OT: Fender Flares
From : azwiley1
Q: beside bushwacker is there anyone else that makes a good quality fender flare anyone have any experience with any of them .
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From : chris thompson
on sun 20 may 2007 204929 -0700 azwiley1 wrote on may 20 838 pm tom lawrence tnloaswpraemnmcie...@earthlink.net wrote your thoughts on the bushwackers plastic.... black.... flexible... truth be told i was never impressed with their flare-to-body system. they use a rubber gasket that you put around the flare and it just presses up against the body. the problem is the flare moves and scuffs the paint. you dont notice it until/if you take the flares off but then its pretty ugly. i solved that problem on my 99 by running a thin bead of black silicone black truck around the gasket. but - then i had a bunch of silicone that i would have had to remove had i ever taken them off. the warns i believe use 3m sticky-stufftm to adhere the top of the flare to the body greatly reducing flare-to-body rubbing. on the down side the warns dont give as much coverage as the bushwackers. could you but a strip or two of body moulding adhesive on them to prevent the movement i wonder who around here has a set for any vehicle on display i can look at. why not use that clear anti scuff tape used under dare i say they still exist drop in bed liners a lot of good truck top dealers carry it too. you line the top of your tailgate with this stuff to keep the topper door from rubbing your paint. or all the way around the bed on a over the rail bed liner -- chris 05 ctd 06 liberty crd .
From : chris thompson
on mon 21 may 2007 051530 +0000 chris thompson wrote on sun 20 may 2007 204929 -0700 azwiley1 wrote on may 20 838 pm tom lawrence tnloaswpraemnmcie...@earthlink.net wrote your thoughts on the bushwackers plastic.... black.... flexible... truth be told i was never impressed with their flare-to-body system. they use a rubber gasket that you put around the flare and it just presses up against the body. the problem is the flare moves and scuffs the paint. you dont notice it until/if you take the flares off but then its pretty ugly. i solved that problem on my 99 by running a thin bead of black silicone black truck around the gasket. but - then i had a bunch of silicone that i would have had to remove had i ever taken them off. the warns i believe use 3m sticky-stufftm to adhere the top of the flare to the body greatly reducing flare-to-body rubbing. on the down side the warns dont give as much coverage as the bushwackers. could you but a strip or two of body moulding adhesive on them to prevent the movement i wonder who around here has a set for any vehicle on display i can look at. why not use that clear anti scuff tape used under dare i say they still exist drop in bed liners a lot of good truck top dealers carry it too. you line the top of your tailgate with this stuff to keep the topper door from rubbing your paint. or all the way around the bed on a over the rail bed liner ah i guess i should clarify for some people......... i mean under the rubber gaskets around the flare. -- chris 05 ctd 06 liberty crd .
From : pete
on 20 may 2007 203148 -0700 azwiley1 azwiley1@cox.net wrote on may 20 825 pm tom lawrence tnloaswpraemnmcie...@earthlink.net wrote beside bushwacker is there anyone else that makes a good quality fender flare warn still makes flares... never used them personally always used bushwackers but i believe gm uses them as oe flares whether thats an endorsement or a knock who can say your thoughts on the bushwackers maybe its just me but flares cause more problems then they are worth in looks. water traps under them and within 4 yrs you will begin seeing rust. .
From : tom lawrence
beside bushwacker is there anyone else that makes a good quality fender flare warn still makes flares... never used them personally always used bushwackers but i believe gm uses them as oe flares whether thats an endorsement or a knock who can say .
From : azwiley1
on may 20 825 pm tom lawrence tnloaswpraemnmcie...@earthlink.net wrote beside bushwacker is there anyone else that makes a good quality fender flare warn still makes flares... never used them personally always used bushwackers but i believe gm uses them as oe flares whether thats an endorsement or a knock who can say your thoughts on the bushwackers .
From : tom lawrence
your thoughts on the bushwackers plastic.... black.... flexible... truth be told i was never impressed with their flare-to-body system. they use a rubber gasket that you put around the flare and it just presses up against the body. the problem is the flare moves and scuffs the paint. you dont notice it until/if you take the flares off but then its pretty ugly. i solved that problem on my 99 by running a thin bead of black silicone black truck around the gasket. but - then i had a bunch of silicone that i would have had to remove had i ever taken them off. the warns i believe use 3m sticky-stufftm to adhere the top of the flare to the body greatly reducing flare-to-body rubbing. on the down side the warns dont give as much coverage as the bushwackers. .
From : azwiley1
on may 20 838 pm tom lawrence tnloaswpraemnmcie...@earthlink.net wrote your thoughts on the bushwackers plastic.... black.... flexible... truth be told i was never impressed with their flare-to-body system. they use a rubber gasket that you put around the flare and it just presses up against the body. the problem is the flare moves and scuffs the paint. you dont notice it until/if you take the flares off but then its pretty ugly. i solved that problem on my 99 by running a thin bead of black silicone black truck around the gasket. but - then i had a bunch of silicone that i would have had to remove had i ever taken them off. the warns i believe use 3m sticky-stufftm to adhere the top of the flare to the body greatly reducing flare-to-body rubbing. on the down side the warns dont give as much coverage as the bushwackers. could you but a strip or two of body moulding adhesive on them to prevent the movement i wonder who around here has a set for any vehicle on display i can look at. .