Looking for flat fenders
#11
JK Jedi
These yes. Both sold by bw and mopar.
These no made by bw but only sold via mopar.
Jeep Wrangler Wheel Flares (Part No: 77072341AB)
#12
JK Junkie
Please stay away from the Bushwacker plastic flats...
A ton of people told me to go with metal and not the plastic, but I got the plastic ones..,
Well the first time I did any off-road where I brushed up against something on the trail the fenders started to separate where they mount
I wound up using drywall screws to hold them on until I could swap them for metal ones
I went with the poison spyder ones and the first time out it was early in the season and muddy
On a hill climb I bounced off a tree with the front right fender and when I got out and looked at it and there wasn't even a scratch
Matthew
A ton of people told me to go with metal and not the plastic, but I got the plastic ones..,
Well the first time I did any off-road where I brushed up against something on the trail the fenders started to separate where they mount
I wound up using drywall screws to hold them on until I could swap them for metal ones
I went with the poison spyder ones and the first time out it was early in the season and muddy
On a hill climb I bounced off a tree with the front right fender and when I got out and looked at it and there wasn't even a scratch
Matthew
#13
JK Freak
Honestly, if you want that look then keep your stock fenders, it looks good.
If you are going to use fenders as armour then don't get a plastic fender. Get a quality metal fender designed to take a hit without crumpling your tub.
I run chopped stock fenders; it looks good, it's free & when they hit something no damage is done to the jeep. You break a few clips, you scratch up the fender but you keep driving and think nothing of it. I don't ever see myself buying fenders but I also have a rear rub rail welded to my skins to keep my 4 door safe.
If you are going to use fenders as armour then don't get a plastic fender. Get a quality metal fender designed to take a hit without crumpling your tub.
I run chopped stock fenders; it looks good, it's free & when they hit something no damage is done to the jeep. You break a few clips, you scratch up the fender but you keep driving and think nothing of it. I don't ever see myself buying fenders but I also have a rear rub rail welded to my skins to keep my 4 door safe.
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Please stay away from the Bushwacker plastic flats... A ton of people told me to go with metal and not the plastic, but I got the plastic ones.., Well the first time I did any off-road where I brushed up against something on the trail the fenders started to separate where they mount I wound up using drywall screws to hold them on until I could swap them for metal ones I went with the poison spyder ones and the first time out it was early in the season and muddy On a hill climb I bounced off a tree with the front right fender and when I got out and looked at it and there wasn't even a scratch Matthew
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Have the genright fenders, very similar to the PS units. They don't come down in the front. Had a bumper similar to your when I first went this route. Had to trim the bumper due to the 37's rubbing on it. Not only that, IMO, stubbies look better with the high flares.
Nice paint protection. Appears the installer put on a nice even coat but forgot to mask up the headlights. LOL...
Nice paint protection. Appears the installer put on a nice even coat but forgot to mask up the headlights. LOL...
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interesting. I'd been advised to lean toward the plastics as opposed the metal ones. The philosophy being that platinum would give before metal, sort of a breaker or fuse on a physical level. Personally, I was thinking the aluminum poison spiders would be best. I don't wheel that hard, I'd like the clearance without the weight.
Thanks for the input!
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Have the genright fenders, very similar to the PS units. They don't come down in the front. Had a bumper similar to your when I first went this route. Had to trim the bumper due to the 37's rubbing on it. Not only that, IMO, stubbies look better with the high flares. Nice paint protection. Appears the installer put on a nice even coat but forgot to mask up the headlights. LOL...
As for the paint-pro, ya, that UT mud really does the trick.
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Please stay away from the Bushwacker plastic flats...
A ton of people told me to go with metal and not the plastic, but I got the plastic ones..,
Well the first time I did any off-road where I brushed up against something on the trail the fenders started to separate where they mount
Matthew
A ton of people told me to go with metal and not the plastic, but I got the plastic ones..,
Well the first time I did any off-road where I brushed up against something on the trail the fenders started to separate where they mount
Matthew
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I would agree here. I went with the plastic BW to save some weight and some money, and i regret it. In the rear I simply slid by a tree in a tight squeeze one time, and due to how these mount i put a nice dent in my rear quarter because of where the pressure was distributed. I've also bent on of the front ones by getting caught on a tree. if you actually wheel, do it right the first time and get something that is metal.
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Yeah... I have the BW flat fenders... they are nice, but if I had it to do again, I would just cut the OEM fenders and be done with it. A buddy of mind had his quarter panel pushed in when his rear fender bumped a tree. This was at walking speed, the rear slipped off the rock it was on and shifted into the tree. Had he been running cut fenders, the fender would have flexed and that would have been the end of it.
I keep them on because they are an xmas present.
I keep them on because they are an xmas present.