Rear Crusher Corners w/ LED tailights (& tube fenders)

[4x4LOYR]

Starting my ?rear crusher corner & tube fender? install.  Purchased some River Raider Rear Tube Fenders and their Rear JK Crusher Corners soem time back.  These rear tube fenders were the best match to my Poison Spyder Customs front tube fenders.  The package arrived little more than a week after ordering.  The plan is to have them coated with Rhino-Lining? to match the front tube fenders, and then install LED rear taillights to replace the bulky stock units.

Packaged together:


Rear fender:


Driver?s rear corner:


Driver?s rear corner w/ LED light:


Passenger factory fender on the JK


Used a ?door panel puller? tool to ?pop? the plastic clips


Passenger inner wheel well liner


Passenger wheel well sans liner


Wheel well cleaned with helper


?Door panel puller? tool and small needle-nose pliers to remove the fender clips (each one removed without breaking)


Fender-less




Dry fit tube fender with some help






Trimmed pitch seam


Passenger tire without fender


Passenger tire without fender


Inner wheel well liner with tape measure for cut line


Inner liner with cut line (a heat gun and a sharp razor, the plastic cuts like butter)


Trimmed inner liner re-installed


Dry fit rear passenger Crusher Corner






Rear photo of JK without rear fenders




The Tube Fenders and the Crusher Corners have been coated with Rhino-Lining?.  Now the install begins.
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TY....

[Metal Twister]

Now I know where you've been of late. Playing in the garage Looking good Ty! I want to see those corners on the rig! Keep the pics coming...

[4x4LOYR]

Passenger Rear Crusher Corner Install (lots of photos)

(NOT FOR THE FAINT OF HEART)

I picked up my rear tube fenders from the bed-liner joint.  They look great, and match perfectly with my front tube fender.

The Rear Fenders:


Passenger-side Fender (underside):


Passenger-side Fender (top):


Passenger-side Fender ?dry? fit (side view):


Passenger-side Fender ?dry? fit (front view):


Passenger-side Fender ?dry? fit (front view):


Passenger-side Fender ?dry? fit (rear view):


Passenger-side Fender ?dry? fit (rear close-up view):


Passenger-side Fender ?dry? fit (rear close-up view):


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I am proceeding forward with my install in steps, thus, the first piece that was installed was the rear passenger crusher corner.

Driver-side Crusher Corner:


Passenger-side Crusher Corner:


Passenger-side Corner ORO LED taillight ?dry? fit:


Prep rear passenger-side corner of the JK:


All taped up:
 

The first cut:


Cutting the rear corner out of the JK:




?Big Hole? in a JK that still has a lot of money owed on it . . . :thinking:



Corner ?dry? fit


Drilling the mounting holes


Drill bit through the tub:


Mounting holes with tape:


Mounting holes without tape:


Installing the ORO LED taillight:


Splicing the factory wiring plug to the LED taillight leads plus a resistor for the flashers:


Installing the well-nuts:


Corner Installed:



LED taillights on:


Comparison of stock vs. flush-mount taillights:


Daytime photos:








Ty....

[4x4LOYR]

Once again, I am proceeding forward with this install one step at a time.  Now I have the driver-side rear Crusher-Corner installed.  (Hopefully, this week I will finish with the rear tube fender installs.)

Before:

After:


The install process -->  My helper:


Removal of the fuel surround, taillight, and license plate holder:


Dry fit of the fuel filler surround:


Rear corner taped-up:


Cutting the corner:




After cutting, a big hole remains:


Mounting holes with tape:


Mounting holes without tape:


Touch-up paint used to cover the bare metal:


Well-nuts inserted:


Taillight ?on?


Fuel door installed:


Prepping for silicone sealant:


Day-time photos:




Ty....

[Mikegyver1]

Why do they have you cut such a large hole?

[Mikegyver1]

Looks Good! 

[4x4LOYR]

Why do they have you cut such a large hole?

I was puzzled by the size of the hole at first, as well.  I tried to just cut a hole big enough to fit the "frenched" area for the LED tailights; but the cornder didn't "fit" right.  Then, I discovered why: the rear corner of the JK actually curves in at least two directions --> from side to side, as well as, from top to bottom (the bottom cuvres in as it approaches the bumper area.)  Thus, if the "top to bottom curve" was not cut out, the corners do not "fit" correctly.

Honestly, after cutting the first monster hole on the passenger side, I thought to myself, "am I really that nuts?"

Ty....

[Metal Twister]

Nice work Ty!  When are you going to break them in?

[4x4LOYR]

Nice work Ty!  When are you going to break them in?

Thanks!  When is the next wheelin' trip?  I'd love to go back up to Big Bear and run some of those trails somemore (actually, one of the reasons I got the "crusher corners" was because I smashed the rear driver-side on a Gold Mountain run several months ago.

About breaking them in: I have no idea, really.  Maybe Spring Break; the 2009 T-ball season has just started and we have games every Saturday (both of my boys are on the team, and I'm the head coach, so no playing hooky for me.)

Ty...

[jeffm1964]

Ty that looks really good just as M.T. says when do we get to break them in???

[Mikegyver1]

Looking forward to seeing the tube fender on.... 

[dezertcrawlin]

Looks really good.  I like how the bedliner matches the soft top.  And those tailights are kickass

[4x4LOYR]

So, I found some time during the week, and decided to install the rear tube fenders.  With a little help from the 4 year old, we were able to slap these things on in no time.

BEFORE (new fenders, but after stockers):


AFTER (sneak peak):


Taped up to better see the hole locations:


Tape with the new/enlarged holes drilled:


Little helper with a "well-nut:"


Installing the "well-nuts:"


Rear Passenger Tube Fender installed:


















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Driver's side:














How do you say "no" to this when he asks if he can help work on the Jeep?


Thanks for checkin' out my rear corner & tube fender install.

Ty....

[gryph0n]

Too bad I can't see things from photobucket at work...  (I'm stuck on duty)

[4x4LOYR]

Too bad I can't see things from photobucket at work...  (I'm stuck on duty)

Saturday . . . we're planning on coming down to the "meet-n-greet" at Fiesta Island.

Ty..

[Big boy]

That looks really good, you did a great job

[MAGOO]

Ya that looks great It's real clean and looks Tough.