Been busy playing Fender Flare installeroo lately. Figured some pictures might help someone when in the market for flares as flare suppliers don't seem to have decent pictures available for our old trucks. All of these flares were painted with SEM Flexible Bumper Coater paint.
WARN 4x Flares: 1973-1980 Part numbers: Front 29871 – Rear 27996
Source: Summit Racing
Pro: Non-cutout, Easy to install, east to paint, fit nice, inexpensive, built in front mud flap keep rockers clean
Con: Made of hard plastic (can crack easily and will itch the paint off fenders). The built in mudflap at the rear of the front flares cause interference with the front tires under even slight articulation.
WARN 4xFlares: 1981-1991 Part numbers: Front 27993 – Rear 27996
Source: Summit Racing
Pro: Non-cutout, Easy to install, east to paint, fit nice, inexpensive, built in front mud flap keep rockers clean
Con: Made of hard plastic (can crack easily and will itch the paint off fenders). The built in mudflap at the rear of the front flares cause interference with the front tires under even slight articulation.
Xenon: 1973-1980 Part number: 8390 (Set)
Source: 4 Wheel Parts
Pro: Non-cutout, Flexible material, easy to paint, only rubs tires under very hard articulation
Con: Expensive, questionable looks (especially on front fenders), Very difficult to install (I’ve had each flare off at least twice to get them to fit right and 4 times on the right front and it has peeled away from the fender AGAIN!). Not sure I would recommend these.
I recently changed tires and wheels on the K10 which the new wider wheels caused major interference with the WARN 4xflares so I changed them to Xenon. The old rear WARN’s got moved to the Suburban then ordered a set for the front to fit the 81-91 slopped nose rigs.
Hope this may help someone that may be in the market for flares….