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hi guys

I know this has been posted about 2 billion times just thought i would ask a few questions as i couldn't seem to get a search answer (thanks bogged)

What i want to is replace my factory flares on my GQ patrol with something else as the flares are broken and split and stuff looks like shit

Bunnings garden edging stuff i love the look of the stuff and it's cheap but i have one concern everyone was saying if you bump into anything like a tree or a bank maybe it will bend my whole pannel in before it gives in and i wanted to know is there a way around this ???

But yeah manily interested in people oppions on the bunnings garden edging stuff as i rather fark $5 worth of edging then bend a pannel in on the car and i hate that clark rubber flexi flares becuase it sags badly and looks crap....

So yeah thanks alot for any input on it

Cheers

Rick

Mulisha wrote:Bunnings garden edging stuff i love the look of the stuff and it's cheap but i have one concern everyone was saying if you bump into anything like a tree or a bank maybe it will bend my whole pannel in before it gives in and i wanted to know is there a way around this ???

Nope its rigid shit for gardens. it aint designed to give or flex.. The bushranger (I think it was) shit you can get with wire in it, that doesnt sag, I was going to get, but got the ones I had for free, so never worried.

The bushranger flexi-flare works well, but its expensive. Although you can find the stuff on ebay for half the price.

It comes in 35mm or 65mm widths and kinda keeps the look of the orginal flares.

I have the 65mm stuff on my GQ and happy with it.

Im suprised nobody has made some fiberglass/carbonfibre copies of the originals but a bit wider.. I think they would sell like hashcakes, f/glass is so easy to repair!

I think that ARB sold Dura flares, These were made from polyuretane looked good but were $600, the manufacturer now sells direct but I'm not sure on price or if ARB still sell them

use conveyer belt rubber, i have another 40 metres in my garage just from asking my tradie mates when they work on new sites for any scraps, cost me a slab of jim beam for about 60 metres worth and flexs great on trees and comes straight back out.

I have the Bushranger stuff but it is a little over priced imo...

Easy to install yourself. Keep the screws a good distance apart 1" - 2 ".

Grease the wire up before putting it in, makes it much easier.

I've run into a few trees with mine and had the wire poke out the side, after which I yanked the wire out completely. After taking the wire out I can't notice any sag at all - so maybe wire is optional if you want additional flex.

The wire can also dangle out the ends of the flares a bit and can get quite stabby.

Thanks everyone sounds like the bushranger one is okay but the steel wire falls out and it's expensive

Bogged a fiberglass type would be good i wounder why know one has made them at this stage..

With the garden edging stuff mine is only going to stick out from the guard as much as the factory flares so it won't be sticking out that much...

I might buy some and just see what i can do to it so it will give a little becuase i pushed on my flares now up the top were all the factory mounts are still intack and it's pretty dam strong doesn't give much...

Thanks alot might look for some pics of that garden edging stuff on some cars and see how they mounted it..

Cheers

Rick.

The Bushranger flexi flares aren't expensive it will cost you about $140 to do all four wheel arches in the 65mm stuff which works out to $32.50. Takes about six beers and 45 mins a wheel including the time it takes to jack up the car and take the wheel off and put it back on again.

Your prolly best to drill pilot holes in the metal part of the arch before putting the self tappers in. Be careful on the back arches though, on my GQ which is a later model the front quarter of the wheel arch closest to the front of the vehicle is plastic so there is no need for pilot holes. Just put the self tappers straight into the plastic and it holds pretty well.

I squirted wd40 in the hole where the wire goes through and it went in easily with no probs at all.

I have pics of mine if you want me to send em through. Just PM me.

dish washing liquid is the best for fitting the wire, FRP in Kipparing do the wide fibreglass flares to suit 33" tyres but these are around the $200 to $300 mark

Another good trick for the wire (and other stuff like bike hand grips) is to use hair spray. It is slippery when wet, but dries sticky holding things in place.

Alec

Mulisha wrote:Thanks everyone sounds like the bushranger one is okay but the steel wire falls out and it's expensive


Rick.

give you a hint with the wire in the flexi flares, a drop of urethaine (sp) or resin glue works well in each end after the wire is put in. you cut the wire a little short so it is inside the rubber by 5-10mm each end and fill the remainder with the glue .

noelb1 wrote:

Mulisha wrote:Thanks everyone sounds like the bushranger one is okay but the steel wire falls out and it's expensive


Rick.

give you a hint with the wire in the flexi flares, a drop of urethaine (sp) or resin glue works well in each end after the wire is put in. you cut the wire a little short so it is inside the rubber by 5-10mm each end and fill the remainder with the glue .

You could also put in a small screw on each end after cutting the wire short and pushing it in.

http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=markkilp

There's a part in this vid close to the start with ZOOk60's shorty GQ copping a a beating onto the bunnings flairs and denting the quarter. It does bend but by that tim i think it's doing some damage

Go to clark rubber they have strips to suit all widths and seem to hold there shape well using the conveyor type rubber, cheap to and looks ok

Got my flare material from Clarke Rubber. Same as the Bushranger stuff but it cost me about $70 for six metres.

Look on Ebay and you can get exactly the same flare as the bushranger flare, complete with the wire etc for about 80.00 for 6 meters

Thanks alot guys i'll have a look on ebay and go see clark rubber tommorow..

Thanks

Rick.