has anybody who has a 97 to 03 stepside with the factory flares you know what it looks like when you try taking off the factory mud flaps. for those who have done it what have you done to make it look better? is there a piece that can go at the bottom of the flare to make it look right? thanks ANY help is appreciaited!

 

I put Lightning ground effects on my 2000 and you can still see it a little. The mudflaps actually dug into the paint on mine.

 

yeah, the fender flares from the supercrew model that do not contain mud flaps will line up/bolt up correctly. this eliminates the problem.

 

ok so the flares off a supecrew will work. yea they dug into the paint on mine when i took them off and they looked terrible with the flares cut on the bottoms. stupid design IMO . and there a pain to get off. i i was thinking ford had some kind of little rocker piece that would do there so protect the paint guess not

 

I put Bushwacker fender flares on.

 

As far as I know Bushwacker only made Styleside flairs. Is that what you used?


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Yeah he did, He has another pick in the "Show 'em off" thread. They look really good.

 

Yep, I got the Styleside ones and shaved the front to follow curves and the back just a bit. I have a template I made once I was done with one side to do the other. I can send it to you if you want.

 

Cool I see you live in Maple Grove. I have a good friend who lives there, He owns all of the "Muller Family Theaters" in the Twin Cities area.

Do you have pics of the templates? I would like to look into adding these to my truck with some wheel spacers, I've been wanting to do it for a while. It looks really good

 

here is a picture. This follows the line of the front of the fender. I used this to do the shaving.

 

Great, thanks! That gives me a very good idea on what needs to be done. They look like they turned out great on your truck!