Also, do aftermarket fenders, the good ones, fit right out of the box or are holes needed to be oblonged or any other fab work?
What holes? You have to cut and drill everything to fit the flares, so yes they fit. But only after you've made them fit!
Of course, you should always lay them up against the uncut fender first, just to be sure the mold wasn't filled crooked or the final touch-up of the flare at the factory didn't end up with someone getting a little too rambunctious with a trimming knife!
Reason I ask is I am 9 years into my build, and I have two aftermarket fenders that have been properly cut for fiberglass flares from one of our top vendors. They have not been mounted up yet. I would like to carry them into a body shop and have them painted before installing them.
I guess I still don't understand your question. If you have the fenders, and they've already been totally cut, drilled and fitted, then what's the issue?
Or are you changing from one brand/style of flare to another mid-way through?
A shop will put them on so that the truck can be driven. I would prefer not to pay to have them installed and then removed for paint...but then again I would hate to have shiny glossy fenders that need fab work to fit properly
You don't normally need to have them installed just to drive to the shop do you? Is it that the tires stick out too far and you have a long way to drive and might get a ticket? Or is there something else?
Maybe you're talking about the pre-fitting process, if that's not already been done? Sounded like that was already done and ready to go.
Nothing aftermarket fits out of the box except light bulbs. I would definitely prefit them. Ken
True. But heck, even light bulbs don't always fit anymore either!
anything special needs to be done to flares to get paint to adhere, like SEM adhesion promoter or such?
Hey Hank. I believe that at the very least you want to add some flex agent to the paint. I'm guessing that the adhesion promoter you mention would not be bad either, but a flex agent is pretty important in the long run.
Here is what I used to Mount the flares. They are a bit of a PITA but look good went done. I put the screw on the inside with the flat out. It's a very clean look.
Those are very cool! Do you have some pics of your setup for us to see?
Kind of a strange name, and I'm sure they are a pain with the screw head inside, but I bet they give it a great and fairly unique look.
Thanks for posting that up.
Now where's the pics!
Paul
