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FLEXI FLARES *&^*&*^&** THINGS !!!!

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FLEXI FLARES *&^*&*^&** THINGS !!!!

Post by dirtyGQ »

I bought some lexi flares today what a bloody nightmare of a job the seem the spring nearly took my eye out ,i think it will be quicker to build the fibreglass ones.
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Post by go piggen »

did you put lube on the spring
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Post by RV80 »

Just feed some fencing wire through it.
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Post by dirtyGQ »

Nope put it back in the box till i have more patience . i thought there were 4 arches you screwed them on and trimmed off excess.
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Post by GQ4.8coilcab »

go piggen wrote:did you put lube on the spring
X2
get some out of the draw and lube it, goes in much easier
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Post by dirtyGQ »

cool thanks
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Post by jessie928 »

GQ4.8coilcab wrote:
go piggen wrote:did you put lube on the spring
X2
get some out of the draw and lube it, goes in much easier
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Post by Leeroy »

It's much easier if you file down the tip of the wire to a bullet shaped point. Then squirt inox or similar in the hole until it drips out the other end of the flare (use the little tube attachment), and dip the wire in oil (even poke down the dip stick if you don't have a bottle lying around!). This will make it too slippery for hands but use multigrips and get a mate to wiggle the flare around where it's trying to go around the sharper parts of the curve.

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Post by dirtyGQ »

tryed lining up the existing holes but the seem to far in past the lip on the flares.
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Post by crack »

hmm im suposed to be helping the old man put some on tomorrow ;)
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Post by GQ Bear »

I just put a straightened out coat hanger wire through each of mine. Didn't come with spring or anything
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Post by kempster1 »

Put the tube nozzle on the CRC and spray up the hole until it comes out the other side.
Take the egdes off the end of the wire and it will then just slide it.

PS put the wire in after srewing the flares to the car
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Post by bucketofbolts »

baby oil works really good to help the wire, helped a mate not long ago, the wire went in easy,

i know what your saying about being the wire being a nightmare

cheers ray

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Post by blkmav »

bucketofbolts wrote:baby oil works really good, helped a mate not long ago, went in easy
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Post by bucketofbolts »

thought i would clear that up,
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Post by dirtyGQ »

a mate done it for me made it look simple.
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Post by TwistedMQ »

The best way i have found to get the wire through is to put a air nozzel on one end of the flares and feed wire through from other end. Works a treat.
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Post by 75 cruser »

4wd monthly have a story on this in thier current issue

rob
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Post by dirtyGQ »

he screwed the flares on put inow grease in where the wire goes and slid it in,then trimmed .
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