chiefcherokee

Has anyone here used big silver bolts to mount stock flares (by drilling through the flares)? I have not seen any photos and am curious because I am having a hard time finding the retainers for a decent price.

2WDUnderachiever

Never seen this done before... Could be interesting.

wiggles

Think your buddies at the mall will like it?
But really, why?

Jamie57

Geeze this turning into pirate 4X4?
He told you why.
the retainers are getting expensive and he'd like to try something else out.
I'm curious as to how they would look too.

I ARE EL1TE

I think they look like ****.

Jamie57

Is it just me or is that guys voice annoying?

Pretty ghetto looking. Yes that's what they'll look like but not how to actually use them to hold the flare in place.

How about just drilling out the broken bolt on the retainer plate and spot welding a new one on?

BTW Elite, you do know that Red Green is Canadian eh?

I ARE EL1TE

Haha yea i did, I used to watch that show on PBS all the time.

XJ Mayhem

WOW!!! That is terrible.

evan00xj

Budget whacker flares....uggghhh the result of giving a jeep to a 16 year old and $14 to spend at harbor freight

DougyFresh

the BleepinJeep "technique" could be used to hold them on, but as others have stated, it looks like SWASS. (sweaty a$$)

Big David

Was a funny show.

Turbo X_J

Lose the screws all together:

Clean both surfaces with alcohol before application, should last. In other words you wont be able to easily remove in the future, ever.

ExTrEmExJ99

I'm starting to notice that also.......

RememberTheMallamo

I think if done tastefully it looks cool. Use flares from the pre-97 Jeeps and don't use huge bolts.

chiefcherokee

I ended up ditching that idea. I was just wondering if it has been done and what it would look like. I just grinded my old mounts and re-drilled the holes.