Inner protective frame for wheel wells

An inner protective frame for a dual wheel fender defining an enlarged wheel well in a rear quarter panel of a vehicle, said inner protective frame comprising:

• an outer frame rail;
• an inner frame rail attached to said outer frame rail;
• a plurality of cross-frame supports extending between and attached to both said outer frame rail and said inner frame rail;
• a pair of frame attachment panels attached to and inwardly extending from said inner frame rail, a first one of said frame attachment panels extending from a location adjacent a first longitudinal end of said inner frame rail and a second one of said frame attachment panels extending from a location adjacent a second longitudinal end of said inner frame rail, each of said pair of frame attachment panels suited to be attached to a frame of said vehicle adjacent said enlarged wheel well;
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• a trailer hitch attachment panel attached to and extending from a location on said inner protective frame adjacent said second longitudinal end of said inner frame rail, said trailer hitch attachment panel suited to be attached to a hitch frame that is attached to said vehicle at a location that is rearwardly adjacent said enlarged wheel well.