I am looking at getting some fender as my jeep has wide tires that extend past the stock flares, 33x 12.5 tire.

I see both flat style and rivet pocket look style. Pros and cons of each?

Recommended, or non recommended brands?

My fenders have had some minor trim done, hidden by the stock flares. Is the wider flares able to be mounted with trimmed steel fenders, if so to what extent?

any photos of them installed, close up of how they mount, views from under or from inside the wheel well?

Advice please?

thanks!

 

Flat flares are better because it gives you a spot to put your beer, err, trail soda, down on.

I know people tend to really like Napier's and dislike Bushwackers. You could also check out Notch Customs for something more OEM style with more clearance. There are also some vendors which make tube fenders that typically are a large piece of sheet metal that bolts over most of your fender to cover more surface area. All of these options should work with trimmed factory fenders.

I have no experience with any of these. I self-tapped garden edging to my Jeep to get an inspection sticker for 5 or so years and now I'm making roll cage strength tube fenders that I'll be able to bounce off rocks.

 

Your plastic flares look great. What about the tube fenders and cage.

I personaly wouldn't buy any plastic flares on the market if the jeep is actually used off road. If you must id sujest ebay flares and buy two sets so you have replacements after breakage.

Going purely on looks I like the flat flares

 

Hello xjlimitedx99

Will you please provide a photograph of your home made garden edging flare? I have seen a few examples on the interweb, and each is a bit different, Id like to see how you tackled this upgrade. I am considering homemade as money is very tight. Notch Custom is very nice, but I have bought cars, running cars for less than one of their flares. Sticker shock! I cant hardly afford gasoline at 6 bucks a gallon here. But I have an urge to keep upgrading the jeep, just is it will be on the cheap, done nice, but cheap.

Thanks if you can share a photograph!

I want to fix my flare issue as my tires are throwing stones that land on my hood and windscreen.

 

I don't have any pictures on this computer. Check out this post from my build thread where I first installed them. There will be plenty more if you keep looking through.

$20 total into those flares. Albeit, they did not stand up to the test of time. Who would've thought plowing 100 holes into the fenders would rust down the line? I'm in the process of replacing them and I'm very happy to see them go. They served their purpose for a long time though.

 

thank you, nice build you have there. i did the center stiffeners, still want to do the fronts. nice welds.

 

Of course, there's the whole personal preference thing about how stuff looks.

I used the Ebay Chinese knockoff Bushwacker flares to go with my 33's. They were $70 or so for the entire set and I found them to fit quite well. I have a strong distaste for Chinese knockoffs, but I am sorry Bushwacker.... you guys have to do better than $400 or whatever it was for a set of injection molded plastic parts, all because the Bushwackers are more sun-fade resistant, or so they claim. Mine have been on for almost a year in the northern climate and I see *zero* sun fading so far. I know that China uses slave labor and dirty manufacturing processes, but injection molding is not labor intensive once the molds are made and I am not entirely sure, but I do not believe injection molding is a dirty and heavily regulated manufacturing process even in the USA. I cannot justify a $300+ difference in price tags. Or I am completely out of touch with the cost of manufacturing stuff like this? That's certainly possible.

Don't drill into the windshield washer fluid reservoir on the front driver's side.

 

It would not surprise me if bushwacker farms theyre stuff out to china. Seems most all the big names do little here anymore.