Wheel-Well liners
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From: Frisco, TX
Wheel-Well liners
My old Z71 had them and it cleaned up the looks of the truck really well. I started searching for my new truck and found them for $117 installed at my local Discount Hitches. I got the first batch from a company in Michigan and I couldn't be happier. Tires are next......well, after medical bills are paid for a broken ankle that is. 
Decided to post since I've seen quite a few inquiries
Decided to post since I've seen quite a few inquiries
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looks like they do but since I can't crawl or move due to recent surgery on this ankle I had them install. THere are no gaps and the fit/finish is top notch, I believe more so than the ones the Ford house sells (seen those on a few trucks on the lot).
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Yeah fords liners don't really do much, mine only covers the rear parts of the wheel well because they left out the front piece while trying to cut spending on the trucks. Id love to get full liners though because it would keep all the salt and crap from getting sprayed up inside my bed and up towards the front.
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this is the company I used Rugged Liner | Products | Rugged Cover
they don't sell direct so you'll need to order from a distributor.
they don't sell direct so you'll need to order from a distributor.
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Is there a chance that 'spray' would get up on top of these things and find its way to the lip on the top of the wheel well? If water (especially salt) was trapped up in there then that wouldn't be good. Winters around here can be bad and the roads get a lot of salt on them....that that salt seems to find its way in to every nook and cranny of these trucks.
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I don't think anything will provide you the guarantee you're looking for so I'd either take them off every spring to thoroughly clean my truck or rhino line the areas in question. they fit very well and no gaps but stuff will find it's way like always. pulling them off is less than half an hour of work so I guess you could do it more frequently.
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Spray will probably still get up there but if you maybe spray oil in there before winter and after it will keep the salt from causing rust. I have had my bed rot done twice already. i actually just got my truck back form getting fixed, this time i got new panels put in and i have them rip the foam out and seal the gap so i have no foam or gap anymore. Next summer i am going to pull the bed and paint it with POR 15 so i don't have to worry anymore.
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its a nice idea but there is no way in h$ll I'm gonna put three bare metal clips onto my wheel well lip. First the clip isn't stainless, aluminum and will rot in three months, second the clip will scratch the clear/paint/primer down to bare metal and then that will rot the wheel well out even faster
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its a nice idea but there is no way in h$ll I'm gonna put three bare metal clips onto my wheel well lip. First the clip isn't stainless, aluminum and will rot in three months, second the clip will scratch the clear/paint/primer down to bare metal and then that will rot the wheel well out even faster
I could not agree more. I wouldn't install it that way either. I installed flares on my truck last week and it ended up taking me forever because I didn't do it the "suggested" way. Drill holes to mount to mount them. I used the existing holes on the wheel opening and it took forever measuring and lining things up.