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Flares on NT body
Posted: Sat Jan 06, 2007 11:02 am
by PJ.zook
I searched, found some interesting stuff but not answers.
Ive got a NT body on a WT chassis, and obviously the wheels stick out a good 3inches either side from the NT flares. I just found my metal WT flares dont fit on my NT, but i could just remove the NT flares leaving a nice horizontal surface to tek screw garden edging too.
This would look a bit ugly though wouldnt it? Theres no rounded edging as theres no flare, its just rubber jutting directly out from the body. Is there any other easy options? I dont really want to drill out tacks and weld WT mounts to NT body.
Posted: Sat Jan 06, 2007 12:53 pm
by ofr57
well I've seen a NT ute with WT flairs so it is possible some how

Posted: Sat Jan 06, 2007 1:06 pm
by suzuki boy
I'm going to have this problem when i put my 31's on!
The only way i can think is to
A- Get garden edgeing.
B- Get Jeep tj flairs but it's alot of work! OR
c- Get that plastic checkerplatre look like stuff and put some ruber mounding around the edges!
If any others have any other ideas i wouldn't mind to know eather!
Posted: Sat Jan 06, 2007 1:19 pm
by SLOGQ
You can use WT flares on a NT, you just have to find a wrecked WT and remove the flares and also remove the flare bracket by drilling out the spot welds.
Then weld, tek screw ect. the flare brackets onto the NT zook and its all good
If you look hard, you might be able to find plastic WT flares, they are rare but worked realy well on my old zook they took a pounding.
flares
Posted: Sat Jan 06, 2007 2:48 pm
by mad_zook
just get a bit of flat gal steel about 1.8 inch wide curve it and tek screw it in i my zook is not home so cant mesure exact but thats what i have done cost me bout 5 bucks for steel and ten mins
Posted: Sat Jan 06, 2007 4:01 pm
by PJ.zook
Yeh mad_zook i was thinkin of doin that, but the curvature of the WT flares looked to be of a larger diameter to me when i mocked them up against the panel.
Anyway i think i solved it, ive cut the bottom lip off the NT flares so its flush with the mounting points, then ive got some 100mm garden edging which im going to attatch to the body thru same holes as ill attatch the cut down flares. Im using plastic retainers similar to the old ones that were there too so if flare gets into heavy contact with somethin, it just comes away instead of bending shit, then i just reattatch it with spare plastic retainers.
Pics comin soon, gotta find digital camera, here kitty kitty
Posted: Sat Jan 06, 2007 4:17 pm
by ofr57
there's also aeroz flair ... made in vic i think

most likly going to put them on the front of my ute when i get the wt diffs .... have a look for serriajims ute (ex mock's ute) they got aeroz flair on the front
Posted: Sat Jan 06, 2007 7:43 pm
by nicbeer
This is what i done to get around flares.
Nic
Posted: Sat Jan 06, 2007 7:47 pm
by foolsp33d
Clark Rubber sell guard flares for about $15 buks a meter off memory... cost bout 65 to get the 4 wheels done... they have around 3 or 4 different sizes/widths.. so am sure somethin will make do... will try and find some pics of when i put mine on and edit em in...
Posted: Sat Jan 06, 2007 8:29 pm
by MART
Posted: Sat Jan 06, 2007 8:35 pm
by =SKB=

MART
Posted: Sun Jan 07, 2007 9:24 am
by Nev
I agree that is one nice looking zook and the flares look awesome!
Posted: Sun Jan 07, 2007 10:41 am
by Red_Zook
=SKB= wrote:
MART
bling bling.. looks a bit like otis the pos..
butm i like marts zook very neet.
2 much like work
go in to your nearest foam or rubber place, and tell them what u want. and what for (dont bs them) and tehy will have somting to suit! i think that all im going to do
Posted: Sun Jan 07, 2007 4:26 pm
by NIK
Ive put wt flare on 2 nt zooks all I did was get 4 pieces of flat and screw 1 end into the wt flare bolt hole and tech screw the other end to the underside of the wheel arch. Looked ok from the top. This time I ground the flare mount off both zooks ( nt and wt) then pop rivet the wt mount onto the nt then attached the flare to it. Looks stock and I didnt need to weld.
Nik