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What choices (if any) are out there for wheel flares.

At the moment I have the LRA flares which are good but they are reaching the end of their life after being broken and fixed that many times and I want to cut more out of the wheel arches now.

I would buy another set of LRA flares except they are $900!

Who told you that ? i believe they are a bit over $400 a set - no way they are $900 .

What about flexi flares???

The extre large are more than $400, closer to $700 I think.
I have some Adam, I'll show you tomorrow.
Did I mention I'm pretty handy with fibreglass

Regards

Chris

Thanks Chris.

I am going to again repair the flares on this Rangie but I want a new set for a project car I am planning.

And yes they are that expensive. The Extra Large flares are $580/set for 2 door and $899/set for 4 door!!!

http://www.lrautomotive.com.au/286.html

Slunnie wrote:What about flexi flares???

Do they look as good as the fibreglass flares?

I don't think I have ever seen them on a Rangie, will have to look out for them.

I'm sure I could make Kevlar flares cheeper than that. With a flexable resin you won't break those suckers. It aint hard to rip a mould, just got to make a few changes so as to not upset the original owner/supplier.

Kevlar sounds good, been thinking of doing these myself (stepdad has fibreglass business, does my snorkels) but making them stronger and a bit bigger. Sh#t i could get anything made for a Rangie out of Kevlar or stronger materials.
Mangie if your keen to do these let me know?
Damien

i got some rubber flares for the time being but look rough want some good flares and LRA are way to expensive for me

if you guys get together and make some i would buy a par for the right price if you do should make them so they look heaps different to the others out there could even make some money out of it

Hey Chris, sounds like you have some work to do.

If you make a mould I will up for a set. Problem is you would need a mould for a 2 door and a 4 door rangie.

Are these the ones you are talking about Slunnie?

http://www.4wdaccessories.com.au/catalo ... cdd3b91837

They're the ones. They are a generic flare and not as nice as the Rangie Spares ones.

i found some on ebay a while ago, they were the flexable rubber flares and came in a few different designs and were pretty cheap

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/Discovery-Jackar ... dZViewItem

Malcolm01 wrote:i found some on ebay a while ago, they were the flexable rubber flares and came in a few different designs and were pretty cheap

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/Discovery-Jackar ... dZViewItem

i bought a set of those not bad good for the dollar and look ok

ive been considering getting them.. but they will need to be cut where the rear door meets the back quater pannel, will it look crap?

i cut mine and they look fine i put mine on in a couple of hours and was a bit rough just gettin it past rego but if you tried i reckon you could do a pretty good job and for the money they do the job save some bucks for other mods

dan

walker wrote:Hey Chris, sounds like you have some work to do.

If you make a mould I will up for a set. Problem is you would need a mould for a 2 door and a 4 door rangie.

Only the rears are different between 2 and 4 door rangie's.

my front flares have been fixed so many time is have lst count!! I have the repair down pat!! i also use a coat hanger wire on the under side to put stome strenth in it then i use bog with fibreglass in it on the under side and normal bog on the out side sand flat and spray!!

Mick

Will see if its cost affective to do Kevlar.

Mine don't break due to the fact that my POS doesn't leave the driveway

6.5 rangie wrote:Will see if its cost affective to do Kevlar.

Mine don't break do to the fact that my POS doesn't leave the driveway

good way to save on fuel bills

Ok, got a price on the Kevlar, about 8 times as much the cost of fibreglass, it all depends on how many kilo's of kevlar go into it, labor is still the same.

So that means it would cost $7200 for a set of flares?

Some of those rubber flares let u put wire in the outer lip so they bend and hold shape on the corners. My mate just got the rubber flare stuff from Clark Rubber and the wire from bunings (put on a GQ).

Is it a show car or a 4wd? go with the cheapest that work and keep the rogo man of ya back, go with flexi rubish

So that means it would cost $7200 for a set of flares?

Glass is cheap and kevlar ain't that expensive (about 8 times that of glass), its the labour that costs, and then the mark up which is the killer.

The resin etc. has also risen as it's a petroleum product.
All the same I recon I could do a set of kevlar flares for around $500 (that's a rough estimate). I believe the real test is to change the product enough so as to not upset the makers of the original product.

If you can do it, I'll take a set. Actually I just want the front guards not the rear.

mangie wrote:The resin etc. has also risen as it's a petroleum product.
All the same I recon I could do a set of kevlar flares for around $500 (that's a rough estimate). I believe the real test is to change the product enough so as to not upset the makers of the original product.

Is kevlar any stronger??

Moulds are done

Who want some kevlar (or fibreglass) flares?

BTW only 2 door at the moment.