Im seriously thinking of going back to the factory flairs on my wife's Jeep. I like the look of the wheel well being filled out. I live in Florida and as far as the tire making contact with anything I don't see that happening, Florida is pretty flat and other than crossing a ditch or culvert I don't think ill have a problem. Thoughts always welcome.
Going back to OEM fender flares?
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Where were you when I was trying to identify those fenders??
If you don't need the clearance, I too like the looks of the stock fenders.
If you don't need the clearance, I too like the looks of the stock fenders.
Clearance for what? The tires go inside of the plastic flares. If that's an issue, Rubi flares are 1" wider.
Those flares don’t give any more clearance than stock flares. The limit is the steel fender. If you look at the outer edge there’s a seam. That’s where the tire will hit first if it’s not bump stopped correctly.
When I sold my 03' Jeep, the guy removed my stock flares and put flat ones on it. I'm not a fan of the "illusion" of more clearance.
Ironically this picture of your Jeep is what got me wanting stock fender flares.
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I think I want to go to bigger fender flare for the simple reason my tires fling so much mess off the road (let alone trails) that the windows and mirrors get so dirty I can't see out of them after short while.
Where I'm located they use a lovely mix of sand and salt to blast the paint off anything and then a nice brine to rust it out. I was thinking wider flare may help to contain that mess in the winter and the rest of the time, contain the mess.
Where I'm located they use a lovely mix of sand and salt to blast the paint off anything and then a nice brine to rust it out. I was thinking wider flare may help to contain that mess in the winter and the rest of the time, contain the mess.
I prefer the stock flares .
I was disappointed reading your profile and finding out that the Cat in "Harold&Cat" wasn't an actual cat. I'm sure you weren't. My "cat" was disappointed too. I tried to get him off this forum and paid the price.
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When I bought my first jeep it had those Bushwacker style flares on it, I removed them and replaced them with stock, I liked the appearance much better. Now that I have a Rubicon, I like those flares even better.
Yep was lucky enough on one of my trips back to Missouri to find a set of new Rubi takeoffs in Cherokee N.C.i went to pick em up and he had them in his new (pocket flairs)box.he didn’t want the ugly Rubi flairs anymore and let them go cheap to me(lol)
I was disappointed reading your profile and finding out that the Cat in "Harold&Cat" wasn't an actual cat. I'm sure you weren't. My "cat" was disappointed too. I tried to get him off this forum and paid the price.
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We trail ride with a miniature schnauzer Rayna and a toy schnauzer Annabelle .
At home we have four cats Monkey , Tiger , Cookie and Ally
Love that, fingers crossed luck will smile upon me for a set of Black Painted Sahara flares for a cheap cost!
And now that we are all posting our Cats, This is Newt.
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