and this time I unbolted the panel at bottom of rear opening, unclipped the lower portion of wheel trim. Then with a gentle tug of the lower fender, it was moved a fraction of an inch away to clear allowing the rear bar to slide out.

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