Denk

Anyone know of a good place to find a set of gap guards to cover a 3" lift job? All the 4x4 shops in my area suk hard...

Churnd

I saw a cheap way to do this once. It involved something called vinyl garden siding or something like that. It's like sheets of rubber, so you can cut it out to the size you need and screw it on. I'd check some hardware stores or Home Depot for it.

calrockx

http://www.performanceaccessories.com/catalog/gap.html

dmode

Here's another place.

http://www.liftlips.com/

Wild_Bill

Bah don't waste your money on those setups, just find yourself a sheet of thick black rubber and cut away. Use the stock one as a template for the holes, just add 2 inches (or whatever your body lift is) in between the body holes and frame holes. You can see part of mine in this pic:

Denk

Wild_Bill,

What type of fasteners did you use to secure that? Normal self-tapping sheet metal? Did you hafta drill? Thanks for the help.

Wild_Bill

I just used the stock plastic fasteners in some locations, the fasteners you see that look like they have a line on them i just picked up at autozone, the have long pastic screw-ends on the that fit perfect into the stock holes. They were in the Help! stuff section with the interior trim stuff. I just used teh stock gap guard mount holes, so no drilling was required, I have more pics of using the stock ones as templates if you want to see them.

Denk

Pictures would be helpful, thanks. what about the rear fender wells, you do that back there as well?

Wild_Bill

Ahh I guess you caught me, I just dug through my old pics and I can only find some of them before I installed them. I don't have any on the back, theat doesn't bother me, I just wanted the front to protect the engine components.

Denk

thanks...that helps a lot.

cool rob

I also am in need of gap guards. I couldn't find any garden vinyl siding that were mentioned earlier on this post anywhere. I ended up buying a set of cheapo($10 at AutoZone)black floor mats made of thin but durable rubber that were perfect for this type of application. Just trim to appropriate size. I also bought the Help! fasteners($10), 18 in a pack.

Denk

Got it done...went to the flooring dept of the local home depot and picked up some vinyl floor runners and cut to fit. Worked perfectly. I used the stock mounting hardware in the front and about ten self-tapping black painted crews for the back. No more looking through the back end!!!

calrockx

hey wild bill, where did you get those gap guards?

and could anyone else that has them post some pictures please? i got some made my a company called lift lips, but i dont' like they way they fit. just wanted to check out my alternatives.

Wild_Bill

Home-brewed dude. I just "borrowed" some 1/8" thick black rubber sheet from my work and cut them out.