I aquired a complete set of fender flares and I was thinking of copying them(somewhat) and getting a group buy going....or something to that affect. I have talked to several companies about producing the flares...but none that really "felt right" First....I wanna get an idea of who would be interested in the flares in either polyurethane or fiberglass. Fiberglass is the obvious cheaper route. I paid about $1500 for the set I have. So...lets get a list of "interested" members and we'll go from there. here are a few pics of the flares on an SRT8. If you have any questions...please ask
heres the install instructions. All thats needed is adhesive and the screws provided. They must be prefit(test fit and adjustments made), then painted and attached using screws and adhesive. Basically pretty easy.....LOL
You know what Scott. A few months ago when you showed the pic of the jeep with them asked yes or no I didn't like them at all. But now I'm digging it. However I wouldn't do it to the jeep I have now. If I had a jeep I planed on keeping then I would do it myself.
FYI-these do work on SRT and WK. I plan to have sets made for each that integrate into each models bumpers. They will stick out further than the stock flares...so a wider wheel or spacers will be required for the wheels to set flush. this also opens up the wheel market for the WK/SRT into the different offsets avaiable......probably in the +15---+25/30 range without the wheels looking like they "stick out"
there is a WH nonSRT in the install instructions......but its hard to tell. If we find a company to build them....hopefully we can get them to do 2 versions...one for the wk and one for the SRT. I personally think they need a little tweeking anyway.
What kind of tweaking? So they'd have to make two sets of molds, one for the originals and another for the modified ones, that's expensive. Are the originals Fiberglass?
Can you get a firm price for a group of 10 and see if 20 would be better? Also where will they be made, so we can figure out shipping? I know from working at my buddies shop, flares are pricey to ship.
My only concern is that the front would look somewhat odd without the rear being flared out as well. Is this the entire set, or just fronts?
EDIT: So, I took antoher lok at Scott's original post, and its obvious he is tlaking about all four flares. It loks as if getting the rear flares to integrate nicely would cost some pretty big bucks. Am I just overthinking it?
I love them! Count me in.....just gimme some time to check with my importer (car parts importations at halt atm )
A question though. The inner side of the flares are fastened with screws inside the wheel well....the upper side is held on by tape? Or do we have to drill??