My tire ate a giant hole in the flap. I'm looking for a online store to replace, and I can't find them any where? Help! I know I could go to a junk yard and probably get some old beat up ones.
Search by your model and look under body-exterior then inner fender......or......search for part numbers CH1251122 for the right front and CH1250122 for the left front.
Can sombody tell me how to get those stupid fasteners to work? I spent hours and still cant figure out how your supposed to use them when you cant get an arm around the backside of the panel. Maybe mine are just broke. For the last two years the fenderwells have just kinda floated there. Id like to fix it.
Can sombody tell me how to get those stupid fasteners to work? I spent hours and still cant figure out how your supposed to use them when you cant get an arm around the backside of the panel. Maybe mine are just broke. For the last two years the fenderwells have just kinda floated there. Id like to fix it.
@Josh - were not talking about "Christmas tree" fasteners or "push pins" lol im not that stupid
Im talking about the fasteners that hold the inner fenderwell to the bumper. They have a pin in the middle of them that IIRC needs to be pushed in to remove the fastener, but getting it back in place is more difficult.
The appear to function like a pin rivet allowing you to fasten the two panels from the outside. I have not, however, been able to reuse them and wonder what other people have done to put their jeeps back together properly.
Those are plastic rivets. One time use only. I bought a plastic rivet gun and plastic rivets from NAPA. You can just buy the rivets and pull the rivet with a wrench and a pair of pliers, but that will not get them as tight.
I haven't ever removed my entire inner fender well mud flap but I'm planning on it when the weather gets warm. Ditching all of the inner fender well flaps (if the design is as well planned out as I think it is up there) and painting them with 3 coats of Rustoleum and then rubber under coating them to hold up from rust. No more crap getting in the way of my tires and at the same time rust proofing it even better.
I was checking out my buddy's YJ and they have a splash shield. When you remove the YJ inner fender (rubber flap) it exposes the whole side of the motor. The only thing I could imagine would be exposed on the WJ is the upper portion of the shock since we have steel protecting the sides of our engine compartment.
I'm guessing that all the rubber inner fender flap does is keep mud and water out of the upper portion of the fender well. If you paint (let it cure properly) and undercoat you're essentially doing the same thing as what the flap would do, only allowing more tire clearance without tearing up the flap.
One time use - that figures. My Pontiac has fasteners that are very similar but are reusable, so I figured these would be too. I guess I'll figure something else out to put those pieces back together. Any ideas? Not being able to reach the other side kinda limits the options.
I did remove and found replace for 9 buck plus shipping so I'm going to replace both sides at one time. After removing the driver side flap I can see the tire looking down the fender. I didn't remove the wheel but think I'm going to when I install the new ones. You can get a few more inches if your tires can full tuck into the fender but the trade off would be very dirty inner fender.
Can you post a whole bunch and then post pictures of what it looks like minus the fender well mud flap? Since you've already got it torn apart I'm taking the lazy approach in asking for the photos:laugh:.
I went out at lunch today and looked at my fender wells...are you talking about replacing the ENTIRE fender well flap or just the outer? Looks like a two piece on mine that is fastened together.
I would, but I don't have a camera. I mean a lot if older truck have open wheel well on the fender side. The thing is that if you go into mud it would be a ***** to clean it out, If you rock crawl I would pull it out. The photo is from my iphone!
i tore mine out years ago never had a issue just had to seal up a couple spots with expanding foam and some PVC tape. the back of your fogs will be exposed and your washer bottle. water and dirt will come out under your headlights. Probabbly not a good idea if your in the rust belt
The flap have came in they seem to be thinner and more plastic feeling maybe cause they are new? I don't know they only cost 8 bucks so I can't really *****!
So i never thought id be "that guy" to revive an old post....but i gotta put my 2 cents in (after finding this post for some helpful info)
Flesh Eater... you will not like your inner fenders removed IF this is a daily driver and you live anywhere with snow. after a good snowfall and the roads get sanded your wheels will kick this sand/salt mix up and spew it all inside the fender and back out the front through the gap under your headlight and bumper. not to mention all this sand/road muck mix will also find its way into the engine bay, you would be surprised how much those little things keep your wj clean.
I myself like to keep my wj clean and with these things removed, it is really hard. after the car wash ill drive homw just to find random sand coming from the bumper, grille, headlight and all in between.
Now for most of the guys on JF probably don't give a **** about a dirty jeep, or inner fenders. i just want to share my thoughts on them.
I was deployed last year and regrettably let my father do some work to my WJ for my wife to use in the winter...need less to say i came home to find out why my father took out my inner fenders his reply was "you dont need them anyway" however 2 weeks later when i went to get an inspection sticker the guy told me that he'll over look the inner fenders, however you really should have them.
I'am now in the process of buying new inner fenders for my WJ.
I got some similar fasteners from Napa that are reusable, but they didn't hold as tight as the original plastic rivets and I wound up losing some on the trail.
I found what IMHO is a better solution to the plastic rivets. I got some black panel screws (have a nice tapered washer attached) and some speed nuts (stamped metal clips that are threaded and are used several other places on the vehicle). I clipped the speed nuts on the fender insert and then put in the screws. I then put the push pins in to fasten the other edges of the fender insert. The solution looks factory, holds very tightly and is removable any time I want. No special tools needed - what a concept!
You can find all these parts at the local hardware store. Sadly the bits and pieces in the hardware drawers are not as cheap as they used to be.
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