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Fairbanks40

Fairbanks40

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Just FYI, I noticed several people looking for a wheel widening service.
Jerry Robbins in Calhoun GA just did mine for $50 ea. Took two days. Beautiful welds and perfectly trued.
He’s a cool old school cat with a garage full of rat rods. You’ll have to bring your wheels to him though.

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The wheels are 10” wide. Tires are 37/12.50R15.
Suspension is leaf springs SOA. Front FJ55 springs with a few removed. The rear is fj40 springs and they need a few removed..
 
I hear wheel bearings screaming at you in your future... Years ago, I ran 37 x 14.50 Boggers on 8"ers and they did great. A good hard pinch on the bead and never lost one aired down.
 
Fairbanks40 said:
Just FYI, I noticed several people looking for a wheel widening service.
Jerry Robbins in Calhoun GA just did mine for $50 ea. Took two days. Beautiful welds and perfectly trued.
He’s a cool old school cat with a garage full of rat rods. You’ll have to bring your wheels to him though.

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Interesting rear flares...
 
You get a chance... would you post some additional pictures of your flares?
 
Pretty simple, but it worked out well. 1/2” tubing and .032 sheet metal. Welded and blended the sheet metal smooth into the tube.
Cheap canned bed liner on top.
I actually bent the tubing by drilling a hole in a 2x4. Prying the tubing down on the hole made a nice radius in the wood. Every bend got better. Lol
I wanted to devise some nice mounts for them but I ended up just spot welding them onto the body.
Not that they’d hold up to any real bashing , but my kids stand on them..

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Fairbanks40 said:
Pretty simple, but it worked out well. 1/2” tubing and .032 sheet metal. Welded and blended the sheet metal smooth into the tube.
Cheap canned bed liner on top.
I actually bent the tubing by drilling a hole in a 2x4. Prying the tubing down on the hole made a nice radius in the wood. Every bend got better. Lol
I wanted to devise some nice mounts for them but I ended up just spot welding them onto the body.
Not that they’d hold up to any real bashing , but my kids stand on them..

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Looks dang good!
 
Fairbanks40 said:
Pretty simple, but it worked out well. 1/2” tubing and .032 sheet metal. Welded and blended the sheet metal smooth into the tube.
Cheap canned bed liner on top.
I actually bent the tubing by drilling a hole in a 2x4. Prying the tubing down on the hole made a nice radius in the wood. Every bend got better. Lol
I wanted to devise some nice mounts for them but I ended up just spot welding them onto the body.
Not that they’d hold up to any real bashing , but my kids stand on them..

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I found the outside lip of a Landcruiser brake drum served me very well for making the radius bends in the tubing for my wheelwell opening.:hillbilly:
 
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