It's right there in the name Arched and Overline. The shape and the placement of the flares are entirely different than any other aftermarket replacement fender.
Here's a ridiculous exaggeration to illustrate...
What is it about the look of Metalcloak fenders that some do not like?
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It's right there in the name Arched and Overline. The shape and the placement of the flares are entirely different than any other aftermarket replacement fender.
Here's a ridiculous exaggeration to illustrate...
I agree. Learning and modifying from what I did 10-15 years ago is drastically different to what I do now. Like my Savvy double adjustable arms. Blaine and jjvw (and a few others) have laid out the specifics of how arms and joints function so well over the years that I had no problem spending the money for the Savvy DA’s. Just one example…
That being said I am only talking about the aesthetic part of the discussion. That varies so much individually that it’s like arguing over what everyone’s favorite color is. I am in no position to tell you what color to like…
I kinda like the overlines. I know they wouldn't do anything for me functionally, but I like the aesthetic. The arched ones are hot garbage.
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Its something I just don't get an appreciation of, but then almost everything I see is in pictures or on Youtube. I have never sen a set of MC in the flesh in the UK, indeed the only replacement fenders I have seen over here in the flesh are Poison Spyders.
Thanks! I let the trolls do the trolling
People just have to be smart enough to know when to disengage.
Think about it this way. Where the flares and clearance are concerned, there is no functional difference between Metalcloak and chopping off the factory outer fender about 2" away from the edge of the hood. The MC flare is shaped and positioned in such a way as to allow the tire to rise up above the hood line and still have some flare coverage.
There is a lot to unpack in that explaination. But that gets us deep into the subject of functionality.
The overlines don't compliment any other line on the vehicle, so they just seem out of place in an attempt to look aggressive.
There's certainly some subjectivity to liking the ones I chose, but they follow the hood line drawn from the windscreen forward. But as @starkey480 mentioned, my motivation was function. I didn't need them to get where I am in my build, but they are a step in a direction it's going and made some things easier along the way.
Why do you care what others think? Run what you like. I also think they are ugly, but I run them anyway. My Jeep build is not about looks
Curiosity is gonna kill the cat here. If you think they are ugly, why are you running them?
It's a complicated thing when the looks of the product are derived from the functionality aspect of them.
With Metalcloak fenders, the look they have derived is based on a half-truth. That is what makes them ugly for me. It's like a dumpy looking girl that you barely like, then she opens her mouth to talk, you hear the nonsense spouting out and you now know the ugly is on the inside too.
"Diagram shows 35's with No Lift" is ugly. Measuring from the bottom edge of the flexible outside plastic flexible fender flare (instead bottom lip of the metal fender) and exaggerating the gains is ugly. I already disliked the looks of these to start with, but now see what I mean?
Now Crawlteks are ugly too, but they are ugly like CJ-3Bs are ugly. The good kind of ugly. It's the girl that you see in movies being quiet, always supporting the central character and looks kinda frumpy. But then, towards the end, they do their hair, lose the glasses and voilà, everyone sees that they have been beautiful all along.
Dammit man you called both sets of fenders I own ugly.
Why the hell can't I seem to fit 35's on my TJ without a lift then? What am I doing wrong?
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There's low hanging fruit and then there's low hanging fruit. And folks wonder why they get picked on.
Like he said, his build isn't about looks. But, we already knew that, look at the fenders he's running.
