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Installed Lund Fender flares on my fx4 this weekend. Happy with how they came out on the truck also happy about the price i paid for them. About $250 for the front and back sets brand new.
Yes. Road grit gets trapped between the flare edge and paint and rubs a line through the finish. This even happens if they are put on with double side tape. Over time the tape lets go in sections and the paint gets damaged.
One thing you could try is having a protective film put down before the flares are installed. Even then, you will need to keep an eye on things, replacing the film when it starts to fail.
This is one thing that is keeping me from jumping on some flares since I got the Raptor wheels - the flares rubbing the paint. (WHY can't anyone make a mid-sized flare that goes all the way up to the top of the fender "brow"???)
But anyway... has anyone seen the way they finish a factory flare on some cars/trucks? They run a very small, smooth bead of a matte finish caulking (silicone? polyurethane?) The edges are obviously taped off before they run the bead. But I'm pretty sure this would keep the fenders from vibrating and rubbing the paint, and keep the gunk out from between them and the fenders. And it would be simple enough to remove if the need be.
The pain rubbing is the reason I was hesitant to put my Bushwackers on. Even the stock FX4 flares had rubbed the paint when I took them off, and my truck was only a month old. I've accepted the fact there is no winning, either rock chips or rubbed paint, choose your poison.
This is one thing that is keeping me from jumping on some flares since I got the Raptor wheels - the flares rubbing the paint. (WHY can't anyone make a mid-sized flare that goes all the way up to the top of the fender "brow"???)
But anyway... has anyone seen the way they finish a factory flare on some cars/trucks? They run a very small, smooth bead of a matte finish caulking (silicone? polyurethane?) The edges are obviously taped off before they run the bead. But I'm pretty sure this would keep the fenders from vibrating and rubbing the paint, and keep the gunk out from between them and the fenders. And it would be simple enough to remove if the need be.
This is one thing that is keeping me from jumping on some flares since I got the Raptor wheels - the flares rubbing the paint. (WHY can't anyone make a mid-sized flare that goes all the way up to the top of the fender "brow"???)
That's too much flare for my liking. The stock flares go up about 2.5" and it would take another 5" of flare or slightly more to reach the next body line above the wheel wells or as you call it top of the fender brow.
05-19-2015, 12:51 PM
Lund Fender Flares
