eBay Fender flares

more photos!

 

I will do a write up in a day or two. But my thought with these flares is that they were money well spent. Minor modifications had to be done but I'm happy with them.

 

What modification had to be done?

 

The drivers side rear needed two of the holes to be enlarged to match up with the factory mounting holes and there are two screws at the front of the front flares that require 2 holes to be drilled and clips installed but the provided screws were too short. Also, on the front passenger flare I used washers as a spacer between the flare and the fender to make the gaps match between the driver and passenger side where the flares met the bumper.

 

Pics? I'm about to start cutting fenders.

 

These are RJD ebay version?

 

Yep

 

Not to mention, your color scheme looks badass! More pics please.

 

Pics for days

 

I am still waiting on black hardware to do a true bolt on for the fenders, so I don't really have any good pics at the moment. My truck was bone stock until I jumped into this project a few days ago. I have a lot I'm working on, and my King's got backordered so I'll be even longer getting it up and going.

I don't have any pictures of my cut flares, just a picture of when I was mocking them up.

I only had the passenger front mocked up. They do provide a lot of tire coverage, which is what I was after. For the price I am happy.

 

Cool. I got my stock flares pulled off and the liner out. I'll probably mark them up and start cutting next weekend.

I can't even put the 37s on the rear until I chop the fenders

I'm gonna have to cut this corner off where the battery is and plate it. Tire is at ride height. When flexed the 285 tire was up against it. The 37s need a lot more room.

 

Got to installing the front flares today. I had to re drill holes to line up the front main flare with the small bumper pocket. And to make things worse, the rubber trim they supplied was not enough to do all 4 flares and the 2 front bumper pockets.

Gonna try to get in contact with Bushwacker and see if they can send out the needed amount of trim to do the rears

I also had to cut a bunch off as I rub bad with my 285s
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I did this:

https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/because-fender-flare.229239/

 

Wow!

I don't think I want to cut my truck up that much....although I think it's gonna get there at some point

 

Pocket flares don't require any cutting or drilling as they only mount to the inside edge of the fender. The outside "bolts" are for looks only.

 

I also installed the Ebay flares on my "09 access cab long bed. They fit fine, but a few of the holes didn't line up. So I used the included "self tapping" screws. EASY.
What took the longest was fitting the damned rubber trim. And I had just about 6" left over. So don't damage it!
It worried me that this type of flare doesn't bolt to the fender sides, just to the inside lip. But the fitment is very secure.

 

Which flares are these? How much of a flare did it give you compared to stock?

 

Rdj off ebay. They added about 1" more coverage, but they did rub a bit in the front, nothing a bad ass pair of scissors couldnt take care of. Heres my review.

https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/rdj-ebay-flares-review.491844/#post-15176643

 

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