To flare or not to flare?

Background: I plan on bed lining my whole truck so I can wheel it and not worry to much about paint. Therefore I’m not worried about paint or mud flying up on the body.

When my Dad gave me the truck I was thinking I was going to take the fender flares off. They are old and one is cracked and they flap in the wind. Plus they wrecked the paint.

What do you think?

 

Flare

 

Looks better with them on.

 

Flare vote here as well! A good set of color matched flares make any truck look better.

 

Yes if I put them back on they will be color matched bedliner as well. Thanks for your input

 

Off with the flares!!

 

Like it sleek eh haha

 

Lol. If your ganna line-x the whole tuck than off with the flares. On the pictures it looks better without the flares already!!

 

Flare on!

 

Fair enough thanks!

 

One more for the winning team!

 

Oh yeah I just like the stance from the flares.

 

Thanks I do like the way the look on it as well. Black or color matched?

 

If you're going to bed liner it then just do them as well.

 

Bed looks solid from the pictures how is it?

 

What motor is in the step side square body?

 

This is about the only one with rust. Not too bad. Nothing even close to being rusted through. And it’s a 2008.

 

2002 5.3l ls. Tuned to 91 octane and torque management on the 4l60 has been disabled. Intake and shorties into dual 3” bullet muffs. Would dyno around 300hp.

 

If they are broken then take them off. Plus they may damage the linex just like they did the paint

 

That is pretty much the plan at this point. Maybe one day I’ll get another set cheap and coat them

 

When its linex'd it'll look badass without flared IMO

 

Thanks for your input!

 

No need for flares if u line x entire truck. One thing we have done is to put flare on truck then trace outside of flare and line x up to it. Put flare back on and it doesn't rub through paint.

 

Off with them

 

Thanks! 9 to 5 for flares so far.

 

I was thinking flare my own. I do like the way yours looks with the flares.

 

Thanks. Looks like I’ll need to spray the flares and see how they look!

 

IMO, flares can look damn good if they DO NOT have gigantic frickin' silver rivets making the truck look tacky or they are not color matched and stand out like a sore thumb. Why anyone would get flares that are the opposite color of their truck is beyond me. It looks horrid... OK, I am off my soap box. How is the weather?

 

Haha thanks for your input!