how to make your own gap guards?
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Rubber will expand and contract with temperature at a different rate than the fender wells that it is screwed into. The holes will stretch and eventually tear.
Plastic will be tough to work with. To thin, and it will be torn by rocks and debris from the road. Too thick, and it will be a royal pain to install.
Urethane is what Performance Accessories makes their gap guards with. Get some sheets of it and cut to fit. Or just buy theirs.
Plastic will be tough to work with. To thin, and it will be torn by rocks and debris from the road. Too thick, and it will be a royal pain to install.
Urethane is what Performance Accessories makes their gap guards with. Get some sheets of it and cut to fit. Or just buy theirs.
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https://www.f150online.com/forums/me...ap-filler.html
try this link, use 48 inch long peices. You can get them at farm and fleet or TSC. I would bet you could bolt them to the crush blocks if you dont have access to a welder. I personally wouldnt do it any other way.
try this link, use 48 inch long peices. You can get them at farm and fleet or TSC. I would bet you could bolt them to the crush blocks if you dont have access to a welder. I personally wouldnt do it any other way.
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If you used thiner metal and a break to bend it im sure you could. At first I was worried about that small gap but that gap is there without any lift at all. its just ussually on top of the frame and a body lift makes it more drastic.
I had a lot of people that had to ask to make sure it was a body lift because they didnt notice gap guards but didnt see a suspension lift.
I had a lot of people that had to ask to make sure it was a body lift because they didnt notice gap guards but didnt see a suspension lift.
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If you used thiner metal and a break to bend it im sure you could. At first I was worried about that small gap but that gap is there without any lift at all. its just ussually on top of the frame and a body lift makes it more drastic.
I had a lot of people that had to ask to make sure it was a body lift because they didnt notice gap guards but didnt see a suspension lift.
I had a lot of people that had to ask to make sure it was a body lift because they didnt notice gap guards but didnt see a suspension lift.
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if you use a thinner metal and bent it twice really tight it could be done very neatly to cover both gaps. wouldnt want it to bee too thin as it might wave. Maybe could rivet it to the wheel well and weld or rivet it to the crush blocks.
Or even a second strip along the original bed it wouldnt have to be one piece.
It could be done.
The front I left alone so you could see the shortys. It never really bothered me to have that open.
Or even a second strip along the original bed it wouldnt have to be one piece.
It could be done.
The front I left alone so you could see the shortys. It never really bothered me to have that open.
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