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Bushwacker Flares??

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Bushwacker Flares??

Post by crankycruiser »

Bushwacker flares are the real wide ones arent they??

If so where can u get them from and can u get them to suit an 80 series?

any ideas on price?

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Post by Liam »

We import them.
No they dont do them for an 80.
Fitting flares of something else is possible, but it probably wont look right.
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Post by crankycruiser »

wat about the ones they run on thee artic trucks??
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Post by Liam »

They're not actually Bushwackers.
They are fibreglass guard. We have access to them, but they're pretty pricey. ( consider the freight on a box that 4 of those suckers will fit in ) Can look in to it if you want.
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Post by crankycruiser »

Liam wrote:They're not actually Bushwackers.
They are fibreglass guard. We have access to them, but they're pretty pricey. ( consider the freight on a box that 4 of those suckers will fit in ) Can look in to it if you want.
umm yer i dont reckon i would be able ot afford em.. but if u bored one day ya could look if ya want.. jsut for the hell of it :D
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Post by Emo »

Are you looking at replacing the fibreglass flares on an 80 series? I've beenlooking at this for a little while and haven't come up with a great alternative so I just keep patching the fibreglass ones.
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Post by Toy80Diesel »

How about keeping the fibreglass ones, and making a spacer to space them out, between the bodywork and the flare itself.

Maybe a 2inch spacer would look okay?
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Post by crankycruiser »

Toy80Diesel wrote:How about keeping the fibreglass ones, and making a spacer to space them out, between the bodywork and the flare itself.

Maybe a 2inch spacer would look okay?
yer thats prolly not a bad idea

I need to cover these suckers :?

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Post by Shadow »

do you want to cover them to make the vehicle legal? or to stop rocks etc dmging your/other cars? cause i dont think anyone will look at your flares once they see the beadlocks ;)
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Post by crankycruiser »

Shadow wrote:do you want to cover them to make the vehicle legal? or to stop rocks etc dmging your/other cars? cause i dont think anyone will look at your flares once they see the beadlocks ;)
Wat my prob is.. these rims stick out a mile and went i flex up it hits the flares and trys to rip em off.. so i was thinkin the bush wackers would give me a tad more clearance...
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Post by Eddy »

Maybe do one of those "virtual lift" jobbies on it?

ie pull the flares off, cut the arches out an inch or two, then remount the flares that 2" higher :?
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Post by bigfella13 »

frp in queensland do a 5 inch wide flare www.frp.com.au
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Post by FourSpin »

what about making your own....get some urethane foam and shape it to your liking with 80 grit, then making a fibreglass flare from the foam profile you just made??? lick of paint and voila :armsup:
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