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<blockquote data-quote="Brad12" data-source="post: 1673271" data-attributes="member: 27360"><p>Well, I haven't done a ton to the raptor lately, but I took it on an EXO run up the Lost Coast here in CA a couple of weekends ago and had a blast. I'm still having issues with tranny temps getting pretty high at sustained high speeds, so I need to look into that for sure.</p><p></p><p>Apologies in advance for the pics not being rotated the right way. For whatever reason that happens when I take them from Supermotors and paste them here. I don't why I have so many issues with pics on this stupid forum and I can't get an admin to help me.</p><p></p><p>Here's a pic from the run</p><p>[ATTACH=full]319144[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>The big news is that it's time to go to 37s! Bigger tires, smaller holes amirite?!?!</p><p></p><p>I spent some time last weekend at a buddy's house clearancing the stock fenders. My 35" Falkens are at the end of their life and I've been extremely pleased with them, but I couldn't get a new set of them in 37s because of the backorder issues we're all facing right now, so I went with some 37x13.50x17 Gladiator Xcomp A/Ts. I also decided to get some new wheels, so I'll be trying out the new Icon Rebound Pros... I'm just waiting on them to arrive and then I'll post pics.</p><p></p><p>In the meantime, here are pics of how I clearanced the stock fenders based largely on what I read on here. I offroad pretty hard/regularly and I know [USER=9376]@Bigg50[/USER] does as well, so I followed his lead on how he clearanced his fenders on his Gen 1. I won't know if there will be some additional trimming needed until I actually get the 37s mounted w/the new wheels and take it offroad, but I'll be sure to update this after my next run in a few weeks.</p><p></p><h4>Rear Fenders</h4><p>The rear was pretty straight forward. We started with 1" cuts on the pinch welds but quickly realized 2" cuts was the way to go. You can definitely do the rear pinch welds with a 5lb. sledge hammer, but a 10lb. makes it easier. We mostly used the 5lb. My rear fenders are Line-X'd and it held up great with the exception of just a few sections (see below).</p><p></p><p>You can see the three tabs where the Line-X didn't stick here</p><p>[ATTACH=full]319145[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>But it turned out great the rest of the way and the Line-X held up</p><p>[ATTACH=full]319146[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><h3>Front Fenders</h3><p>The front was definitely more involved.</p><p></p><p>After removing the fender flare and liner, we cut the lower portion of the actual fender off to make sure there is enough room to stuff the 37s. This might not be an issue on stock 34mm offset wheels, but most aftermarket wheels are 0mm offset which pushes the entire wheel/tire out about 1", so this is necessary in order to run stock fenders and fully stuff 37s. <a href="https://www.fordraptorforum.com/threads/additional-info-on-running-37s-and-stock-fenders.28733/" target="_blank">I got this idea from Bigg50's thread</a>.</p><p></p><p>Stock fender before cutting for reference</p><p>[ATTACH=full]319147[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>How we cut it</p><p>[ATTACH=full]319148[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>In addition to the actual fender, we cut the fender flare as well. You can see in this pic we left the two mounting points intact, but we cut out where the sharpie is drawn</p><p>[ATTACH=full]319149[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>We moved on to the pinch welds, which were much more difficult to hammer down and I would definitely recommend using a 10lb. sledgehammer for these. Like the rear, we made 2" cuts and didn't cut through any of the plug welds.</p><p></p><p>Here it is marked up</p><p>[ATTACH=full]319150[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>And here it is with the pinch weld hammered down</p><p>[ATTACH=full]319151[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>We also cut off this lower tab since it was no longer needed</p><p>[ATTACH=full]319152[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]319153[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>I didn't get great pics of this, but there is an extension from the pinch weld that we also cut off. You can see it in this pic starting right above where the pinch weld ends and it's not actually a pinch weld, but it hangs down, doesn't provide any structural support, and needed to be clearanced because it could definitely do some damage if it came in contact with a tire.</p><p></p><p>Here's a pic of that part already cut off. You can see what was there in one of the previous pics above</p><p>[ATTACH=full]319154[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>We ended up just using some black Steel-It to paint the bare metal since this will be hidden behind the fender liner anyway, and then put everything back together.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]319155[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>One of the drawbacks of cutting the fender and fender flare is there is a gap between the two now. However, you don't see it unless you're looking for it or actually stick your head down low enough to see it. I may get some soft plastic and figure out how to close that gap, but it doesn't bother me for now.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]319156[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]319157[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>The last thing to note that I didn't get pics of is the wiring. Some of the wiring was attached to the fender liner, especially on the driver side, and I wanted to secure it not using the liner in case it gets ripped out. So I just got creative and zip tied it out of the way. The driver side was particularly tricky because there aren't any great spots to zip tie the wiring, so please let me know if any of you have done this and how you secured it.</p><p></p><p>Anyway, I'll post pics once I get the Gladiators mounted and I hope this helps someone out!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Brad12, post: 1673271, member: 27360"] Well, I haven't done a ton to the raptor lately, but I took it on an EXO run up the Lost Coast here in CA a couple of weekends ago and had a blast. I'm still having issues with tranny temps getting pretty high at sustained high speeds, so I need to look into that for sure. Apologies in advance for the pics not being rotated the right way. For whatever reason that happens when I take them from Supermotors and paste them here. I don't why I have so many issues with pics on this stupid forum and I can't get an admin to help me. Here's a pic from the run [ATTACH type="full" alt="5343f8f409f94e68826b1a099d5bafc0.jpg"]319144[/ATTACH] The big news is that it's time to go to 37s! Bigger tires, smaller holes amirite?!?! I spent some time last weekend at a buddy's house clearancing the stock fenders. My 35" Falkens are at the end of their life and I've been extremely pleased with them, but I couldn't get a new set of them in 37s because of the backorder issues we're all facing right now, so I went with some 37x13.50x17 Gladiator Xcomp A/Ts. I also decided to get some new wheels, so I'll be trying out the new Icon Rebound Pros... I'm just waiting on them to arrive and then I'll post pics. In the meantime, here are pics of how I clearanced the stock fenders based largely on what I read on here. I offroad pretty hard/regularly and I know [USER=9376]@Bigg50[/USER] does as well, so I followed his lead on how he clearanced his fenders on his Gen 1. I won't know if there will be some additional trimming needed until I actually get the 37s mounted w/the new wheels and take it offroad, but I'll be sure to update this after my next run in a few weeks. [HEADING=3]Rear Fenders[/HEADING] The rear was pretty straight forward. We started with 1" cuts on the pinch welds but quickly realized 2" cuts was the way to go. You can definitely do the rear pinch welds with a 5lb. sledge hammer, but a 10lb. makes it easier. We mostly used the 5lb. My rear fenders are Line-X'd and it held up great with the exception of just a few sections (see below). You can see the three tabs where the Line-X didn't stick here [ATTACH type="full" alt="41ba183c7c724162960aaa3bf3c95003.jpg"]319145[/ATTACH] But it turned out great the rest of the way and the Line-X held up [ATTACH type="full" alt="233b155447544e24872e27ff789ff9e4.jpg"]319146[/ATTACH] [HEADING=2]Front Fenders[/HEADING] The front was definitely more involved. After removing the fender flare and liner, we cut the lower portion of the actual fender off to make sure there is enough room to stuff the 37s. This might not be an issue on stock 34mm offset wheels, but most aftermarket wheels are 0mm offset which pushes the entire wheel/tire out about 1", so this is necessary in order to run stock fenders and fully stuff 37s. [URL='https://www.fordraptorforum.com/threads/additional-info-on-running-37s-and-stock-fenders.28733/']I got this idea from Bigg50's thread[/URL]. Stock fender before cutting for reference [ATTACH type="full" alt="img_8223.jpg"]319147[/ATTACH] How we cut it [ATTACH type="full" alt="e4a474cc445f4905bbfc2f5ea441ba2f.jpg"]319148[/ATTACH] In addition to the actual fender, we cut the fender flare as well. You can see in this pic we left the two mounting points intact, but we cut out where the sharpie is drawn [ATTACH type="full" alt="img_6008.jpg"]319149[/ATTACH] We moved on to the pinch welds, which were much more difficult to hammer down and I would definitely recommend using a 10lb. sledgehammer for these. Like the rear, we made 2" cuts and didn't cut through any of the plug welds. Here it is marked up [ATTACH type="full" alt="5354d70b43194352ace9685abd39efa9.jpg"]319150[/ATTACH] And here it is with the pinch weld hammered down [ATTACH type="full" alt="8e8c7acd407a46b083a71990abe47779.jpg"]319151[/ATTACH] We also cut off this lower tab since it was no longer needed [ATTACH type="full" alt="img_5985.jpg"]319152[/ATTACH] [ATTACH type="full" alt="img_5981.jpg"]319153[/ATTACH] I didn't get great pics of this, but there is an extension from the pinch weld that we also cut off. You can see it in this pic starting right above where the pinch weld ends and it's not actually a pinch weld, but it hangs down, doesn't provide any structural support, and needed to be clearanced because it could definitely do some damage if it came in contact with a tire. Here's a pic of that part already cut off. You can see what was there in one of the previous pics above [ATTACH type="full" alt="31bfbeba13174ac4a6795e8d973e0b69.jpg"]319154[/ATTACH] We ended up just using some black Steel-It to paint the bare metal since this will be hidden behind the fender liner anyway, and then put everything back together. [ATTACH type="full" alt="38f78815fc5b46b3a177d2f544d0b7c5.jpg"]319155[/ATTACH] One of the drawbacks of cutting the fender and fender flare is there is a gap between the two now. However, you don't see it unless you're looking for it or actually stick your head down low enough to see it. I may get some soft plastic and figure out how to close that gap, but it doesn't bother me for now. [ATTACH type="full" alt="55a3e627491f470ea50bb38f4ac6de43.jpg"]319156[/ATTACH] [ATTACH type="full" alt="1b445b4b175e41129c96b1debc469c36.jpg"]319157[/ATTACH] The last thing to note that I didn't get pics of is the wiring. Some of the wiring was attached to the fender liner, especially on the driver side, and I wanted to secure it not using the liner in case it gets ripped out. So I just got creative and zip tied it out of the way. The driver side was particularly tricky because there aren't any great spots to zip tie the wiring, so please let me know if any of you have done this and how you secured it. Anyway, I'll post pics once I get the Gladiators mounted and I hope this helps someone out! [/QUOTE]
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