Hi there, im wondering if any of yall have made your own gap guards. If yall have can you please post pics. Thanks again

 

Umm.... Gap Guards? What are you referring to?

 

I have in fact, Felt - have it at home depot and Lowe's, it's used for skirting around the bottom of trailers etc.. Strong stuff, just get some decent bolts with good sized washers, paint the felt, and put it up there, had it on a old Ford Ranger that I got with a body lift and cleaned it up, if you have gap on your bumpers, get some stuff to relocated them because that looks like crap...

 

yup home depot or lowes sells sheets of metal too, doesent have to be that big i think 3-4 feet you can get some diamond plate if ya want, but the cheaper solution would be what was said above^^

 

Made mine out of a used race-slick (post #20) and fastened them with a RivNut gun I bought from HF - walk around home depot/lowe's/local hardware store and keep an eye out for something somewhat flexible that can be adapted - pond liner, tub liner, etc are good starting points. Use your existing gap guards as a template and just add a bit of spape at the bottom

 

the rolled aluminum flashing from lowes/home depot works well too.

Someone on here used rubber maybe plastic lawn/garden edging as well, but I cant remember who.

 

thanks guys. i went to lowes and picked up some rubber non slip tool box mats, it should do the trick. thanks again

 

So you're talking about that little metal trim piece on top of the bumper?

 

im talking about the gap between the body and the frame, right now you can see the engine through the gap and im just trying to cover it up. i relocated my bumpers when i put the body lift on

 

Now I get what you're talking about... you might try some rubber floor runner material cut into long strips and suspended from the body along the frame rail line. Around the front area if you remove the original rubber splash guards and use the for a template and just extend the straight top edge up to restore the original cover line that could solve your problem. You might also look at the Ice and water shield product mfg. by Grace it is sold in the roofing dept. at places like HD or Lowe's. It is basically a thick rubber sheet.

 

I'd hate to be "that guy". But are we talking about that space inside the wheel well? The rubber splash shield?

 

Yep, a.k.a. wheel well liners:
- http://www.4crawler.com/4x4/ForSale/...html#GapGuards

 

Thanks man.

 

Pond liner from Lowes or Home Depot works great too.

 

i used old truck tire inner tubes. you can usually find them lying around junk yards or goto your nearest tire shop. they are usually just throwing them away, so you can get them for free. use a hole punch or an awl to punch a hole in 'em. use the old gap guards for a template and cut with scissors, hold them in place with your stock push pins.

 

Anyone know the OEM "name" is for these "gap guards"? I'm interested in looking at the shape of the original parts and I'm not getting a lot of Google results with gap guards or wheel well liners.

 

Nevermind...when in doubt, get off the mobile device and search on a full size screen.
For reference, they are called Fender Apron Seals.
https://parts.germaintoyotaofnaples....ER/839062.html