I was planning on taking off my fender flares and driving up to Flagstaff to where my friend is making me some custom flares. I was wondering is it illegal to run around in Arizona without fender flares? I took them off to see how the flare was attached and I drove around with them off and I liked the look without.

Anyways is it illegal to run without Fender Flares in Arizona?

Thanks

Matt

 

I am pretty sure it is illegal. I run "almost" fenderless. I had the bushwacker pocket flares, broke them from wheel flex on my first trip out to Table Mesa. Installed Zenon flat flares next. The rears don't have the lexan stiffeners under the flare like the fronts, so the AZ heat warped them terribly in the first month I ran them. The fronts, which have the lexan stiffener panel, ended up snapping from running through a tight box canyon that the JK barely squeezed out of. Bottom line, I trimmed both front and rear, approximately the width of a roll of duct tape (3"?). It offers me just a little sacrificial edge so as not to damge the body. So I am VERY close to fenderless, lots of tire exposure with 37" KM2's

I know that was a bit long, haven't really answered your questioned either. However, I have been running it for a year like this and lots of police look, but no stops. Not sure where you are in AZ, but in Phoenix Metro area, I see some crazy desert vehicles cruising the streets at times. I am planning on replacing with Offroad Evo's or Posion Spyder's flat panel flares in the future. If you are just heading up I-17 to Flagstaff you should be fine. It does suck when it rains with out flares, the JK will throw some water!

 

Thanks for the heads up yeah I see alot of these Baja style trucks running around with no fenders. I'm gonna be on I17 I always get weird look from everyone running around with no doors, all mudded up most of the time. But I think I will put the new flares in as soon as I can.

 

The Arizona Revised Statues are kind of vague on the subject. I did not check the Arizona Administrative Code or any city codes. So without further research I would guess it really depends on how friendly the police are that you may run into.

Here are a couple of A.R.S. statutes that are close to what may be relevant:

28-921. Applicability of equipment requirements
A. A person shall not:
1. Drive or move and the owner shall not knowingly cause or permit to be driven or moved on a highway a vehicle or combination of vehicles that:
(a) Is in an unsafe condition that endangers a person.
(b) Does not contain those parts or is not at all times equipped with lamps and other equipment in proper condition and adjustment as required in this article.

28-958.01. Rear fender splash guards
A. A person shall not operate a truck, trailer, semitrailer or bus on a highway unless the vehicle is equipped with rear fender splash guards that comply with the specifications provided in this section.
B. The splash guards:
1. Shall be attached in a manner that prevents the splashing of mud or water on the windshield of other motor vehicles.
2. Shall extend to a length of not more than eight inches from the ground.
3. Shall be wide enough to cover the full tread or treads of the tires being protected.
4. Shall be installed close enough to the tread surface of the tire or wheel to control the side throw of the bulk of the thrown road surface material.
5. May be constructed of a flexible rubberized material.
6. Shall be attached in a manner that, regardless of movement either in the splash guards or the vehicle, the splash guards retain their general parallel relationship to the tread surface of the tire or wheel under all ordinary operating conditions.
C. This section does not apply to:
1. A vehicle commonly known as a pickup truck with a manufacturer's gross vehicle weight rating of ten thousand pounds or less, except that this section applies if the pickup truck has been modified from the original bumper height design to raise the center of gravity of the pickup truck.

 

That means I have to put them back on.

 

Your Jeep is titled as a "wagon" in AZ. It is not a truck, the code is for trucks, not Jeeps.