After spending far too long looking for a decent straight forward write up on how to do this I decided to just go out and give it a whirl. It really is simple once you get in there and get the first one off.
Front Fender:
First, there are 3 black pins that hold the fender in there that you will need to remove by getting a knife under the head of it and getting it loose enough to get a pair of pliers under there ,preferably needle nose. of course you could just cut them off the fender but I read somewhere that the dealership charges you $5.75 per so try to save what you can.
Second, there are some 10mm screws on there that need to be removed, I believe there was 4 of them per front fender.
Third, once you have everything else removed there are clips that hold it tight to the frame of the fender you can yank, hard, upward from the bottom of the fender where your running boards would go and you will get the first couple loose and from there you can stick your hand in between the fender and body and yank it all off upward.
Last, there is a blinker light on the front fender and from inside the fender just trace the wire back to it source and you will need to pinch the connector and pull at the same time and it should come loose.
Back Fender:
Very much like the front fenders if not easier, for me, there are no screws and no lights to disconnect, just those damn pins.
However these pins seem more likely to break especially the two towards the bottom of the wheel well. once these are all removed you just yank upward just like on the front fenders and the whole thing will come out.
Finally, the clips that attach the fenders to the body of your jeep just need to be pinched form the inside of the wheel well and should be pulled out easily.
There you go now your jeep has no fenders and you have that much more clearance, i did this to mine because I had rubbing with my 33'' duratracs especially in the rear on the simplest of trails.
PS you might want a few bears for this its a little frustrating but the whole thing took me about 45min. The word of the day is YANK.
I hope you find this post helpful and please feel free to comment and add anything I left out.
Front Fender:
First, there are 3 black pins that hold the fender in there that you will need to remove by getting a knife under the head of it and getting it loose enough to get a pair of pliers under there ,preferably needle nose. of course you could just cut them off the fender but I read somewhere that the dealership charges you $5.75 per so try to save what you can.
Second, there are some 10mm screws on there that need to be removed, I believe there was 4 of them per front fender.
Third, once you have everything else removed there are clips that hold it tight to the frame of the fender you can yank, hard, upward from the bottom of the fender where your running boards would go and you will get the first couple loose and from there you can stick your hand in between the fender and body and yank it all off upward.
Last, there is a blinker light on the front fender and from inside the fender just trace the wire back to it source and you will need to pinch the connector and pull at the same time and it should come loose.
Back Fender:
Very much like the front fenders if not easier, for me, there are no screws and no lights to disconnect, just those damn pins.
However these pins seem more likely to break especially the two towards the bottom of the wheel well. once these are all removed you just yank upward just like on the front fenders and the whole thing will come out.
Finally, the clips that attach the fenders to the body of your jeep just need to be pinched form the inside of the wheel well and should be pulled out easily.
There you go now your jeep has no fenders and you have that much more clearance, i did this to mine because I had rubbing with my 33'' duratracs especially in the rear on the simplest of trails.
PS you might want a few bears for this its a little frustrating but the whole thing took me about 45min. The word of the day is YANK.
I hope you find this post helpful and please feel free to comment and add anything I left out.
