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Post by grimbo »

Just been having a cruise through this Icelandic 4x4 site and there is a page with a whole list of flare manufacturers in Iceland. yes i know its a bit far away but they do make a huge range of fibreglass flares to cover some pretty large tyres. In thhis day and age with it harder and harder to keep our cars legal these might be of use to someone

http://www.4x4offroads.com/truck-fender-flare.html
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Post by CJ Burns Esq »

Go to Bunnings and purchase the plastic weed edging. costs about$5 for 10 metres.
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Post by grimbo »

CJ Burns Esq wrote:Go to Bunnings and purchase the plastic weed edging. costs about$5 for 10 metres.
which is not road worthy as a flare has to be structural in nature
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Post by mickyd555 »

grimbo wrote:
CJ Burns Esq wrote:Go to Bunnings and purchase the plastic weed edging. costs about$5 for 10 metres.
which is not road worthy as a flare has to be structural in nature
is that true????
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Post by Dozoor »

Good find Grimbo,
Was worth it just for this county thing :shock: FATISTHAT !
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Post by grimbo »

mickyd555 wrote:
grimbo wrote:
CJ Burns Esq wrote:Go to Bunnings and purchase the plastic weed edging. costs about$5 for 10 metres.
which is not road worthy as a flare has to be structural in nature
is that true????
when I got defected for a couple of things one of them was my flares. I had polyurethane sheet covering my tyres. I was told that they had to be changed to a more structural nature as one of the roles a flare had to perform was it had to be able to deflect a pedestrian from the moving wheels
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Post by bogged »

SHEDGUY tried to import some flairs (think it was that mob) from them and they wouldnt export for his troopy on 36x13 on 10's Swampers..
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Post by shakes »

my shorty with 11.5 x 33" 's didnt pass without flares, but cheap ass 'non-structrual' rubber flares passed - and they also passed a random RWC stop as well. I'm in vic but
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Post by spazbot »

holy sheet did anyone see the gu patrol on 49 iroks


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Post by dazzsbuggy »

damn those tyres look huge
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Post by high n mighty »

grimbo wrote:
mickyd555 wrote:
grimbo wrote:
CJ Burns Esq wrote:Go to Bunnings and purchase the plastic weed edging. costs about$5 for 10 metres.
which is not road worthy as a flare has to be structural in nature
is that true????
when I got defected for a couple of things one of them was my flares. I had polyurethane sheet covering my tyres. I was told that they had to be changed to a more structural nature as one of the roles a flare had to perform was it had to be able to deflect a pedestrian from the moving wheels
Have you checked out the edging. I reckon I could bend my guard if I hit the edging hard enough and it wouldn't flex. If you wanna pay for a guard and paint you are welcome to prove me wrong :D :D
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Post by mickyd555 »

doesnt ARB sell something similar to the "garden edge" flare...........they look a bit nicer (i prefer the garden edge) but arnt they the same sort of contruction??????
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Post by familybus »

CJ Burns Esq wrote:Go to Bunnings and purchase the plastic weed edging. costs about$5 for 10 metres.
actually it costs $27.50 but still cheap for 4 flares! did it today and looks prety cool
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Post by P_Byrne »

Queensland has a rule that is something like "the edge of any material (for flares) has to have a 5mm diameter radius", so that it wont cut pedestrians or similar
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Post by christover1 »

bunnings flares

I agree, they would tear the guards off before they gave in.

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Post by DaveS3 »

I agree as well.

My guards bend far more than the garden edging....

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Post by bogged »

P_Byrne wrote:Queensland has a rule that is something like "the edge of any material (for flares) has to have a 5mm diameter radius", so that it wont cut pedestrians or similar
I also thought that was the go...
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Post by Beastmavster »

Think you'd find most states have a similar rule. That's be the reason why the truck wheels have that turned over lip.
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Post by familybus »

yeh but truck wheels also have pertuding wheel nuts that would destroy the side of another vehicle let alone a pedestrian!
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Post by high n mighty »

christover1 wrote:bunnings flares

I agree, they would tear the guards off before they gave in.

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Post by adam.s »

mickyd555 wrote:doesnt ARB sell something similar to the "garden edge" flare...........they look a bit nicer (i prefer the garden edge) but arnt they the same sort of contruction??????
Yeah they are made from rubber.

This is the first I have ever heard of a flare supposed to be able to "deflect a pedestrian", I honestly don't think it is true.

Arn't the flares are there to cover the tyres and attempt to stop rocks from flicking up into other cars?
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Post by bogged »

adam.s wrote:This is the first I have ever heard of a flare supposed to be able to "deflect a pedestrian", I honestly don't think it is true.

Arn't the flares are there to cover the tyres and attempt to stop rocks from flicking up into other cars?
covering the tires also stop people gettin wiped BY the tires.. another reason container Skel trailers were forced to put chain along the sides, to stop people falling into the space and getting hurt (dont worry about the fact that theres a 20ton container on top !

It wouldnt really suprise me if it was true - think of some of the other fucked up laws out there.
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high n mighty wrote:
christover1 wrote:bunnings flares

I agree, they would tear the guards off before they gave in.

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Post by high n mighty »

christover1 wrote:
high n mighty wrote:
christover1 wrote:bunnings flares

I agree, they would tear the guards off before they gave in.

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yeah, but so am I, so it matches well :D

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Post by Doggy »

Your right people...the bunnings flares do crush the guards before they are damged themselves as seen on my once pristine front passenger guard :armsup:
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Post by grimbo »

adam.s wrote:
mickyd555 wrote:doesnt ARB sell something similar to the "garden edge" flare...........they look a bit nicer (i prefer the garden edge) but arnt they the same sort of contruction??????
Yeah they are made from rubber.

This is the first I have ever heard of a flare supposed to be able to "deflect a pedestrian", I honestly don't think it is true.

Arn't the flares are there to cover the tyres and attempt to stop rocks from flicking up into other cars?
If you saw my car you would realise how strict we were on making sure everything was as road worthy as possible. The flares were an obvious one that was easilt fixed with some new flares. You will be surprised at what is and isn't road worthhyrequirements. Just because people get away with stuff doesn't mean anything. I have passed rwc and roadside inspections before with my previous flares.
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Post by grimbo »

mickyd555 wrote:doesnt ARB sell something similar to the "garden edge" flare...........they look a bit nicer (i prefer the garden edge) but arnt they the same sort of contruction??????
yes but they are inly about an inch wide which means there is a lot more strength in the rolled rubber edge and the steel insert than a 5-6" flare required to cover a seriously big tyre that people are starting to use.
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Post by Dozoor »

Apart from objects (stones sand mud ect )
The flares are required to Diffuse Spray , Take a look at a GP on a wet day they cant see thru the spray .
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Post by Hekta »

This 80 series on 44's in in NSW and got the flares and hydro steer kit sent out from Toyota Iceland.

http://www.4x4offroads.com/toyota-land- ... ralia.html
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Post by De-lux »

Hekta wrote:This 80 series on 44's in in NSW and got the flares and hydro steer kit sent out from Toyota Iceland.

http://www.4x4offroads.com/toyota-land- ... ralia.html
thats actually the promo truck from Fourby's here in BrizVegas
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