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So searching around the forum for the Xenon fender flares doesn't pull up much more than one thread from 2002 that no longer has working pictures.
And for clarification, mine is not a street truck. By the time this project is done, it will be a highly capable IFS off road machine with a very expensive digital desert camo paint job I want to protect.
Xenon says their flares are pretty much indestructible due to being made of polyurethane. Also, they're made in America
Since they're pretty much the only company that makes flares for the Ex, I was thinking about getting a set to help protect the paint from my much wider tires. However, I was hoping that maybe someone here could give me some clarification on them.
Here's a few pictures of them:
The description on carid.com says that these are for an XLT without running boards. Mine came with running boards (the type that bolt to the rocker supports and mould to the rocker lines),
but I took them off and I have the no-flare factory side skirts to replace them, which are this style:
It's hard to tell if the side skirts in the top picture are some level of factory moulded style running boards/side skirts, or a xenon part that I can't find any reference to.
Anyone know if the side skirts in the xenon pictures are a factory part? I'm half tempted to order a set for one side for now, and see how they fit with what I have. I'm also wondering if I'd be better off just taking the flares and running boards from my '98 EB parts truck and using them, but it looks like the Xenons are wider and I really don't want running boards.
I sent an e-mail to the company, but haven't had a response yet so I figured I would ask ya'all and see if anyone knows.
And for clarification, mine is not a street truck. By the time this project is done, it will be a highly capable IFS off road machine with a very expensive digital desert camo paint job I want to protect.
Xenon says their flares are pretty much indestructible due to being made of polyurethane. Also, they're made in America
Since they're pretty much the only company that makes flares for the Ex, I was thinking about getting a set to help protect the paint from my much wider tires. However, I was hoping that maybe someone here could give me some clarification on them.
Here's a few pictures of them:
The description on carid.com says that these are for an XLT without running boards. Mine came with running boards (the type that bolt to the rocker supports and mould to the rocker lines),
but I took them off and I have the no-flare factory side skirts to replace them, which are this style:
It's hard to tell if the side skirts in the top picture are some level of factory moulded style running boards/side skirts, or a xenon part that I can't find any reference to.
Anyone know if the side skirts in the xenon pictures are a factory part? I'm half tempted to order a set for one side for now, and see how they fit with what I have. I'm also wondering if I'd be better off just taking the flares and running boards from my '98 EB parts truck and using them, but it looks like the Xenons are wider and I really don't want running boards.
I sent an e-mail to the company, but haven't had a response yet so I figured I would ask ya'all and see if anyone knows.