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Hi All

Where is the best place to get hold of some rubber guard, mud catching strips. Even you have ideas on using something else would be welcomed.
The new tyres sit out from the body a bit and will need an alternative to the original.
Ideally something that doesn't reduce the wheel arch size by mounting to the outside instead of the inside edge.

Cheers
Ants

Sounds like you after some cheap flares, on my old Bighorn I used some bunnings plastic garden edging it was cheep as I think about $15 a roll

fullthrottle wrote:Hi All

Where is the best place to get hold of some rubber guard, mud catching strips. Even you have ideas on using something else would be welcomed.
The new tyres sit out from the body a bit and will need an alternative to the original.
Ideally something that doesn't reduce the wheel arch size by mounting to the outside instead of the inside edge.

Cheers
Ants

jonossiksilvia wrote:

WRNGLR wrote:and what i used


Where did ya get that stuff mate , I've seen the rubber roll at Para Rubber but that metal strip ? haven't seen anything like that anywhere I've been looking. Want to do something like that on my Wrangler, mainly to stop the masssive amounts of mud covering my softtop at the first mudhole. about how much for all that, if I'm allowed to ask

cheers
Greg

Hi greg. The strip was from para rubber 6x100mm and I used 4m of it. Price on there website. Alloy strip was from ullrich alloy here in chch cant member size prob 2x20mm and was approx $6 for 5m. S/s rivets were a few bucks

Cheers john

check the above out mate

cheers
Greg

On my Terrano I used Bushranger style flares, (ones without the steel wire insert). I do not know where you can get them know but there was a bus/truck place up Nth somewhere that stocked the rubber and sold it by the meter. Have a wee google

I strongly suggest you do not go for the garden edging style on a Terrano as they will rip your guards to bits when they contact something, the guards are not very strong at all and most of the arch strength comes from the factory flares.

Thanks all for your comments.

Found that place in Auckland but WOW! at $40 per meter for the stuff thats a little crazy.
http://www.rubbermark.co.nz/product_lis ... rpCode=114

Seems like Para Rubber has gone from the Wellington region...bugger!

Will have to keep looking around.

Flares have been covered heaps.
No idea what your limits are in regard to mounting but on my patrol I used conveyor belt and cut and riveted it. Self cutting screws would be easier. Works great and folds out of the way if you hit stuff. You can pick up second hand belt for nothing.

The closest pic I have of the fronts

Keep us updated mate with your findings,
I had a quick look around, couldn't find anything that I can justify the cost on , So I ended up buying some garden edging, but yet to use it , read so much negatives ..
My rims hang out a fair bit more than my Safari gaurds, so may not be so bad to have the strong? flares

And Has anyone used anything for Inner gaurds? Replace the Plastic inner gaurds ? ... I may use mud flap rubber on the rear of mine, so I don't bash my rear fuel tank hose/ filler

Swamped, Cool truck and nice work with the flares

I cut the belt to cover the whole space so its almost full width on the fronts. then theres no need for the stock inners. Its fastened along the outer guard and inside the arch to the body.

I use my rims and barwork to keep the body away from the majority of damage

Swamped : So What you are saying you have dents in your wheels like how mine are going to end up ? ! .
I've got a Y60 /GQ also, with the ten inch wide rims, but LWB ..
Your truck is very cool dude , keep up the good work

Cheers. Thats quite an old photo. Its really just for mall prowling and towing now. zuks are the way forward

My steel rims never got damaged. I'd understand ali rims maybe but even they are pretty tough. Probably just wasn't rough enough to cause that sorta damage. The Creepys also stick out quite a lot further than the rims.

I got some identical to those rubbermark ones a few years back from this place. No idea if they are still around. Think they were about $10/m off the top of my head at trade.

NZ Bus & Truck Spares
NZ 4wd Parts & Accessories
Flashlube NZ
1/46 Hobill Avenue
Manukau City, Auckland. NZ

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
That's the place I was trying to think of

Just looking on Google Maps, is that place now called

Don Kyatt
Spare Parts

?

Cheers

Yea same place.

Just to close this one off....

Found what I wanted. Same thing for almost half the price.

Rubber Bits
Petone, Wellington.

not closed off yet bud we need pics of the finished article

i just brought some 65mm flares from repco for 270 $$ wish i hada saw this post first

WRNGLR wrote:not closed off yet bud we need pics of the finished article

Hahahaha, well shit a brick. Has it taken me that long.
Tonight I shall celebrate, I have just put the flares on......

I've gone with the stainless steal, self-tapping screw fixing options. Not to big a head so the flares can rip off fairly easily if needed.

Thats more like it , nice job mate