Fender Flare Pics

[BGKYK5]

I am toying with the idea or adding fender flares to my Blazer to cover, the -uh - lets say hasty, fender trim job done by the PO. Who has some pics of good looking fender flares that can be made to work with trimmed fenders. Mine are only cut in the typical area behind the front wheels. I guess my other options are trim more off to clean up the existing fenders (that would be a lot of cutting ) or swap on the beat up old fenders off my parts truck and trim those (they're not pretty ). I need to clear 38" TSLs with a 4" not-too-flexy lift.

 

[josh86k10]

Here's a picture or two of mine with chopped up bushwacker cut-outs (the cut-out didn't remove enough material, so I removed some more).

 

[BGKYK5]

Nobody Else? Fender Flares not popular 'round here?

 

[BGKYK5]

Thanks Josh86K10. Any closeups of how you trimmed them? How do you like the Bushwackers?

 

[josh86k10]

To answer your question: no, fender flares aren't very popular around here except where the law mandates them, of course there are exceptions. Depending on what they're made out of, often hard plastic, they can get broken relatively commonly off road. I originally got mine several years ago to cover up my first off road dent (fell into a rut and dented the drivers front fender) and to open up the fenders to install bigger tires. Went from 35's to 37's and was happy for a while. Then when I went to 40's there was still too much fender there, even with the cut-out, so I had to remove a decent amount of the flare. And the dent isn't such a big deal anymore. Truthfully I would like to get rid of them now, but I really can't because they would leave behind a bunch of tiny holes. That said, I have had good experience with bushwacker customer service and currently have a brand new flare that they sent me for free sitting in the barn loft (due to a small crack protruding from one of the screw holes...waiting for bigger carnage to actually replace it). Thus far, any breakage I have experienced has been likely due to tire contact (concentrated around bottom-rear of front flares), and I simply cut more flare off. I do think they look good, some don't, but for offroad they aren't the most practical solution in my opinion. A quality trim job is probably a better option. Not to mention the bushwackers aren't cheap. I have been able to avoid several breaks because my tires seemed to stick out just a touch more than the flare, but then that kind of defeats the purpose (other than looks). Nonetheless, I'll try to get some close ups of my trim job in the next day or so. So in short, here's my opinion: If it sees more pavement than dirt and you like the look, go for it. If its more trail dedicated, consider just cleaning up the trim job.

 

[gmc4cw]

Nobody Else? Fender Flares not popular 'round here?

wow, you waited a whole 10 hours to ask this. have some patience more pics will showup. here is whats on my computer at work. I liked the look of the bushwacker cut outs. the trails I wheel did not agree with them.

 

[BGKYK5]

Patience is not my best virtue.

 

[dontoe]

Love the look, but they wouldn't last long with me..............


May 5th trip............

 

[josh86k10]

Any closeups of how you trimmed them?

Sorry, it took a little while to get the close-ups. But I took some today.... a bunch of 'em . Here ya go, if you need anything else just let me know.

 

[josh86k10]

And some more. The last one shows the crack that they sent me a new flare for sight unseen.

 

[gmc4cw]

jay that cut is clean. this thread is an opportunity to pimp some pics.

 

[Big Blzn]

Here's a picture or two of mine with chopped up bushwacker cut-outs (the cut-out didn't remove enough material, so I removed some more).

Josh, that is one fine looking beast. Nice rig Bro. Really like the paint scheme and the front bumper.

 

[BGKYK5]

Cool Pics, Thanks - Very Nice. I guess patience does pay off once and a while . My front fender trim (done by PO) doesn't look like that at all. My 5 year old was playing near the truck and got stabed in the back by one of the jagged pieces pointing out in all directions. He's fine, but it is a good thing he wasn't wearing his favorite shirt!

 

[RootBreaker]

front 6" superlift softrides... settle to 5"
40" hawgs measure 38.8"

ord zero rate added in stock location thus 6" lift in front....
had to cut flares....

bushwacker thoughts

pro
nice look
get bigger wheelwells


con
cost me about $360 from summitracing.com
not really cutout flares - 2" in front and 4" in rear

all in all I like them.....

 

[BGKYK5]

Thanks for all the pics and info guys.

Rootbreaker - what do you mean by "not really cutout flares - 2" in front and 4" in rear". Do you mean that is how much you had to trim the flares?

 

[muddybuddy]

Thanks for all the pics and info guys.

Rootbreaker - what do you mean by "not really cutout flares - 2" in front and 4" in rear". Do you mean that is how much you had to trim the flares?

hes saying that they dont allow you to cut the same amount front and rear, and the front is what needs the most cutting.

 

[BGKYK5]

I see. Well that won't help me then. There is already more than 2" cut off my front fender. I guess I'll have to clean up the existing cuts instead of just hiding them under a flare then.