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Old 10-21-2005, 11:25 AM   #1
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Fender Flares

I am considering putting some fender flares put on my '85 C10 Cilverado. I really like the look on other vehicles but have never seen any on an '81-'87. Does anyone have any pictures? I'm talking about fairly wide, maybe 3", flares, painted or not. I prefer just to leave them black. Thanks for the help.
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Old 10-21-2005, 11:39 AM   #2
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I think LMC or Chevy Duty had a picture of sport flares on a c10 in their catalog, if you have one.
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Old 10-21-2005, 10:45 PM   #3
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Thanks. That gives me a start.
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Old 10-21-2005, 11:50 PM   #4
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Is this what your talking about? This is a 79 though....
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Old 10-22-2005, 08:34 AM   #5
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Re: Fender Flares

That's great. Are those flares by Bushwacker? I believe so, as they are the only ones with the screws on the top. How do those attach to the vehicle? Thanks for the pic!
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Old 10-22-2005, 03:09 PM   #6
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Sorry but I can't answer any of your questions. That truck belongs to forum member 84 Pumpkin. He has all the scoop on it

Here's a couple more pics.....
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Old 10-22-2005, 04:58 PM   #7
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Here is a pic I have on file...
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Old 10-22-2005, 05:01 PM   #8
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couple more I found
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Old 10-22-2005, 05:11 PM   #9
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Thanks to all!!
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Old 10-22-2005, 05:23 PM   #10
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One more that goes with those above. This is a front shot of the truck that Tony (84 Pumpkin) built for his son. It was a father/son project that did with his son when he was 10.

Don't we all wish we had a cool Dad that built monster trucks for us. Tony it's not too late to adopt me....
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Old 10-22-2005, 06:22 PM   #11
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Re: Fender Flares

good lord Jeff, that white one is a death trap...

i had some fender flares, not mounted though.. that are just flat rubber that sticks out from the fender about 3.5-4"... they are flexable.. but not real "showy"...
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Old 10-22-2005, 10:24 PM   #12
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good lord Jeff, that white one is a death trap.
I would agree. That truck was On Ebay a while back, someone posted a link to it on here. I saved the pic for some strange reason...
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Old 10-25-2005, 10:37 PM   #13
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Re: Fender Flares

Here is a set of Warn’s
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Old 10-25-2005, 11:28 PM   #14
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Which "model #" are those flares? I like them and like the coverage also. Thanks for the picture. By the way, do you have any picture that views from the back end (seeing the rear flare coverage)?
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Old 10-26-2005, 01:19 AM   #15
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Which "model #" are those flares? I like them and like the coverage also. Thanks for the picture. By the way, do you have any picture that views from the back end (seeing the rear flare coverage)?
They are Warn 4X Flares. The front part number is 29871 and 27996 for the rear. The front part number is different from what you would need for a 1985. The good part about these flares is they are not cut-outs. My rig is a 100% rust free southwest truck so I didn’t want to hack the fenders. They screw right into the factory holes with 3M double-sided tape. The bad thing is they are hard plastic and will probably crack like an egg if I ever rub one on a tree or something. I actually wanted the Xenon flares like bigblock73 posted above but Xenon gave me a 3-month lead-time before they could deliver the flares. The Xenon flares are soft and flexible but that could also cause a deformation sometime down the road after it sits in the sun for a while. Look at the 1988 - 1998 K2500 and 3500 4x4 trucks with soft factory flares now that they are getting older and the flares are getting distorted. Not very nice looking.

If you click on the hyperlinks in my sig you can see tons of pictures of it.

I think these are about the two best rear view pictures I have where you can see the flares

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Old 10-26-2005, 08:36 AM   #16
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Re: Fender Flares

Those are exactly the pictures, and the flares, that I am looking for. Thank you so much for your effort! What is on the bottom foot or so of the truck? It looks like some type of rubberized coating. Thanks again.
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Old 10-26-2005, 09:20 AM   #17
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That would be Rhino Lining
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Old 10-26-2005, 10:48 PM   #18
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Hey dirtylarry, great looking truck. Love them warn 4x flares. We had some on dads 92 s10 that got totaled out. I wouldn't worry too much about trees and cracking. The guy puled out in front of us and we nailed his front driver's fender with our front pass. fender and hood. It wrinkled the fender up good and jambed it into the door so I had to beat my door open.

Only thing done to the flare was paint rubbed off no damage at all. I got some pics but they are the 35 mm ones no digital. If you wanna se them for proof I can show you. I was amazed they were undamaged. The hood got shoved back like 4 inches on the front corner, folded up, fender wrinkled pretty good, frame kinda caved in around the bumper brace/fender brace bar, but the fender flare was fine.
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