Installing bushwacker flares & spacers this weekend!

apcrews10 · Post by **apcrews10** » Tue Aug 30, 2005 5:26 pm

I got my bushwacker flares the other day and did a trial fit on the fronts. It looks like they are going to be a perfect fit on the front. Have not had time to take the back factory flares off and test fit them. Spacers for rear wheels are supposed to arrive Friday.

barch97 · Post by **barch97** » Wed Aug 31, 2005 3:28 am

You opened the wrong box first. It's the rears that are going to be a problem. Unless I missed something, bushwacker does not sell a full set of flares for our crewcabs. Crewcabs being the important part there. They do sell a set for s-10/sonoma regular cabs and extended cabs but they have different beds and therefore rear wheel wells than our trucks. Ours are acully closer to isuzu hombre bed/wheelwell.

That's the bad news... the good news is, I'm pretty sure you can make them fit. If I remember correctly, I believe HenryJ has made a set fit pretty nicely. It's gonna take some cutting and trimming and heating and bending and stretching but it can be done.

Post by **HenryJ** » Wed Aug 31, 2005 3:56 am

It can be done- Bushwacker extend-a-fender flares
Take your time.

They do look real good, and are currently my second choice for flares.

apcrews10 · Post by **apcrews10** » Wed Aug 31, 2005 4:42 am

Well the only thing you might have missed is that I said the fronts fit fine. I had not got around to test fitting the rears.

apcrews10 · Post by **apcrews10** » Wed Aug 31, 2005 4:45 am

HenryJ, what is your first choice?

AZS10Crew · Post by **AZS10Crew** » Wed Aug 31, 2005 7:38 am

apcrews10 wrote:HenryJ, what is your first choice?

He just added bubaloo's cutout flares...like the ones I have...

barch97 · Post by **barch97** » Wed Aug 31, 2005 7:59 am

apcrews10 wrote:Well the only thing you might have missed is that I said the fronts fit fine. I had not got around to test fitting the rears.

The only thing you might have missed is my sense of humor. The point I was making is that the front will fit perfectly as they are made for our trucks (actually they're not. they're made for reg/ext cab s10/sonomas. but our front fenders are identical) The backs will not fit "out of the box." They are made for a different wheel well. They need to be modified to fit.

Post by **HenryJ** » Wed Aug 31, 2005 8:10 am

AZS10Crew wrote:...He just added bubaloo's cutout flares...like the ones I have...

Yes. Number one without a doubt. Lots more room for larger tires! I'm running 33's with the Skidz flares, where 31's were tight with the Bushwackers.