Why is it taking me so long to take off the metal piece under the plastic stock flares? I have to use a wrench to remove the nuts/bolts, which takes a while. Use a drill to remove them if I can't remove them by hand. I keep reading that they just break off when people are removing theirs, why are mine so much harder to remove? Taking me a few days just to take off the 1 metal piece under 1 flare...

Of course it's taking me that long because I like to procrastinate and am kinda busy. How long has it taken you guys to remove the flares/metal pieces?

 

I just kept tightning the bolts till the broke of. Maybe 20 min on all 4 sides.

 

10mm deep socket.
Some other problem?

 

I don't have a deep enough socket I guess. Either way, I have to loosen it far enough for the other socket to fit onto it, pretty lame. I'll try the tightening thing tomorrow..

 

when i took mine off, there were these clips witch were a pain in the *** to break off, i use something to pry it off like a crow bar or something. good luck

 

just go out and get the 10mm deep socket it will make the job a lot easier

 

i used an air ratchet on mine and broke all the rusted nuts off
and had to buy all new brackets take your time on them if you want to save them

 

for me it took around an hour and that was the first time when i didnt know what i was doing... Putting them back on is an entire differnt game, or at least it was for me! 3 or 4 hours later i was cussing the first one as i finally got it on halfway right..lol

 

Mine took 2 hrs to get mine off. Being in the midwest, taking off my flares is prematurely preventing cancer spots. Use some Pb blaster and a large ratchet to torque the 10mm. ALL of mine snapped. Plus the brackets for the flares were starting to contact the body.......a good start to cancer related rust! Good luck!