MCE fender flares
#1
JK Newbie
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MCE fender flares
I have been wanting a set of narrow fender flares and found these. I have not found many reviews. Does anyone run these? If so what do you think about them?
#2
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I run the narrows and they're decent. The rears are about identical to the cut factory flares that I took off, with the exception that these guys have some give to them when you go rub trees. The factory ones were more rigid and would have peeled off the jeep. The fronts- there's a noticeable difference between these and the stock trim I did. I only took an inch or so out of the inner radius so nothing crazy, but enough to open the wheel well up. These open it up a lot more. Installation isn't bad, though I think I'd rather go the traditional nutsert route instead of sheet metal screws that these use with holes in the body. They included LED fender markers (awesome) but they don't function like the stock halogen bulb did so I had to get creative to get a blinker and parking light in the fender- it unfortunately resulted in two lights under there but they are wired so that both are in use for the blinker and only one is a parking light. With recessing them into the fender liner (nope, no cajaones to drill the 3/4" hole in my fender) you don't notice them until they're lit up. Plenty bright during the day, very bright at night.
What I hate about them- the rooster tails on the hood. I have a gravel driveway where water and mud will accumulate. Driving down the driveway- instant mud all over the hood. Driving around town at ~35mph where the roads are wet- same deal. I also dislike them because even though I got them for stupid cheap, I found a set of Nemesis industries flares on Marketplace about 10 minutes after I finished installation and that price was only $500-600 for a set with the reinforcements. I'm sure I'd still have the rooster tails and such with those, but they were my top pick.
So a good product, just not what I had my heart set on. That being said- I MUCH prefer them to the cheap steel flares that everyone else runs. I've got a set on another jeep at the house here and they don't bounce back out if you rub a tree.
What I hate about them- the rooster tails on the hood. I have a gravel driveway where water and mud will accumulate. Driving down the driveway- instant mud all over the hood. Driving around town at ~35mph where the roads are wet- same deal. I also dislike them because even though I got them for stupid cheap, I found a set of Nemesis industries flares on Marketplace about 10 minutes after I finished installation and that price was only $500-600 for a set with the reinforcements. I'm sure I'd still have the rooster tails and such with those, but they were my top pick.
So a good product, just not what I had my heart set on. That being said- I MUCH prefer them to the cheap steel flares that everyone else runs. I've got a set on another jeep at the house here and they don't bounce back out if you rub a tree.
#3
JK Newbie
Thread Starter
I run the narrows and they're decent. The rears are about identical to the cut factory flares that I took off, with the exception that these guys have some give to them when you go rub trees. The factory ones were more rigid and would have peeled off the jeep. The fronts- there's a noticeable difference between these and the stock trim I did. I only took an inch or so out of the inner radius so nothing crazy, but enough to open the wheel well up. These open it up a lot more. Installation isn't bad, though I think I'd rather go the traditional nutsert route instead of sheet metal screws that these use with holes in the body. They included LED fender markers (awesome) but they don't function like the stock halogen bulb did so I had to get creative to get a blinker and parking light in the fender- it unfortunately resulted in two lights under there but they are wired so that both are in use for the blinker and only one is a parking light. With recessing them into the fender liner (nope, no cajaones to drill the 3/4" hole in my fender) you don't notice them until they're lit up. Plenty bright during the day, very bright at night.
What I hate about them- the rooster tails on the hood. I have a gravel driveway where water and mud will accumulate. Driving down the driveway- instant mud all over the hood. Driving around town at ~35mph where the roads are wet- same deal. I also dislike them because even though I got them for stupid cheap, I found a set of Nemesis industries flares on Marketplace about 10 minutes after I finished installation and that price was only $500-600 for a set with the reinforcements. I'm sure I'd still have the rooster tails and such with those, but they were my top pick.
So a good product, just not what I had my heart set on. That being said- I MUCH prefer them to the cheap steel flares that everyone else runs. I've got a set on another jeep at the house here and they don't bounce back out if you rub a tree.
What I hate about them- the rooster tails on the hood. I have a gravel driveway where water and mud will accumulate. Driving down the driveway- instant mud all over the hood. Driving around town at ~35mph where the roads are wet- same deal. I also dislike them because even though I got them for stupid cheap, I found a set of Nemesis industries flares on Marketplace about 10 minutes after I finished installation and that price was only $500-600 for a set with the reinforcements. I'm sure I'd still have the rooster tails and such with those, but they were my top pick.
So a good product, just not what I had my heart set on. That being said- I MUCH prefer them to the cheap steel flares that everyone else runs. I've got a set on another jeep at the house here and they don't bounce back out if you rub a tree.
#4
Super Moderator
I've only got this one picture but the rear one is a marker that cuts out when the blinker (front) activates. From the factory, they are supposed to only be marker lights but I like the added visibility.
When it's daylight and the lights aren't on, you can hardly see them. I enlarged an existing hole in the liner and then drilled another for the second light.
When it's daylight and the lights aren't on, you can hardly see them. I enlarged an existing hole in the liner and then drilled another for the second light.
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#5
JK Newbie
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I've only got this one picture but the rear one is a marker that cuts out when the blinker (front) activates. From the factory, they are supposed to only be marker lights but I like the added visibility.
When it's daylight and the lights aren't on, you can hardly see them. I enlarged an existing hole in the liner and then drilled another for the second light.
When it's daylight and the lights aren't on, you can hardly see them. I enlarged an existing hole in the liner and then drilled another for the second light.