I know there are fiberglass fenders out there that can give you 3" more clearence - they are pretty pricey and all that give you the clearence stick out real far. I was thinking why not find a body guy to hack out the wheel
wells and find a bigger flare from a full size truck that would fit. Anybody done anything like this? or have an opinion on it?

Thanks,
TBob
Mesa, AZ

 

It's less work to just get the flares. If you have to pay someone, it'll cost you.

 

Yea I agree on the front but have you seen what is required for the back? some serious work and I have a camper shell so I don't think
replacing the outer metal of the box and using the fiberglass would work.

Thanks,
TBob

 

I've been mauling this over recently. I want to be able to clear 35's with my IFS through very mild lift (BJ spacers, cruiser coils, and 1" BL) and enlarging the wheel openings. Bushwacker flares for a Superduty or even an older F-250 seem to have alot of diameter to them. I'm not ready to start hacking just yet though...

 

On the rear wheel wells of my Runner I cut out about 3" all the way around the opening. Then I took some thin aluminum I had and bent it into U shape pieces to attach the fender and the inner wheelwell back together. I used aluminum rivets to attach the aluminum plates to the sheetmetal. Then some bondo to make it look nice. Worked extremely well.

On the front I cut out the fender the same but didn't have to attach it to an inner wheelwell like the back. I just bent it like an L so the sharp edge was facing inward.

 

wheres the pic?

 

I saw someone on Pirate did something like this...

 

like....????

Thanks,
Bob

 

I'm all for Cheep, Home grown mods but this takes the cake.

It was on at Tracker,
I thought that the guy had wide tires on it but when I came up to to it I noticed that he had cut the wheel wells and then attached pieces of tires as a fender flair. They stuck out about 3-4".
They had a nice arc to them but :pat:

I'll give the guy points for effort but did it look fugly....

 

I cut mine with a big Dewalt jigsaw, taped off the boders with a little xtra space and went to town. I run 33x12.5 in stock hubs or 35's w/ 1.5" spacers.
I'm in the process of cutting some old tj jeep flares to fit, they are the right basic angle. Please ignore that heep in the background, it's just your imagination.