Fender Flare Issue

[Grump Fish]

I bought a set of the Crown Fender flares and am a little confused. I have not installed them yet but it appears that when they are bolted on, the very front of the front ones will not sit flush against the fender. I have seen some pictures of flares installed that appear to have this gap and others where the flares fit up nice and flush. What am I missing? Is there a difference in the Crown and Omix flares? I can try to take some pictures but it is hard to hold them in place and take some by myself.

 

[Breevers]

they will not fit perfect regardless of the brand unless you do some fanagling with them. Several guys use heat guns and clamps to mold the trim tight against the fender and then use rivets or other fasteners to suck in that front edge. Nothing too difficult.

 

[Grump Fish]

they will not fit perfect regardless of the brand unless you do some fanagling with them. Several guys use heat guns and clamps to mold the trim tight against the fender and then use rivets or other fasteners to suck in that front edge. Nothing too difficult.

Oh, ok! I do have a handy dandy heat gun and plenty of rivets. I hated to start modding them if they were supposed to fit better out of the box.

 

[Wazzu]

I installed the ones from on the rox and they fit nicely.

 

[Semperfi]

I bought a set of the Crown Fender flares and am a little confused. I have not installed them yet but it appears that when they are bolted on, the very front of the front ones will not sit flush against the fender. I have seen some pictures of flares installed that appear to have this gap and others where the flares fit up nice and flush. What am I missing? Is there a difference in the Crown and Omix flares? I can try to take some pictures but it is hard to hold them in place and take some by myself.

The front fender area does stick out a bit at front tip. You will get used to it, just be careful not to snag you leg when walking to close.

 

[Grump Fish]

The front fender area does stick out a bit at front tip. You will get used to it, just be careful not to snag you leg when walking to close.

Yessir, that could be an issue! I mocked them up again this evening and can see where a heat gun will hopefully help me mold the constant 90 degree angle of the plastic flare to the changing angle of the fender.

 

[Semperfi]

I hope that works. Let me know. Thanks

 

[Sgtatarms]

My Crown CJ flares have maybe an eighth-inch gap from the fender at the pointed end on the very front. Doesn't bother me at all. It helps to use 2-3-4 different vise grips (or small clamps) to hold them in place until your can mark locations to drill for mounting screws. It's a tight spot to mark in, I used a small nail that I bent about 1/4" from pointed end, then "scribed" the paint to mark to drill. Then remove the clamps (and flares) and drill all your marked screw holes in the fender. Before you start to mount the flares, it will also help to first run an attaching screw into, then out of, all the plastic pieces that go inside the flares, in order to create (cut) threads inside them.
With all that done, you can then mount the flare to the fender. Get all the screws started first, be cause before you tighten any of them down you will still have a little "wiggle room" to adjust the flare to the fender.
Do the fronts first, use all the mounting holes and hardware on them. On the rears, you don't use the top middle hole at all, because it is almost exactly even with the top of the inner wheel wells. Skip that one, the other holes and hardware are plenty adequate to secure the rear flares. The plastic hardware goes inside the flare, the screws from inside the fender. A small battery drill or impact driver is the preferred tool. You don't have to remove the tire and wheel, but it will help if you do. I hope this information helps.

 

[Grump Fish]

Thanks for the good info. Im planning to work on installing mine this weekend.

 

[meyerld]

When I installed mine I spent quite a bit of time test fitting them with small clamps and a lot of patience. I found a sweet spot for a location that minimized any gaps but still also maintained visual alignment with the body and fender well. IEven after I found the sweet spot I noticed that the sequence of installing the screws front to back, back to front, middle to outside, also made a difference in the final result, but in the end I have no noticeable gap on any of them.

 

[mcmacsten]

 

[mcmacsten]

Put rubber gasket in between it’ll keep all the water out and keep from ruining paint underneath. Also fill any small gaps

 

[SMF]

Looks nice. Good idea!

 

[jrobz23]

Are these mandated in some states?

 

[Togo]

Put rubber gasket in between it’ll keep all the water out and keep from ruining paint underneath. Also fill any small gaps

where did you purchase your flares? Where did you get the gasket material.