Legality of fender flares.
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JK Super Freak
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From: Jacksonville, FL
Legality of fender flares.
Recently I have been considering just removing my stock fender flares and going fenderless but I'm concerned whether this is legal or not (especially in Florida but also in all the east coast states up to and including Maryland).
JK Enthusiast
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From: Bellevue, WA
If you have any questions about this, you can refer to this RCW (WAC 204-90-040):
http://apps.leg.wa.gov/wac/default.aspx?cite=204-90-040
To save the jump, the Section that directly deals with fenders reads:
(7) Fenders: All wheels of a special motor vehicle shall be equipped with fenders designed to cover the entire tire tread width that comes in contact with the road surface. Coverage of the tire tread circumference shall be from at least 15° in front and to at least 75° to the rear of the vertical centerline at each wheel measured from the center of the wheel rotation. At no time shall the tire come in contact with the body, fender, chassis, or suspension of the vehicle. Street rods and kit vehicles which are more than forty years old and are owned and operated primarily as a collector's item need not be equipped with fenders when the vehicle is used and driven during fair weather on well-maintained, hard-surfaced roads.
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I certainly don't know what the regulations are in Florida, or anywhere else of the east coast, but I would imagine that most of the states have similar regulations (possibly derived from some sort of federal DOT guidelines)
JK Junkie
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From: apollo beach, fl
The 2007 Florida Statutes
Title XXIII
MOTOR VEHICLES Chapter 316
STATE UNIFORM TRAFFIC CONTROL View Entire Chapter
316.252 Splash and spray suppressant devices.--
(1) No person shall drive or operate, or cause to be driven or operated, any truck of gross vehicle weight of 26,000 pounds or more, any truck tractor, or any trailer or semitrailer the net weight of which is 2,000 pounds or more unless such vehicle is equipped with fenders, covers, or other splash and spray suppressant devices, such as substantial flexible flaps on the rearmost wheels of such vehicle or combination of vehicles, which will effectively prevent or minimize the splash or spray of water or mud and the throwing of other materials on the windshields of following vehicles. The provisions of this section shall not apply to vehicles used exclusively for the purpose of producing, processing, or transporting agricultural products, including horticultural products or forestry products.
Title XXIII
MOTOR VEHICLES Chapter 316
STATE UNIFORM TRAFFIC CONTROL View Entire Chapter
316.252 Splash and spray suppressant devices.--
(1) No person shall drive or operate, or cause to be driven or operated, any truck of gross vehicle weight of 26,000 pounds or more, any truck tractor, or any trailer or semitrailer the net weight of which is 2,000 pounds or more unless such vehicle is equipped with fenders, covers, or other splash and spray suppressant devices, such as substantial flexible flaps on the rearmost wheels of such vehicle or combination of vehicles, which will effectively prevent or minimize the splash or spray of water or mud and the throwing of other materials on the windshields of following vehicles. The provisions of this section shall not apply to vehicles used exclusively for the purpose of producing, processing, or transporting agricultural products, including horticultural products or forestry products.
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JK Super Freak
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From: Lancaster Pa
In Pa. the fenders/flairs must cover the tire. This is checked at the annual inspection. The police will usually not stop a person, unless the tires are sticking out pretty far, or they have some other issues, and the police want to nail them. The inspection stations are pretty strict on this issue.
JK Junkie
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From: Mount Carmel, PA
In Pa. the fenders/flairs must cover the tire. This is checked at the annual inspection. The police will usually not stop a person, unless the tires are sticking out pretty far, or they have some other issues, and the police want to nail them. The inspection stations are pretty strict on this issue.
And 4" out will get ya pulled over 
$132 inpection violation and a lecture....... 