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Old Jun 24, 2012 | 02:03 PM
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I noticed my inner plastic fender wheels up front are missing. Sigh! Question? Needed? Who elses are missing ?
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Old Jun 24, 2012 | 02:09 PM
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Not needed, but nice for some reasons. Most people remove them when they lift/cut fenders. Without it the tires can spray mud/water/road salt all over inside the fenders and into the door hinge area. I've got mine removed but I oil the hinges every so often, and I wash mud out of a lot of nooks and crannies whenever I'm done offroading.
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Old Jun 24, 2012 | 02:11 PM
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Originally Posted by Dan91
Not needed, but nice for some reasons. Most people remove them when they lift/cut fenders. Without it the tires can spray mud/water/road salt all over inside the fenders and into the door hinge area. I've got mine removed but I oil the hinges every so often, and I wash mud out of a lot of nooks and crannies whenever I'm done offroading.
Thanks for the quick reply. I am surprised no one has fab'd a piece to cover that area.
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Old Jun 24, 2012 | 04:36 PM
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Some people just stuff a cut up pool noodle in there, it looks like it works lol.
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Old Jun 24, 2012 | 05:43 PM
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I took mine out when I cut my fenders and put a pool noodle in and sprayed great stuff foam around the noodle and painted it, now you can't tell the difference
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Old Jun 24, 2012 | 08:10 PM
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The pool noodle trick passed with flying colors last time I went wheeling, I say ditch the inner fenders !
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Old Jun 24, 2012 | 09:02 PM
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