These barricade HD flat fender flares are for those of you that have a 2007 and up JK
and are looking not for only a flat flare, but also a metal flat fender flare.
Now there are two different schools of thought when it comes to a metal flare like this.
One is that the metal flare will of course hold up better than a plastic flare when it
makes contact with an obstacle off road.
The other is that because this is metal and it won't bend, flex, or break when you make
contact with an obstacle, it will transfer that impact from the flare into the body,
causing a much more expensive repair.
So depending on which school of thought you fall into, these might be a really nice way
of protecting your jeep and also changing up the look.
A flat flare in general will give your wheel wells a much more open look, almost giving
the appearance of having more lift than you actually do.
And on top of that you will have some more up-travel suspension before the tire makes
contact with the fender flare, so a lot of good reasons to install a flat flare.
And these metal flares will have the added durability that a plastic flare won't have.
In general these are going to be a less expensive option for a metal flat flare then some of
the other ones on the market while still being very well built.
These flares are made of one and a half millimeter steel covered in a textured black powder coat
finish which is going to match a lot of the other after market accessories you might bolt
onto your Jeep as well as a lot of those factory plastic black accents that are on it right
out of the factory.
Now these flares are going to provide a little bit of a more open wheel well like we talked
about, a little bit of additional up-travel of your tire, but they're also going to provide
a little bit more tire coverage than those factory flares will.
They're actually a little bit wider.
Which is a really nice feature that will keep your tires from throwing quite as much junk
up on the side of the Jeep which can cause some damage.
So getting these installed is going to be a two out of three wrenches because of that
little bit of drilling you will need to do.
Other than that this is going to be a very simple process.
The first step in the installation is of course removing those factory flares from your Jeep.
And in order to do that you'll have to remove a couple of screws that hold your inner fender
liners in place up front, remove all of the nut and bolt hardware that hold your factory
flares onto the Jeep, and also of course remove the wiring from your front turn signal and
get that out of the way before just giving the fender flares a pull and removing them
from your Jeep.
Now when you do remove those chances are you're going to break most if not all of the factory
plastic clips that hold the fender flares onto your Jeep.
That's inevitable.
It's very difficult to do this installation without breaking those clips, and you're not
going to need any of them for the installation of the new flares.
So don't worry if you break those.
In the rear the process is very much the same to get those completely removed from the Jeep.
The next step will be removing any of the residual plastic from the holes in the side
of your Jeep.
Any of those plastic clips that might have a little leftover pieces.
You'll want to get all of that out of the way before you start your install.
Then you can hold your fender flare up into its location and use the nut and bolt hardware
as well as the included rivet nuts to get these installed in your Jeep.
Up front you do have one hole to drill all the way down near the bottom and in the back
there are a couple of dimples in the body and some stuff tapping screws you'll have
to run in.
So again a little bit of drilling that you will have to do to get these installed properly.
Now there won't be any specialty tools that are necessary to get this job done.
However, if you've ever installed rivet nuts before you know that using the proper tool
for the job will make this a lot easier and a lot less frustrating for you.
So if you've purchased one, if you already had one, or you can actually rent them a lot
of times for free that would be a good idea.
Again, definitely not necessary but it'll help speed things along and make it a little
bit easier.
A set of four of these flares will be around $300 which is significantly less expensive
than some of the other sets on the market.
Some of those others can cost more than double what these ones cost.
I do think with these flares you are getting a high quality set of flares.
They are going to fit well and they're going to get the job done.
However, if you're looking for a fit and finish or a few more bells and whistles, then maybe
one of the more expensive options is better.
So if you're looking for a less expensive set of metal flat fender flares for your JK,
I definitely recommend taking a look at the Barricade HD flat fender flares that you can
find right here at extremeterrain.com.