Thread: 4x4 flares

Originally Posted by Gibo

All off now, might just call it done
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Now having been in the situation of driving in a vehicle going the opposite direction to one like that that sent a stone through the $1500 windscreen, I wouldn't recommend it. A quick scribble down of your number plate will likely see a bill in your letterbox.

Yeah and having that driver side front off for the last 5 months it really flicks shit at me if window down, water, mud and cow shit

Originally Posted by Gibo

Yeah and having that driver side front off for the last 5 months it really flicks shit at me if window down, water, mud and cow shit

I got TR to sit closer to the window. Stopped so much getting flicked into the cab.

Para rubber for 3inch wide rubber strip. reasonably cheap, and more forgiving/flexible than the Bunnings edging.
Having said that the garden edging should do the trick for your intended purpose Gibo
I run 85mm rubber strip and regularly fold them up against the body without damaging either. That said I have also rubbed the vehicle hard on banks and stove in doors and wheel arches... OOPS

Originally Posted by ROKTOY

Para rubber for 3inch wide rubber strip. reasonably cheap, and more forgiving/flexible than the Bunnings edging.
Having said that the garden edging should do the trick for your intended purpose Gibo
I run 85mm rubber strip and regularly fold them up against the body without damaging either. That said I have also rubbed the vehicle hard on banks and stove in doors and wheel arches... OOPS

Yeah im not a 4x4er so its the odd bush track, bog or tree hop so should be mint

Originally Posted by Gibo

Yeah im not a 4x4er so its the odd bush track, bog or tree hop so should be mint

You don't know what you're missing

Yeah i do

maybe put some factory sized wheels/tyres on for the wof... then break the law with your normal wheels. ha. haha.

One down. Good old rivets

Like a pro

I need a high lift jack, id be poked if i got a flat with this pissy bottle jack

Originally Posted by Gibo

I need a high lift jack, id be poked if i got a flat with this pissy bottle jack

I've come across the odd vehicle where you could only get the supplied jack under it if the tyre you wanted to change had air in it. I used to keep a small trolley jack in the boot.

Originally Posted by Gibo

I need a high lift jack, id be poked if i got a flat with this pissy bottle jack

High lift are the bees knees, so many uses!!

Originally Posted by 223nut

High lift are the bees knees, so many uses!!

Completely agree, but not so good for changing tyres unless you have good steel bar work to jack the wagon up from. Ours sees way more use as a winch and as a rock removal device than it does as a jack

Originally Posted by ROKTOY

Completely agree, but not so good for changing tyres unless you have good steel bar work to jack the wagon up from. Ours sees way more use as a winch and as a rock removal device than it does as a jack

Use hi lift under front winch bar or towbar on the back to take the weight off and then use a different jack to change tyre, hi lift uses less energy than a bottle jack (lazy bastard) used to use mine as a winch till I got a proper one, now it gets used to get the truck out of ruts is I run out of clearance. Just make sure you have a good solid base, used it once wih my mu, it slipped and got jammed behind the spare tyre and through the panel behind it still holding some of the weight.... In the middle-of-the-road nowhere of Course!