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Old 01-31-2015, 04:47 PM
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Building wheel wells

Has anyone built wheel wells/shelf space out of sheet metal? I got in an accident and it crushed my inner fender and wheel well. I built some tube inner fenders for it and now I need wheel wells so I can put the air intake,battery,ect back in. Any ideas or pictures of anyone who has done this or relocated some of that stuff would be much appreciated.
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This is a mock up of what I have so far. The tube needs to be shortened a little bit.

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I guess you have your reasons but why did you not just buy a whole front end and be done??

Sure you can build parts like this if you really need to. like you plan to extend the engine compartment another 8"

To me the time spent doing this when you can buy parts costs to much money.

Best of luck .
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Originally Posted by wyoming9
I guess you have your reasons but why did you not just buy a whole front end and be done?? Sure you can build parts like this if you really need to. like you plan to extend the engine compartment another 8" To me the time spent doing this when you can buy parts costs to much money. Best of luck .
I would have swapped the front out if I could find a donor rig. The positive side to doing it this way that I see would be to fit larger tires with out a huge lift.
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ended up just cutting one off another truck.
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I know its too late now(first time seeing this thread) but, what is done on a lot of bagged trucks to make more room is to cut and fit trailer fenders. It tubs the firewall and closes everything in on the back side in one piece.
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