saserby

If I remove my stock FX4 fender flares, will the fender underneath be fine without them, or will there be holes or anything? I'd like to take them off and leave them off for a while until I can get some painted ones. Is it just a normal fender underneath?

Bjnewton1

There will be a bunch of holes!

RaceRed14

There will be mounting holes underneath your stock flare..... will it hurt anything no. It will just look unappealing to the eye,till you get them painted.

saserby

Dammit I was afraid of that. Thanks for the intel.

FX14

Side question...how do you even take these off. I have an FX4 and wouldn't mind switching to the painted white lariat/FX2 flares.

saserby

Are the holes for mounting the flares? I assume so. I've seen ebay paintable flares but they only attach on the lip. Any ideas on factory type ones that would use the existing holes?

saserby

Wondering the same thing. There are screws in the fender lip. Are there any hidden inside the back of the fender?

RaceRed14

Yes, the factory flares use the holes for mounting. All the aftermarket ones i have seen use clips and screws in your existing holes around the wheel well lip.

eyecandynsx

There are screws at the ends and I believe a 10mm nut inside the front edge of the fronts. Take those out and then carefully pull out the lip of the flare and push up. I think there are like 8 or 10 clips per flare.

I did what you want to do and it looked so much better, but it was last year. There is a write up or two for the 04-08 trucks on this site, and its the same procedure for 09-14 trucks

saserby

Eyecandy, did you sand the texture off your FX4 flares, or buy smooth ones?