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Old 04-24-2017, 05:27 PM   #1
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Narrowed 72 k5

The beginning of a front narrow, rear narrowed and bobbed, maybe boat sided and a roll cage.
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Old 04-24-2017, 08:27 PM   #2
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Old 04-24-2017, 08:45 PM   #3
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Old 04-24-2017, 09:31 PM   #4
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Old 04-24-2017, 09:43 PM   #5
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Old 04-24-2017, 09:52 PM   #6
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Old 04-24-2017, 09:22 PM   #7
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Re: Narrowed 72 k5

Forgive my ignorance; is narrowing it somehow better for off-roading? I'm not familiar with narrowing at all.
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Old 04-24-2017, 10:16 PM   #8
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Forgive my ignorance; is narrowing it somehow better for off-roading? I'm not familiar with narrowing at all.
Yes it's for rock crawling. It helps keep the fenders​ and quarter panels from being smashed before your tire can start climbing .
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Old 04-25-2017, 12:04 AM   #9
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Re: Narrowed 72 k5

A lot of work! Looks like you have the right skills to tackle it😉
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Old 04-25-2017, 12:33 AM   #10
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Wow! That's a lot of work! How did you decide on where to cut and fold? It looks pretty wild. Did you consider doing something like an Eagle Ventures hood type of modification? I'll be checking back on this one.
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Old 04-26-2017, 06:10 PM   #11
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Wow! That's a lot of work! How did you decide on where to cut and fold? It looks pretty wild. Did you consider doing something like an Eagle Ventures hood type of modification? I'll be checking back on this one.
The fist thing I did was narrow the core support as much as possible without making the radiator hole any smaller. Then cut as much as was needed off of the ends of the firewall to make the fenders fit that angle.

I've never heard of Eagle Ventures hood mod what is that?
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Old 04-25-2017, 07:21 AM   #12
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Re: Narrowed 72 k5

Pretty neat, not something I would do to mine, but maybe on a spare blazer for the purpose of what your doing, great! Now I need to find a beater blazer, thanks a lot!
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Old 04-26-2017, 06:02 PM   #13
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Thanks all. The hood was a ton of work. There's not many 1st gens with this done. Most of them cut the hood down flush with the fenders but I wanted it to still have most of the factory look and still have the cowl.
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Old 04-26-2017, 06:16 PM   #14
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Having a 1st gen I gave it alot of thought before cutting it up. At least a year but then decided this one was a good candidate with some of the body damage and strange repairs someone had already done to.
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Old 07-04-2017, 12:43 PM   #15
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Got the rear done.
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Old 07-04-2017, 12:58 PM   #17
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The rear was narrowed to match the same dimensions as the front and bobbed 7-7.5" to make it symmetrical from rear axle to rear of the body as the front axle to the front of the grill.
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