well at the mounds i ripped off my flares and decided to do something cheap until i get money to build tube fenders or buy some bushwackers. i took everything off, bed lined along the scratch mark the old flares left, bought some hardware from home depot for 9 bucks, bed liner was 8 bucks a can i went through one and a half. so i spent 26 bucks and about 2 hours to do this and i dont think it looks to bad. what do you guys think?
yeah i was happy with it, looks better than the rusty fender mounts. this may or may not be temporary depending on if i end up building tube fenders or buying some bushwackers this winter but for now it looks decent.
the points are the stock holes that were there for the existing flares that broke and riped off. no trimming involved and took about 2 hours (mostly in between coats time)
well im at 5.5inches with 33s and stock gears (bad news already) and those 33s with no fender trim riped those flares off in 20 min of wheeling id have to trim the crap out of it to fit 35s with the same lift.
they don't rub anymore. the points of the nuts were to have something in the holes. i can get them to rub if i take out the sway connects and flex the shit of it. im worried about hacking the fender so i dont want to cut em
they don't rub anymore. the points of the nuts were to have something in the holes. i can get them to rub if i take out the sway connects and flex the shit of it. im worried about hacking the fender so i dont want to cut em
yeah i have but i mean its irreversible so i don't wanna mess it up. i have a hand grinder type thing i have cut fenders with before on my old 94 pos cherokee i didnt care about but its different messing with a 3500 jeep i guess for me. If your confident you think you can do a good job ill bring it over!
what do you mean irreversible?? as far as i knew they still make replacement fenders and ppl are allways hitting things and wrecking there rides so the junk yard usually has some too.
trim them bad boys unhook that bar and go wheeln' with no worries.
id cut them to tell u the truth dont waste ur money on bush wackers iv had mine on for a lil over a year and they are all cracked if u want them cut bring it over and ill cut and tuck them for u for a lil bit of cash
I'm surprised more guys on here don't make their own? go to Lowes and buy some Cove base in the bathroom section, it comes in gray or Black so you can do a nice job, get some self drillers and a screw gun and go. if its a rusty turd then cut that crap out and add some metal. I have rolls of the galvanized flashing that are easy to cut & form. build up the lip and then screw down the cove base over it ad it will last forever (or at least till you scrape a tree)
I've seen that done before, it's a pretty good cheap alternative.
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