What fender flares do you run
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Xposure
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Metalcloak....I like them a lot they are extremely strong and durable and in my opinion look great. The ones I have don’t cover the entire tire but they have them all the way to 8” wide which sticks out more than 8” from the body and would cover it all the way if you wanted.
Stock, but if I were to run some other fenders I would go with MCE. Then I like JCR Defenders, MetalCloak, Genright, et. Al.
For me two things are of interest; one is if I can gain anymore room for bigger tires and two is if it is a plastic flare. I think it’s important to have plastic just for off-road purposes. If you hit them they’ll flex and won’t transfer any energy to the tub. If you hit one with a steel or aluminum flare, it’s going to cause damage to your Jeep. I’d rather just replace a flare. That said, I do like the look of MetalCloak, and especially body matched.
For me two things are of interest; one is if I can gain anymore room for bigger tires and two is if it is a plastic flare. I think it’s important to have plastic just for off-road purposes. If you hit them they’ll flex and won’t transfer any energy to the tub. If you hit one with a steel or aluminum flare, it’s going to cause damage to your Jeep. I’d rather just replace a flare. That said, I do like the look of MetalCloak, and especially body matched.
DeepSouthTJ
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I'm also running stock fenders. I'm just love the way the stock ones look, but if I had to change them up I'd go with the MCE flat fenders in a heart beat.
Stock. I'm considering MCE fenders somewhere down the road. A true high line is too much work for all the extra stuff under my hood and Metalcloaks are hideous.
I'm one of the only people out there that really loves the look of stock fenders. Clearance can be an issue with them, which is why I wish for the life of me that AEV still made a highline kit. It was seriously the perfect kit. Stock appearance, but much more room.
You can still find them from time-to-time, but people want absolutely stupid amounts of money for them, more than I'd ever be willing to pay.
You can still find them from time-to-time, but people want absolutely stupid amounts of money for them, more than I'd ever be willing to pay.
Starrs
TJ Guru
alittleoff
TJ Addict
I went back to stock flares to replace the Omix-Ada 6" flares. They took their lumps & bumps for the team, but didn't recover from the last time I laid it on its side.
That's too much for my taste considering there's no hood and I'd still have to have it painted.
For that price it really has to have a hood.
Starrs
TJ Guru
With the hood the kit is worth 3500-4K all day long. The hood alone sells for 2k NIB when one pops up for sale.
If I were to spend $4k on stock looking hood and fenders, I think I'd rather do the Jeep West style true highline where the factory fenders are raised and the hood is cut. All for free because it's already there. Then spend less than $4k on the body work to make it look clean. The end result is better clearance than AEV.
GTboosted
TJ Enthusiast
Is this the one that @David Kishpaugh and the guys at Jeep West do to the TJs? If so, I don't think I've seen any photos of it in a while. How are they extending the factory flares? Or are they using different flares?
Following with interest. Once you cut the hood and raise the fenders into their new position, you have an unsightly gap behind the wheel at the bottom of the tub. So, what do you do there?
DeepSouthTJ
Member
It feels like a lot of the parts I was interested in 5+ years ago aren’t around anymore. Though I did see some home brewed high lines the other day that actually looked pretty good.
Then it’s basically cutting the hood. I can do that. I already have sliders that come up the tub 6”.
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