[boostedbrick]

Ive been looking at Heep flares to replace my stock ones but im not a huge fan of them. Ive looked at the double black ones but there not wide enough, and cost far to much..

I like these ones, but at 7inch there too wide, and will get ripped off.


These are 6inch whice is more like what i want, but are ugly as sin.


I can get both of these for around the same price.

Then i found these things, there designed for a defender 90/110 whice have flat guards like a sierra. So should fit. They measure in at 115mm, i need 130 - 140mm. So would need some rubber on the edge, whice should also make them look a little better. They are the same price as the first two, just need a qoute on shipping.




Just want peoples thoughts on what will work here. I need something strong and flexible. I also have my EXO in the way, my stock flares need a massage to fit the exo on. The jeep ones would need a big cut. The stock WT ones just crushed and tore..


And just found this link on ebay, there selling those last flares to suit a Sierra...

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/SUZUKI-SJ-EXTENDE ... 563b122f00

[alien]

what about incorporating a sheet metal flare into the exo cage? so the flares arent actually attached to the body?

[boostedbrick]

I could with the back arch but that would pose issues with the front, my bar work doesnt go far enough forward, and i really think tube flares on 33x10.5 is overkill. Plus i dont think my fab skills are upto it.

[alien]

ahhhh now i see.

i saw a zuk ages ago that they spaced out the WT flare off the body with some steel box tubing bent to the right arc... that looked good cos it still retained the WT flares, then im sure they had 50mm rubber flaring on after that... so it was like 50mm box, WT flare then 50mm rubber strip.

[boostedbrick]

They will still get damaged tho, ive destroyed all four flares on the last 2 trips and ripped the rubber edge off. I love the look of them but there just not strong enough, the exo only does so much at keeping the body off the ground. I think i mite give these 90 flares a shot if i cant find anything else suitable, hopefully they will just flex and not tear.

[alien]

even still, the flares are only as strong as what theyre attached to... if you're constantly laying over you might as well build them off the exo so the protect the body rather than tear it to bits.

[kenn]

Get some standard jeep wrangeler flares.

[Fatzook]

kenn wrote:

Get some standard jeep wrangeler flares.

Strongly disagree! Sorry Stek.

[boostedbrick]

I checked the wrangler ones on google, and they look similer to the top CJ ones, but with inbuilt indicators. Still look like they would damage easly. No flare would be preferable but not legal and id end up with a cab full of mud.

Also got a qoute back on shipping those top two jeep ones and im looking at $250+ for shipping, whice would put price in line with whats available in Oz anyway(from what i have seen).

[steak_knife]

Fatzook wrote:

kenn wrote:

Get some standard jeep wrangeler flares.

Strongly disagree! Sorry Stek.

Why, are you pregnant again???

Mr Star mentioned yesterday that I would be the only one capable of denting plastic flare's....

[skyman]

I like the rear set on the 6 inch flares you posted, can you buy two rear sets?

The fronts may be ugly, but the rears look like the bushwackers that trail tough sell. They look really nice on a zook.

[SuziBlu]

boostedbrick wrote:

I checked the wrangler ones on google, and they look similer to the top CJ ones, but with inbuilt indicators. Still look like they would damage easly. No flare would be preferable but not legal and id end up with a cab full of mud.

Also got a qoute back on shipping those top two jeep ones and im looking at $250+ for shipping, whice would put price in line with whats available in Oz anyway(from what i have seen).

Rears are $70 each. Flares, I recon as thats pretty good.

[skyman]

The rears out of this set look good. I would use them for the front too.

Just so you know which ones I was talking about for sure.

[Fatzook]

skyman wrote:

The rears out of this set look good. I would use them for the front too.

Just so you know which ones I was talking about for sure.

Same as bushwackers really.

[skyman]

Check this out.

[skyman]

Here's a couple more

[skyman]

I haven more angles/views on the second one here, I guess you would call it the burnt orange samurai?

They use two rear sets to get that look.

[skyman]

Yep FZ you are right.

[boostedbrick]

That looks alright skyman. Have to see if I can get the rears seperate locle

[skyman]

I have seen them on a few rigs and they always look really sharp. I have been wanting a set pretty badly, but I can't pay what they want for them here in the states.

[Fatzook]

skyman wrote:

I have seen them on a few rigs and they always look really sharp. I have been wanting a set pretty badly, but I can't pay what they want for them here in the states.

Well over here they are double what you pay, thanks to shipping.

I have Bushies on my zook. Look great, but can be broken easily

[skyman]

They want $320 USD here,and probably $30 or so shipping that's a bunch for flares...

[Fatzook]

skyman wrote:

They want $320 USD here,and probably $30 or so shipping that's a bunch for flares...

We'll pay $300AUD (worthless greenback ) and $250+ shipping

[skyman]

Maybe that's why I have a couple of ARB's in my living room headed down your way


A few years back maybe 3 or so? I bought silver at $10 an ounce, and sold it at $14 a few months later. I thought I was doing good. Now it is at $46 an ounce. Maybe I should have held on to the silver a tad bit longer hey?

[boostedbrick]

boostedbrick wrote:

Ok just got a qoute back for these, $330.50 deliverd. So $120 pretty much for postage.
Still abit more than the cheap ass price i was looking for but not bad..

If i can find any of the jeep rears x4 for a good price ill go that way, but people dont seem to offer them other than as a set... I mite have to hit up some aussie land rover sites aswell..

[zukmeista]

I reckon you should try those LR ones. The bushwackers are 6" and they look weird if the tyre doesn't come to the edge. Also the bushwackers have virtually no flex in them and they will just get torn off. Mate who's got them has damaged them in some way every time he's been 4wding.

[Che]

A little off topic, but how hard would it be to mould up some plastic WT flares? Surely you could sell 'em by the hundred

[zukmeista]

Early WT sierras came out with them anyway

[Fatzook]

che_guitarra wrote:

A little off topic, but how hard would it be to mould up some plastic WT flares? Surely you could sell 'em by the hundred

You know anyone with a multimillion dollar injection moulding machine? And a full CNC machine shop capable of making CAD moulds?

Something tells me that the sales figures would be far too low to justify the expense

[SuziBlu]

Oh but surely, they cannot be that hard to make. Oh, hang on, erm, if they were easy, they would be worth bout $2 each.