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Heres a few pictures of the beginning of the cutting of the fenders and ill post some more of the finished project. Im here in Arlington Tx
 

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Here are some more pictures of the progress of fitting 42" tires on a Dodge 2500 Cummins 4x4... in pictures there are 35" tires on 20" rims. You will notice that I "stitched" the plastic fender wells to pull them back flat against the cut out frame and then coated the stitching with a flexible epoxy. The cut notches in the fender were placed there in order to bend the metal tabs back into the fender well and were welded back together forming a near perfect bend/contour. I have since put on 42" tires and the "little" full size spare no longer is feasible to drive on if I got a flat and a 42" tire wouldn't fit so I pulled the tire out( and tire winch) and placed a 19K winch mounted in its place with a phenomenally over engineered weld to frame plate and trusses. Ill post some of those pictures too. The winch fairlead is covered over with the license plate.
 

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more of the fender cut out process
 

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I have since put on 42" tires and the "little" full size spare no longer is feasible to drive on if I got a flat and a 42" tire wouldn't fit so I pulled the tire out( and tire winch) and placed a 19K winch mounted in its place with an over engineered weld to frame plate and to class 5 hitch and trusses in between. Ill post some of those pictures too. The winch fairlead is covered over with the license plate.
 

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Explorerinil

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Cool set up! There is a guy on this forum with 40 inch tires on bone stock suspension, he cut then fenders like you did. Ready for hydro assist?
 
I haven't seen any need for hydro assist whatsoever, but im not opposed to trying it either. Id like to drive someone's 3/4 ton with hydro and feel the difference but thus far... no need. I have added a Carli Suspension high clearance stabilizer I addition to the stock steering stabilizer.
 

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I haven't seen any need for hydro assist whatsoever, but im not opposed to trying it either. Id like to drive someone's 3/4 ton with hydro and feel the difference but thus far... no need. I have added a Carli Suspension high clearance stabilizer I addition to the stock steering stabilizer.
I had a psc assist on my 01 2500, it made a huge difference with large tires. I plan on adding it to my truck sometime soon.
 
Ha! I like it!
... but gotta play the game.... Making 42's look small since 2014
I would be interested in meeting halfway (somewhere in texas panhandle like Palo Dura Canyon state park) and do some overlanding/camping
 

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