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After fitting the new 34" JTII's on stock suspension there was a bit of rubbing on the flares so i removed them from the 90 just for a look.
I decided i quite liked the look of the raised wheel arches so i decided to make some new flares from 150mm wide lawn edging bolted to the holes from where the factory flares were attached.

Looks lifted already since the factory jobs came down several inches

Im very happy with the result seeing it only took me like an hr

Good job and great price!

How do the 34's move up and down, in and out? Any scrubbing?

Whats your suspension set up?

tks....

Those edges look sharp... [MRS. LOVEJOY VOICE] "Won't somebody please think of the pedestrians" [/MRS. LOVEJOY VOICE]




But seriously - aren't flares required to withstand a certain force to be legal (not that the stock defender ones probably would). However, they look good - I assume you did the colour coding yourself.

The 90 looks good too!

def-90 wrote:Good job and great price!

How do the 34's move up and down, in and out? Any scrubbing?

Whats your suspension set up?

tks....

Suspension is stock at the moment but +2" springs & shocks will be here soon.
The top picture of the 90 with no flares is completly flexed with oposite wheels hanging. The rear drivers side tyre is about 20mm shy of the top of the wheel arch. I get cross axled before anything rubs, all limited by the stock susp.
When i get new coils and shocks im sure they will rub & will just have to lower the bumpstop a fraction. We will see!

The front tyres still scrub the radius arms on full lock even with these offset rims but i just adjusted the lock stop nuts and am happy with the turning circle.

ISUZUROVER wrote:Those edges look sharp... [MRS. LOVEJOY VOICE] "Won't somebody please think of the pedestrians" [/MRS. LOVEJOY VOICE]

But seriously - aren't flares required to withstand a certain force to be legal (not that the stock defender ones probably would). However, they look good - I assume you did the colour coding yourself.

The 90 looks good too!

They are not as sharp as they appear however i will round all the edges off this week.

Regarding the legality i thought they were fine as i have had police go over friends 4wd's with flares done very similar & had no problem. I will read up on it.
They are very stiff though, i could easily sit four stubbies on the flare at least, just because of the support the arch shape gives to them.

I bought the material that colour!!

6m x 150mm lawn edging $31 + $10 for bolts =$41 flares

hey Kane, flares look good, ive done nearly 30 K on my tyre and there still looking good.

Drew

Hey there Dude.
LOoks very cool with the flares on. Just need to take it bush now. When does your suspension arrive, give me a bell when you've got it in.

DFND90 wrote:They are very stiff though, i could easily sit four stubbies on the flare at least, just because of the support the arch shape gives to them.

Maybe 5.. i was drinking the 6th

DFND90 wrote:

DFND90 wrote:They are very stiff though, i could easily sit four stubbies on the flare at least, just because of the support the arch shape gives to them.

Maybe 5.. i was drinking the 6th

Just carry that picture to show the RTA if they ever hassle you.

DFND90 wrote:

DFND90 wrote:They are very stiff though, i could easily sit four stubbies on the flare at least, just because of the support the arch shape gives to them.

Maybe 5.. i was drinking the 6th

Buy real bear - 335ml Bottles

Anyway, they look good.

I have just about finished resyraying my car with new cut up guards so the garden edging may be the cheap answer to new flares.

Good work!

Dave

DaveS3 wrote:
Buy real bear - 335ml Bottles

Over here in Germany, all beer comes in either 330ml bottles 500ml bottles, and sometimes 1L bottles. Makes sense when you think about it: 1/3L 1/2L, 1L.

But for some strange reason the twist top never caught on here - 99% of beer is not twist top.

Anything that the beer can rest on has to be good

Trav

i have started modifing flairs for the county by spacing them out from the body 3 inches with strips of 1/4 inch conveyor belt. There was a D90 similar in a LRO mag last year sometime and they made the car look really wide.

Checked out the garden edging at bunnigs last nite.. very strong, durable an uv protectent, came in arrange of colours an wasnt badly priced.
Great alternative and looks horn!

DFND90 wrote:

DFND90 wrote:They are very stiff though, i could easily sit four stubbies on the flare at least, just because of the support the arch shape gives to them.

Maybe 5.. i was drinking the 6th

dude the beers should be empty

Barathrum wrote:

DFND90 wrote:

DFND90 wrote:They are very stiff though, i could easily sit four stubbies on the flare at least, just because of the support the arch shape gives to them.

Maybe 5.. i was drinking the 6th

dude the beers should be empty

Id just bought them! That was outside woolies in the carpark while i was malling

But a note on the flares. They dont stop the 90 getting dirty! These tyres seriously paint the car with mud as soon as you drive anywhere near the stuff
It turns brown just going up my driveway on a rainy day

Where did you get the edging from dude? I need some. Was it easy to cut? I only need about 15mm.

You-know-who.

I bought mine from Bunnings Warehouse (vic).

Dave.

Let me re-phrase that:

Kane old mate, where did you get it? Seeing as though we don't have a Bunnings here...

pleiades wrote:Let me re-phrase that:

Kane old mate, where did you get it? Seeing as though we don't have a Bunnings here...

Home Hardware Tumut carries the green stuff 150mm x6m $31. Mitre 10 would have it aswell i would assume.

Its about 3mm thick and cut easily with tin snips.

I have some left but theyre perfect sizes for replacement flares so youre not getting it

I used a very similar product on my Suzuki for yeras. Awhile back I got a defect notice and part of what came up in the rwc requirements were that flares had to be structural enough to deflect a pedestrian from the wheel area and ths they weren't deemed to be strong enough.

So technically they aren't legal because if a pedestrian is stupid enough to get that close to a moving car you can't have them touching a moving wheel but its ok if they hit 2 tonnes of moving car

[mr burns voice] excellent [/mr burns voice]

grimbo wrote:I used a very similar product on my Suzuki for yeras. Awhile back I got a defect notice and part of what came up in the rwc requirements were that flares had to be structural enough to deflect a pedestrian from the wheel area and ths they weren't deemed to be strong enough.

So technically they aren't legal because if a pedestrian is stupid enough to get that close to a moving car you can't have them touching a moving wheel but its ok if they hit 2 tonnes of moving car

hmm... These new flares a definatly stiffer and stronger than the original flares that were quite flexible. Im sure they are illegal but the look and perform far better IMO so theyre staying legal or not till i get defected

i had some lawn edging on my zook. The stuff that DFDN90 used is definantly a lot less fexable than the stuff that i used. They are a lot stiffer setup than say a set of bushranger flares or something like that.

yep, flairs look grouse. It makes a great flexible formwork for concreteing aswell..... How good is this stuff!!... probly made by 3M.. Huh!

Drew