We have seen what we have seen more than a few times. It isn't difficult to draw objective conclusions.
My opinion is that Metalcloak fenders are objectively ugly.
Non highline fenders advantages?
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We have seen what we have seen more than a few times. It isn't difficult to draw objective conclusions.
My opinion is that Metalcloak fenders are objectively ugly.
You wouldn’t have any less uptravel if you still had your OEM fenders. Blaine didn’t set my uptravel to my fender height…I could go to high lines right now and my up travel would not change.
You're wrong on my set up. My up travel was limited by my fenders, not my shocks or springs. Axle width and wheel specs change a lot of things.
Every vehicle and how it is set up is different. Too many know it alls with a keyboard. You remember Jerry Bransford? Same concept with some still active.
HiLines require cutting the hood. They usually replace the inner fender and outer flare. They add room for tires and uptravel both up and back. They are quite different than flares that appear flat like a Bushwhacker (aka Bushcracker).
MC fenders give a slight advantage over OEM. They do away with the seam.
How much uptravel do you have with 5” lift and 37’s?
Quit with the offset BS. It doesn’t help or explain anything.
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Unlike Jerry, a few of us have actually built our Jeeps and have done so with a high degree of thoroughness.
Specifically, the main slight advantage is the same result as chopping the outer fender back to about an inch away from the hood.
This is also why the backspacing or axle axle width is less important in this particular regard.
Never ran MC fenders huh?
Just like everyone else who bases them, probably never ran them.
I don't need to run them to understand what is going on.
So you did the 5" lift and your tires were smashing your OEM fenders up to the point where you could not max out your uptravel?
I had 4" of lift and yes my OEM fenders were the limit of my up travel.
Internet arguing at its best.
Now it is your turn to explain how, with Metalcloak fenders, I am incorrect that the clearance gained above the wheel is no different than chopping away the outer fender about an inch away from the hood.
You can even post pics of the section of fender surrounding the hood to show how incorrect I am.
I see what you did there. Now you say chopping the OEM fenders WAY back near the hood is the same as the MC fenders. Are you reading what your typing? Why would anyone chop their OEM fenders that much? So you say there is an advantage...
This is where you demonstrate that you aren't paying attention to what I have been saying about Metalcloak fenders.
You keep saying that, but it doesn't make it true. Care to share any photos of your OEM fenders being damaged since they are what limited your uptravel?
Irony at its best.
I’m pretty sure we all said MC’s give slightly more clearance UP.
In the order of 2/3”, which would be the equivalent of cutting the inner fender back near the hood due to the arc of the axle during articulation.
See pictures already posted. Still had up travel but the fenders were the limiting factor.
I'm done arguing. Y'all have expressed your hate for a product you've never used. You're no better than those already ran off the forum.
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