Warn Trail Flares: Should they stay or should they go now?

[meaders]

too me the Warn flares only look bad with the mall terrains on the jeep.

 

[97TJGUZZY]

too me the Warn flares only look bad with the mall terrains on the jeep.

well, running the km2s all the time is out of the question for sure.

 

[Southeast Overland]

Keep the wider flares. They serve a very valid and functional purpose.

 

[meaders]

Source some other rims for the all terrains.

 

[97TJGUZZY]

Source some other rims for the all terrains.

so is it the rims or tires you dont like?:

 

[WolfGT]

Keep the flares and get a different Jeep. Red jeep TJ's are played out.

 

[97TJGUZZY]

it looks less like an overweight sea cow trying to fly when I have the stock flares on it.

 

[97TJGUZZY]

Keep the flares and get a different Jeep. Red jeep TJ's are played out.

oh yeah, and :

 

[meaders]

so is it the rims or tires you dont like?:

WTH..... isnt the backspacing on the rims different.

 

[97TJGUZZY]

i thought you meant that you didnt like the ATs because they were ATs, you just dont like them because they are a bit narrower. Is that what you meant?

the ats are .75" narrower per side than the mts

 

[06TJX]

Have you looked at the modern classic enterprises 3.5" flatties? That's what I'm going with.....easy install, cheap to repair/replace....

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[97TJGUZZY]

the stock flares are 3.5, thats no more than stock coverage.

 

[06TJX]

Yeah...but they look badass hehehe.....

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[97TJGUZZY]

in an effort to go back to stock width fenders and not feel so bad about it, I tried something free today. I took off my front wheel spacers. They were 1.25 on each side and I had originally put them on when I first put in my 44 when I had different lower control arm mounts on the axle and frame... well it rubs on near full lock but its definitly managable. And when I put my km2s on it they will be an inch wider on each side so it should be ok....

I'm going to take off the flares tomorrow and see how it goes.

 

[97TJGUZZY]

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[meaders]

the AT's with the more BS wheels made it look worse than when you run the KM2's.

 

[97TJGUZZY]

Now that i took off the wheel spacers I'm going to put the stock flares back on. Now I just need to get some chromos for the rear with 5. on 5.5 bp on them so I can take the rear spacers off.

 

[97TJGUZZY]

I'm not sure yet, we got the dutchman shafts for camerons's, but we had to because they were custom 6 lug shafts, i'm thinking I can get some cheaper with the 5 on 5.5 bp

 

[97TJGUZZY]

yeah, East Goast Gear supply has it for $400 and some change, but i'm looking for the $200 range for just shafts.

 

[97TJGUZZY]

also, the yukon kit makes the explorer axle 2" wider, which would put me back to where I'm at now with wheel spacers.

I found a great price on the yukon kit though, i'll pm you.