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Jeep Flares On Zuks

Posted: Tue Jun 13, 2006 2:45 pm
by =SKB=
Does anyone have any pics of jeep flares fitted to zuks like the one below?

Can't remember where I got this pic. Anymore especially front on would be cool.

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Posted: Tue Jun 13, 2006 3:26 pm
by midnight
You can buy kits for them. Or just go and get heep flares. Roughly the same price.

Posted: Tue Jun 13, 2006 3:51 pm
by =SKB=
Yeah I've seen the kits like this:

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But the first pic is the only one I have seen with Jeep flares. Would like to see a few more pics of them on zuks before I throw my wallet at Jeep versions.

Posted: Tue Jun 13, 2006 3:56 pm
by "CANADA"
OKI-ZUK from Pirate runs them

Posted: Tue Jun 13, 2006 4:01 pm
by Damo
Some pics here http://www.outerlimits4x4.com/PHP_Modul ... c&start=60 and elsewhere in that thread probably.

Posted: Tue Jun 13, 2006 4:04 pm
by =SKB=
Thanks Madzuki.

Very nice Zuk Damo. Looking forward to the finished result.

Posted: Tue Jun 13, 2006 4:51 pm
by nicbeer
Drew and a couple on here have them on there zooks.

Nic

Posted: Tue Jun 13, 2006 6:09 pm
by Fruity_84
i wouldnt mind doin that to my suzuki any idea on price?

Posted: Tue Jun 13, 2006 6:09 pm
by Nev
yeh bazooked put them on his car didnt he? Have a look in his members thread

And those ones SKB posted look like bushwacker flares...look cool but are about $700 i think

Posted: Tue Jun 13, 2006 6:38 pm
by Bentzook
You are best off with the Jeep flares, you can get them from Wooders Garage, approx $600. The other ones shown above are very ridgid and wont take too many direct hits before exploding. The Jeep one are very flexiable and bounce back into shape, ie you can run them into a tree and they`ll return to shape. Now thats worth the $6-700. If you break the other ones , they shatter. "Its the way it shatters that matter". I`m going to fit the Jeep ones onto the Gravitron, which is nearing completion. :D

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Posted: Tue Jun 13, 2006 6:54 pm
by v840
Bentzook wrote:I`m going to fit the Jeep ones onto the Gravitron, which is nearing completion. :D
Slight Hijack.
Are you able to put the pics back in your build-up thread? That thing was looking hot and then you removed the pics :?:
How far off finishing it are you? Cant wait to see it all done.

Sorry =SKB= you can have your thread back now.

Posted: Tue Jun 13, 2006 7:01 pm
by bazooked
ya need 2 sets of rears of a tj or the likes, i think the front ones look gay, 1 pair i got 4 free and the other pair i had to pay 80bux for :bad-words: , but yeah they work a treat and if ya look hard enough around the traps u can pik em up for nuthing. :D , i would post pix but they arent workin.

Posted: Tue Jun 13, 2006 7:19 pm
by mud4b
Bentzook wrote:You are best off with the Jeep flares, you can get them from Wooders Garage, approx $600. The other ones shown above are very ridgid and wont take too many direct hits before exploding. The Jeep one are very flexiable and bounce back into shape, ie you can run them into a tree and they`ll return to shape. Now thats worth the $6-700. If you break the other ones , they shatter. "Its the way it shatters that matter". I`m going to fit the Jeep ones onto the Gravitron, which is nearing completion. :D

i dissagree (sp).
i ran the bushwackers on the mud and they copped a beating..i once hed the full weight of the zook on one of em and it only got scratched.we even drove over them when i first got them in.

admitantly i did end up ripping one off because a tree jumped out in front of me... but it didnt break the flare just tore the bolts through the holes.

Posted: Tue Jun 13, 2006 7:33 pm
by raqmup
pic at start of thread is my sierra, got the flares from USA 4x4 in mordicalloc, melbourne. Give Tony Whithead a call and tell him mike from repco reffered you an he shoud be able help you out with some standard width TJ flares for not a lot. Contact no. is (03) 9587-2244.
More pics... :lol:
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Posted: Wed Jun 14, 2006 8:27 am
by =SKB=
Hey thanks again for the pics and comments. Think I will try sourcing some jeep flares for the right price :D

Posted: Wed Jun 14, 2006 9:08 am
by grimbo
so why not trim the guards so you don't see any under the flares. Always looks a bit bodged when the guards aren't cut to match

Posted: Wed Jun 14, 2006 9:21 am
by Gutless
mud4b wrote:
Bentzook wrote:You are best off with the Jeep flares, you can get them from Wooders Garage, approx $600. The other ones shown above are very ridgid and wont take too many direct hits before exploding. The Jeep one are very flexiable and bounce back into shape, ie you can run them into a tree and they`ll return to shape. Now thats worth the $6-700. If you break the other ones , they shatter. "Its the way it shatters that matter". I`m going to fit the Jeep ones onto the Gravitron, which is nearing completion. :D

i dissagree (sp).
i ran the bushwackers on the mud and they copped a beating..i once hed the full weight of the zook on one of em and it only got scratched.we even drove over them when i first got them in.

admitantly i did end up ripping one off because a tree jumped out in front of me... but it didnt break the flare just tore the bolts through the holes.
I agree with mark. The bushwackers are rigid yes, but they do flex, and will not shatter. The bushwacker website even says they can be driven over with no ill effects. i priced som jeep flares about a year ago and was told $600 for the set. I also got the same price on the bushwackers, so thats what I bought.

Posted: Wed Jun 14, 2006 1:24 pm
by suzuki boy
If you are looking for jeep flares i would get in contact with USA4X4 in Melbourne and ask if they have any because when a jeep go's to 33's they need wider flares so the stock ones have to come off.

Posted: Wed Jun 14, 2006 6:05 pm
by Daz7
If anyones interested in a set of standard Jeep flares my 06 Wrangler is getting a wider set in the next week or two so the originals are up for offer.

I'm in NW Sydney

Posted: Wed Jun 14, 2006 10:55 pm
by Wooders
For new TJ flares - we now have a set of 7" flares for $500!
Probably a bit bigger than you're after but it's a prety good price we think.
Also can sometimes help line up a 2nd hand set where the TJ Owner has upgraded. Fro reference the Std TJ flare sare 4.5" wide.
CHeers

Posted: Fri Jun 16, 2006 10:58 am
by =SKB=
Cheers. Might be in touch after rego Wooders.

Posted: Fri Jun 16, 2006 11:25 am
by jimmyb
FYI 2nd hand OEM flares get sold a lot on www.ausjeepoffroad.com when guys get wider ones, normal going price for a set of 4 is around the $150 mark.

Posted: Fri Jun 16, 2006 4:33 pm
by redzook
grimbo wrote:so why not trim the guards so you don't see any under the flares. Always looks a bit bodged when the guards aren't cut to match
i look at it and think the exact same thing uguly

Posted: Fri Jun 16, 2006 6:37 pm
by Klappers
lol theres photos of my zuk before i owned it sick....go the yellow ute!!!

Posted: Fri Jun 16, 2006 7:34 pm
by =SKB=
Hope they didnt give you the "only driven on Sundays" linewhen you bought it. :roll:

Posted: Fri Jun 16, 2006 9:39 pm
by Gwagensteve
Pirhana off road in Melbourne are agents for flares that look amazingly similar to calmini flares but are made of incredibly soft urethane.

Greg has smashed his tub in and ground up the heads of three mounting screws and the flare looks good as gold.

The other thing with these flares is that they can be stretched over a virtual lift.

I have seen the Trail Tough flares and while they might be strong, I actually think they would rip out of the guard rather than bend, especially mounted with the Trial Tough supplied hardware.

I like the look of TJ flares, but hate the way that the stock front flare has too much stock guard visible under it. Also IMHO anything that radually changes the shape of the sierra guard makes them look too much like something else rather than a zook.

just my 2c worth.

Steve

Posted: Sat Jun 17, 2006 12:11 am
by -ZukChiK-
Piranah's winch truck with the Aeroz flares.... Closest looking to factory flares and more durable

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Posted: Sat Jun 17, 2006 4:29 pm
by flyinwall
im thinking of putting cutdown 40 series landcruiser front guards on the gremlin

Posted: Sat Jun 17, 2006 8:47 pm
by Bentzook
like these

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Posted: Sun Jun 18, 2006 12:43 am
by flyinwall
yep thems the ones i want to put on i recon they look good but have to loose the big ugly indicators off them