Wheelhouse Liner Question

[plasx]

Hi all. A question for anyone.
Did the Ranger at one time come with rear wheeelhouse liners? If so, what year were they discontinued? Seems like my '87 XL had them, but my '08 doesn't. And, as far as I can check, I don't see any listed.
Too bad if such low-cost/high-value parts were discontinued for economic reasons.
Thanks.

 

[4x4junkie]

My '94 has plastic splash liners at the inside front & rear of the fender, the top part is metal and supports the bed side at the wheelwell lip.

 

[rwenzing]

For many years, Rangers had 4 flat plastic panels, 2 ahead of the rear tire and 2 behind. Later years, including my 2003, have had the forward ones "thrifted" but the 2 behind the tire remain. Some people say that the 08's don't have any at all but the one I saw at the local dealer had the rear 2 only like my 2003.

On mine, the mounting holes are still there for the missing forward pair so it should be easy to add them if desired. They install using ordinary plastic push pins. I checked once and Ford's price was on the high side for a piece of flat plastic. When I get around to it, I think I'll just pull one of the rears and use it as a pattern to make 2 more for in front of the rear tires.

 

[plasx]

Thanks For Info == Wheelhouse Liners

Thanks for the quick replies. I can attest that the '08's, mine included, do indeed have the rear upper/partial liner in the rear wheelwell.
Good idea about duplicating it for a front upper partial. Yes, I noticed the holes in the metal wheelwell for the fronts are still there, of course. I'll have to check for these -- probably too old for original Ford parts. If the dimensions are right, we could reverse a pair of the rears.
Professionally, I do injection molding for a competiting manufacturer, and we produce a lot of wheelhouse liners. The parts are inexpensive to manufacture, usually using a percentage of regrind material as the liners are "no-show" parts. Funny it would be "thrifted" out, in light of its low cost and benefits.