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Warn 6-inch Fender Flares

Im not sure about the rest of you, but after installing my 33x12.50's I was rather tired of eating mud when I took my doors off during the summer months. I didn't mind the look of the tires sticking out roughly an inch, but the contant mud slinging got old. I knew Warn had a 6-inch and a 7-inch flair available. I however didn't want it sticking way out there so I purchased exactly what I needed. Nothing more and of course I didn't want less.

I chose Warn fenders because I liked the look of the stock fenders and just wanted a wider fender, which they just happen to copy perfectly. Every line and detail appears to be the same.

Tools: Time:
8mm scocket and driver
8mm wrench
10mm wrench
Rubber mallet
Regular screwdriver
Needle nose plyers
Aproximately 3 hours


I didnt' take any pictures of the measuring technique to determine my required fender size, but this is how I did it:

Take a 2x4 or something with a straight edge and place it on the face of your tire. You know from the bottom of your tire to the top. Now take a tape measure and measure from the tub to the edge of your straight edge. My measurements where right at 6-inches from the tub to the straight edge.

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One single Box arrived with all 4 fenders
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4 Fenders, instructions and "No Hardware"
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As you can tell from the above picture the Warn fenders are nearly twice the size in width
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The only noticeable difference other than the Warn are massive is this little tine on the stock rear fenders that would enter into a hole in the Tub. The Warn fenders do not have them.
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First step I took a regular screw driver and popped the body retaining clip away from the bottom of the fender well at the rear of the rear fender.
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Near the front of the rear fender there are two more. Simply wedge in your screw driver and seperate them from the body
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This is a closeup of typical 8MM bolt used in securing the fender to the tub. However there are two types of fasteners. One that screws directly into the tub and one that uses retaining blocks.
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There are two bolts that screw directly into the tub up front of the rear fender. Remove these first with a 8MM socket or wrench due to space restrictions.
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There is one more in the rear at the bottom of the fender. Remove this secondly using the same tool as the front two.
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Now the remaining bolts are held in with a retaining block. I sorta cheated in my install. I used a screw driver and gently applied pressure so it would hold the block in place and allow the block to fall inside the fender after I pulled the bolts out.
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Continueing up to the top of the fender using the same screw driver method.
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This is a typical self taping hole in the tub. There should be three in your tub. Two up front in the rear fender and one in the rear.
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This is a typical hole that requires the bolt and the retaining block.
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As you can see there are a lot of retaining bolts holding your fender on.
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This is what a 33x12.50 tire looks like without a fender.
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This is what a typical retaining block looks like. The four little tabs sicking out go against the tub from the inside of your tub. The screw enters the hole from your fender flare into the block.

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