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Author:  CarNutCertifies [ Wed May 31, 2006 11:15 am ]
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Has anyone come up with something better to replace the plastic rivets in the fender flares? Experenced some rubbing in the rear that broke one and now I have a deep slice from the fender well opening in the side wall of my tire. Luckly it just caught the tread lugs.
Author:  tjkj2002 [ Wed May 31, 2006 11:22 am ]
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When I painted my KJ I used 1/4" steel rivets when I put the flares back on.
Author:  CarNutCertifies [ Wed May 31, 2006 11:30 am ]
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have they held up to hard rubbing off road?
Author:  tjkj2002 [ Wed May 31, 2006 11:39 am ]
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So far they have,rubed all the bedliner off but the rivets are still holding.I'm sure if I stuff real hard I'll rip the plastic mounts first.
Author:  0311_DoC [ Wed May 31, 2006 12:05 pm ]
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tjkj2002 wrote:
So far they have,rubed all the bedliner off but the rivets are still holding.I'm sure if I stuff real hard I'll rip the plastic mounts first.


Do you remember the part numbers or where got them?
Author:  tjkj2002 [ Wed May 31, 2006 5:51 pm ]
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They didn't have a part no# that I saw just went to home depot and got a couple of boxes of 1/4"X1" rivets.If you know somebody that has a air rivet gun it makes short work of them,lot less manual labor involved than using the manual rivet guns.
Author:  CarNutCertifies [ Sun Jun 04, 2006 9:11 pm ]
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Thanks sounds like something that i should do. That would really save my rear tires...
Author:  0311_DoC [ Sun Jun 04, 2006 9:24 pm ]
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im curious to know. about how hard is it to take off the fender flares? I noticed the ones on the rear doors have plastic rivets except the 1 on the bottom, is that gonna be PITA? Cuz I have been wanting to get them line-xd..
Author:  Mutt [ Fri Jun 09, 2006 11:44 am ]
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I'm picking up rivets to accomplish this task today. Thanks for the idea, tjkj2002, a lot better than replacing them with more plastic garbage.
Author:  unixxx [ Fri Jun 09, 2006 11:59 am ]
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0311_DoC, if you're talking about the chrome rivets in the fender flares, they're actually fake and don't hold anything on :)
Author:  Mutt [ Fri Jun 09, 2006 5:57 pm ]
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I've tried Lowe's, HomeDepot, and Ace without luck locating the the 1/4" shank rivets. Anybody have any ideas?
Author:  0311_DoC [ Fri Jun 09, 2006 6:33 pm ]
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unixxx wrote:
0311_DoC, if you're talking about the chrome rivets in the fender flares, they're actually fake and don't hold anything on :)


So just the plastic ones are actually connected to something? I wanna line-x my flares and lower body. Im also wondering if i should pull off my moldings off the doors first..... any ideas anbody????
Author:  unixxx [ Fri Jun 09, 2006 6:43 pm ]
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They're actually both plastic ;); the fake ones are chromed plastic. I believe the plastic rivets that actually hold the flares on are located in the wheel well.
Author:  0311_DoC [ Fri Jun 09, 2006 6:49 pm ]
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And how do the rear flares come off? The part on the doors? do I have to take off the interior part of the door etc...
Author:  unixxx [ Fri Jun 09, 2006 7:20 pm ]
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There are five rivets that need to be removed from inside the door. Once they're gone you need to use a trim stick to seperate the clips attaching the flare to the door.
Author:  tjkj2002 [ Fri Jun 09, 2006 7:57 pm ]
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MUTT try a autobody paint supply store,they should have some.Can't believe your home depot didn't have any.
Author:  Mutt [ Sat Jun 10, 2006 6:01 pm ]
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I just bought some off ebay. You have to love living in the sticks.
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