Working with fender flares

[Polaris]

Has anyone ran into the problem with Bushwacker flares, of wanting to trim fenders and having a flare to deal with? If I take them off, I have a zillion holes in the body to look at. If I leave them on, I can't do the body trimming I'd like to do. Also, in one year I have pretty well wrecked the front flares - they don't take kindly to playing pinball off of trees in the winter /forums/images/graemlins/eek.gif. Any suggestions?

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[MR4WD]

My flares are resiliant to tire contact, and hide a lot of further trimming. If you cut the fender to the point that the flare bolts on, and further cut the inside portion of the flare you're left with a lot less material on the fender. I just installed mine last weekend, and wish I had considered other cheaper alternatives.

Chad.

 

[Polaris]

I have already had the flares on for a year, so I did that kind of trimming to install them. Now I'd like to trim areas like this:

I'd just as soon get rid of them all together. My tires don't stick out that far. But, there are those bazillion holes that I drilled. Here is the main reason I put them on in the first place:

And before I put them on, I cut and riveted on some "bandaids" to prevent further spread of the cancer.