97-06 Jeep Wrangler TJ Fender Flare Removal Guide
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- čas přidán 27. 02. 2018
- A truthful video about how to remove your 1997 - 2006 Jeep Wrangler TJ or LJ factory fender flares and the inevitable rusted out nutsert fiasco that awaits you. Any questions or comments, leave them below.
Convinced me not to try it
When I replaced mine my two most useful tools were a recip saw and a saws-all with a metal cutting blade. You just have to accept the fact that whenever you work on an old jeep, you need to destroy whatever you are taking off.
I was screaming at you Nooooooooooo! Harbor freight has a nutzert tool for cheap. If you would have properly removed those nutzerts, you could have easily fixed them!
Well, if I decide to tackle this…..I’ll send the wife and kids to the Cape for the weekend…..because I certainly will be using some good ol’ salty Sailor language that my kids aren’t qualified to hear just yet. Good on ya’ brother…..and Bravo-Zulu on producing a true-to-life video.
To make the fronts super easy to remove, slice them off with a sawzall ( you’ll see much easier) spray the screws w PB Blaster , pliers to hold the retainers and use an 8mm socket to remove. I sliced all four right off in a minute total. Not like you’ll ever reinstall them.
Oh hell no! If I was replacing the fenders... But looks like mask & paint with PlastiKote... wish me luck! (2001 TJ)
I came here then I put my oars in the water.
My 1998 Wrangler fender flares are peeling. The body shop guy said to take them off and bring them over but warned that they are a pain and could strip out. After watching this I'm not gonna mess with it. Ahhh!
Lol that’s not how you do it you can drill them or you can use a cut saw that might’ve been wise to use penetrating fluid or better yet give a small, propane, torch or a heat gun and watch them things come back to life when they get hot
Yep, just going to tape mine and paint spray paint away. Good clip and thanks for sharing
Jesus Christ!! This is gonna suck! Seriously, why were these fenders/flares designed so overly complicated? Everything else on the TJ is simple and straightforward.
Yep. Darn fine video. Nastiness all shown. Wish was easier. Flailing away at mine atm. Cheers and thanks!
Great video. Thanks for showing the reality of removing the flares!
I put some Tag fender flares on my LJ about 3 years ago and I sure didn't have that many problems doing mine. It took me about three hours to remove the old flares and put the new flares on . The nutserts for the fenders they did cause a little bit of a problem but I did remove those and just go ahead and put regular bolts and nuts in its place did get my hands scratched a little bit on the plastic inner Fender protector but that was about it
Yeah I didn't remove the wheel well liners. I applied pressure to the fender/flares by pulling on it, and continued to ratchet each of them loose. Busted my knuckles up good. Took a few minutes each but it worked. I was removing mine as the last owner painted them with a rubberized agent and they looked terrible.
I replaced these recently and they came out really great. I highly recommend you get a nut insert tool because you will not be able to reuse all of the screws. The inserts made it a really tight and professional fit.
Great Video! I watched this video after I got the first one off. Let's just say I have to buy new fender flares. Lol! Jeep deffinately over thought this design.
Yeah I’m good EFFF that.... I’m super handy but this is just a headache waiting to happen... I’ll put some armor all on it and keep it moving!!!
I like videos like this because they teach me to just leave some things alone :). Something that should be easy isn't going to be, so I'm just going to tape off around them and paint them while installed. Annoying, but yeah...
super helpful. thanks. pulling the trigger on new 7" flares now that I know what's involved.