88_cherokee
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What are they made if? I saw an ad selling them say they are bushwackers but made of fiberglass
judging by the lack of straight pannels on my heep, i dont think they'd last long.
i dont see anyone clearing the same stuff with any less dents :dunno:Perhaps a refresher driving class is in order......
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160lbs is not 4000lbs. judging by the lack of straight pannels on my heep, i dont think they'd last long.
i can see them handling a straight-on impact, but i was more concerned with ripping it off. sometimes you have to squeeze around a tree, rock, or dirt. we get big ruts out here, lots of times you have to drive in them, extremely off cambered, and you're pretty much running the side of your jeep along the decomposed granite. my tires stick out a bit so i barely get my body, but big flares i think would be a different story.My drivers rear quarter is buckled where I slammed it on the red trail at wf this year. The flare is fine. I unbolted it and threw it in the back of the jeep for the rest of the day so I didn't lose it.
I was impressed. I slammed it hard against a rock face and the only thing that pulled out was the screws that hold the bottom of the flare on.
But maybe I don't go where you go. :dunno:
I'm not talking about the old ones that you screwed into the fender, I'm talking about the new flat ones. They have a completely different mounting system.
Are they the be all end all? No. Are they a quality piece? I think so. I didn't rub one up against a rock, I threw the jeep into it and slammed it into the side of a rockface. If that doesn't break the plastic or rip them off the jeep, I'd say 99% of us are going to be happy with the product....