Just thought I would share the way did my Garden Edging Flares.

I used Royal Diamond Garden Edging I got from Home Depot for 15 bucks for 20 feet, enough for 4 flares on the XJ. I also used 4, 3/4" X 1/16" X 4ft aluminum strips, One for each fender.

First I cut the the fenders at the body line indicated by the arrows in the pic.

 

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I then cut slot as shown.

 

Then, bent tabs in at the body line

 

The edging has a hook on one edge that I cut off the length of the flare

 

How sturdy are these?

 

I then used the hook end to cover the edge of the fender, sandwiched it with the rest of the edging, and the aluminum strap, and clamped them to the fender with visegrips where I wanted them. diagram is to show how I did it.

 

Diagram

 

Then I riveted all to the fender and trimmed the edging on the ends. I used a heatgun to shape round part of the edging to the shape of the fender opening. If the plastic gets too hot it will get glossy and too deformed.

 

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Im impressed, that turned out exceptionally well. Well done

 

They are very sturdy. You can't stand on them, but they should hold up to abuse.