My bad my bad. Sorry. Put the wrong company in. I changed it. Savvy
Front Highline Fender Purpose
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My bad my bad. Sorry. Put the wrong company in. I changed it. Savvy
I think you’d be one of the guinea pigs for those. I think they are a new design by the Florida based version of Savvy.
The pics show great clearances outside but I think under hood accessories with those fenders would be more of a challenge than any other on the market. They maximized exterior wheel clearance in favor of under hood space. I’m not sure a factory sized battery would fit with how much they pushed that wheel well back and with the rolled inner fender that darn near matches the hood line.
The pics show great clearances outside but I think under hood accessories with those fenders would be more of a challenge than any other on the market. They maximized exterior wheel clearance in favor of under hood space. I’m not sure a factory sized battery would fit with how much they pushed that wheel well back and with the rolled inner fender that darn near matches the hood line.
If I were building highlines today, I would almost certainly choose Flux.
I agree. I like the look externally, but you know just looking at that the inner that it's going to be even more difficult to get all the components sorted out.
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I’ll say this again Flux off road for the win.
I tried to order them through extreme terrain since they indicated in stock, I canceled the order a month later when they had no shipping time frame. I didn't do it direct, so that may be a different experience.
They don't use firewall support brackets, so it'd be interesting to see how secure the inners are. They do have an add on battery tray that I would 100% use, be really hard to secure a heavy battery without decent firewall support.
https://savvyoffroad.com/collection...y-highline-front-fenders-inners-savvy-offroad
Yep I looked on their website site and it doesn’t show the Flux highline
He doesn't have them ready yet. They're in his build thread, at least the prototype.
https://wranglertjforum.com/threads/2004-lj-in-flux.57641/page-56
He still hasn’t made a production run yet. The first run is being made currently.
https://wranglertjforum.com/threads/2004-lj-in-flux.57641/page-56Yep I looked on their website site and it doesn’t show the Flux highline
He still hasn’t made a production run yet. The first run is being made currently.
Interesting. I wish they’d post pics under the hood with everything mounted. Looking at the one pic they do have of the passenger side inner fender with the air filter zip tied to the grill support I’m really curious where they stick the PDC.
By the time you factor in the price of all the brackets that aren’t included makes more complete solutions like the Nemesis seem like a steal.
There are a few mysteries about what Savvy came up with and how they expect the end-user to package stuff onto their inner fenders. This is very indictive of the new Savvy. Crawltech seems to have done a better job than most in giving us room to put things. Poison Spyder is the worst at this and Savvy looks to have copied that for some reason.
With any highline, the PCM is solved by removing it's mounting bracket and attaching it directly to the firewall as high up as it will go. The battery tray also needs extra bracing to the firewall for all highlines.
Flux has several good improvements both functionally and aesthetically over Crawltech that doesn't exist anywhere else. There is a secret bend right at hood level that matches the body. Even with the functional improvements, there will still be a tremendous amount of reconfiguring and building of new brackets for everything that attaches to the inner fenders.
I can't find it, but I could swear I emailed Savvy for the instructions after I placed the order and never got a response.
I almost did the Nemisis, but I got impatient and knew Motobilts would show up in like two days. I think their full set looks good, but damn it'd be nice to be able to use their custom cut rears for the stretch. The Motobilt corner blanks have been sitting in the corner of the garage for a few months waiting for me to start hacking.
From measurements on a friends, I'm pretty sure the Nemisis high lines are about an inch or so thicker at the bottom where they meet the cab. Their rockers extend further into the wheel well than my MB fenders. He has the crawltech fenders, and it's closer, but still runs past them.
I would encourage you to request detailed pictures of how the inner fender interfaces with the steering shaft riser.
Yeah, I had to trim the aluminum portion of the Flux rockers to get them to fit with the Nemesis fenders, but the stainless portion fit, although in a perfect world I would have matched the angles but that’s what happens when you mix/match manufacturers. Nemesis rockers weren’t even in the running. Those things are huge.
I really like the idea that Nemesis includes new mounting brackets. It definitely makes the price seem better. What's annoying is that for the additional "flare" they don't really explain how it attaches. Seems like it bolts on, but they say no drilling? Is it easy to take on and off? What are the "skeletos?"
Does anyone still rub with highlines and/or which brand offers the most clearance behind the tire? Mine does.
My setup:
2" forward stretch
65" WMS
3.5" effective backspacing
calculated 38.75" diameter tire
Motobilt highlines
My setup:
2" forward stretch
65" WMS
3.5" effective backspacing
calculated 38.75" diameter tire
Motobilt highlines
I think you’re referring to the ECM. I was able to leave mine in the factory location as the Nemesis battery box tilts the battery forward. It mounts to the firewall at 4 or 5 points and then I added a support that goes to the inner fender.
I don’t see how you would mount the power distribution box with the Savvy inner fenders unless you relocate it entirely.
take a look at a build I completed a couple years ago. "Skeletos" is added supports welded inside the flare. I will say that the aluminum "bolt-on" flares did not line up well. It took persuasion to align the bolt holes. So much that Rob had to make me a new set that fit better.
https://wranglertjforum.com/threads/aluma-j.68576/
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