treywurst Posted May 8, 2005 Share Posted May 8, 2005 It always bothered me that most pathy's have fender flares and mine did not...so I went to the salvage yard. I found rear ones and put them on. I am starting to regret that decision. My wife loves them and wants front ones bad....Looking at my front fenders, I really like the "naked" look. What do yall think, should I just ditch the rear ones and be done? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gabod7 Posted May 8, 2005 Share Posted May 8, 2005 i took mine off the day i got my Pathfinder. i always liked the whole tires "stickin out the side of the truck" look. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrimGreg Posted May 8, 2005 Share Posted May 8, 2005 I'm split, with my wide tires I like the look either way. I put my stockers back on my 93 and they look funny with the flares sticking out so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nige Posted May 8, 2005 Share Posted May 8, 2005 I like them with flares. Just make sure you get in behind them with the pressure washer when you clean. Dirt loves to hang out back there and scuff up your paint. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonathanjdfraser Posted May 8, 2005 Share Posted May 8, 2005 i'm all for the fender flares, when i get my wider tires, i'm gona fab wider flares like you can get for a jeep tj. if you check my site below, i have pics with some flares off and on on the random pic page if you wanna compare.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Earth1 Posted May 8, 2005 Share Posted May 8, 2005 I tried without when I first did my lift, gets dirty too fast with a wider stance. Couldn't see out the windows so I put them back on. Kinda reminds me of a Rodeo without. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pezzy Posted May 9, 2005 Share Posted May 9, 2005 I'm trying to make that same decision for my 99.5 I like the look without, and when I'm out playing in the mud I can get the truck right dirty, as my tires stick out... but on the otherhand, the tires also toss rocks up at the paint, and rocks are not as forgiving as mud to the paint job.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
88pathoffroad Posted May 10, 2005 Share Posted May 10, 2005 Most places, you'll get pulled over and ticketed for not having fender flares if the tires extend past the fenders. It's a rock-chip hazard on the road, ya know? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pezzy Posted May 10, 2005 Share Posted May 10, 2005 I have heard that... although back in the day I was going out with a guy that had an '81 Firebird, with really wide back tires... people had warned us just the same, but no one really knew for sure... so we went down to the cop shop to ask, and they looked at us like huh, wtf? Although, it might be worth looking into again... times may have changed, or the cops I meet today might have a clue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harbinger Posted May 10, 2005 Share Posted May 10, 2005 One of my leads at work got a ticket for having tires sticking out to far. Granted it is backwater ID and hes a little Korean guy, but it still happend :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slick Posted May 10, 2005 Share Posted May 10, 2005 Most places, you'll get pulled over and ticketed for not having fender flares if the tires extend past the fenders. It's a rock-chip hazard on the road, ya know? Yeah. I took mine off and loved it, but my tires stuck out waaaay too far, and Cali cops just love to give tickets, so I put them back on 3 days later..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrimGreg Posted May 11, 2005 Share Posted May 11, 2005 Well, the local PoPo hasn't said anything about mine yet, we'll see what KY&TN cops think this weekend Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exodus_68 Posted May 17, 2005 Share Posted May 17, 2005 Depends on how far the tyre sticks out but generally I dislike the look. I also dislike the damage that can be done to the body work when driving on gravel roads if you tyres do stick out. I had a couple of days without flares when I ripped off the OEM flares and was replacing them with flexi flares. Didn't like it. Car was made a mess of as soon as I drove over anything that clean black tarmac...crap was flying off the road into my doors as well. Plus I was waiting for the Police to pick me up on it. Flares all the way! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrimGreg Posted May 17, 2005 Share Posted May 17, 2005 No trouble in 3 states so far And it was covered in mud on my way home :cool2: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazy Geologist Posted May 18, 2005 Share Posted May 18, 2005 My pathy came with the fenderflares, and I had kept them on until this past winter, when a loose tire chain made landfill fodder out of my rear flares. They got dumped in some backwater cafe's dumpster. Now, because I am an inherently busy guy (lazy some call it) I didn't get around to taking the front pair off until yesterday. I was horrified when I found a softball sided lump of sand, dirt, sticks and grass inside each! and yes, I have a good deal of scratching from little rocks getting caught along the edge of the flare. and that leads me to my final point- How bad does your wife want front flares Treywrust?- the front flares ('91) are sitting next to my trashcan...garbage day is Friday Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exodus_68 Posted May 18, 2005 Share Posted May 18, 2005 GrimGreg, three states of America I assume. I'm in Australia and the fuzz loves giving tickets to 4wdrives at the moment because of all the anti 4wd fodder going on at the moment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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