5/5
Installation Time: Full Day
February 20, 2019
Fit Issues 2004 Wrangler
First, I love the fenders and they are worth the effort to install. They were not "difficult" to install, but as other people have noted, they do not come with instructions and the instructions in the video left out important details. In other words, I had to get creative on the fit of the front fenders.
With the tips and heads up below, you can probably get this down in less than a day, maybe an afternoon. PS a small pneumatic cut-off tool, like the one in the video, is much better than an angle grinder with a cut-off disc. The angle grinder is tool large to make some of the cuts. If you only have an angle grinder you will need to figure out a way to make a few cuts in the tight spots.
1. The measurements given in the video were off and I had to cut significantly more off the rear end of the original fenders than the video states. (I'm a skilled metalworker and woodworker and followed the video instructions precisely, but the original fenders hit the welds on the Barricade fenders until cut back far enough)
2. The Barricade fender was hitting both the battery plate and the plate on the drivers side, so I had to modify both.
3. The original fender was spot welded to the fender well, so I had to cut them apart
4. Then I found out the that the square part of the fender well where the four bolts are extended out too far and was hitting the Barricade fender, so I had to cut the fender well back to 8 1/4" (i.e. a little past the outside hole). Of course on the other side, I just cut the fender well back to 8 1/4" skipping step 2 above.
5. The video doesn't show it, but I had to remove the nut clips on the fender well to get the holes to line up with the holes in the Barricade fender and then I still had to drill out one of the four holes in the fender well (not the Barricade fender) to get the bolt to pass through.
6. The video doesn't say it, but if you watch the video carefully, there is a bracket in front of the hood latch arm that they remove.
Note: Watch the install of both the passenger and driver side front fenders in the install video. It is hard to see what they cut when the cut underneath the first fender (passenger side), but it is much clearer to see what they cut underneath the second fender (driver side).
The video would be vastly improved it they would splice in a "this is what it should look like" slow scan, front to back, top and underneath, of the original fender when it is completely cut and everything is removed.
I hope this helps
Year: 2004Submodel: Wrangler
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