Fitting Flexi Flares to a 5 door d1!!

**hills boy** · 28th September 2010, 03:36 AM

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**dirtdawg** · 28th September 2010, 04:07 AM

are you running a body lift or just suspension i have 33's to fit to my disco and am wondering if they will fit with the 2 in lift that i have and cutting the guards as you have done?

**long stroke** · 30th September 2010, 11:18 PM

Originally Posted by Presto

Awesome Tutorial Tim!

I'm just about to buy some 33's for my D1, so fitting flares is inevitable!
Where can I get some of these flares from? What is mm 4x4?

Any info appreciated!

Thanks mate

Give us a call at Coffs Harbour 4wd Centre and have a talk with Ant or Marty we have a few sets in stock and it will save you having to export them from over sea's

Number: (02) 6653 1800

Originally Posted by dirtdawg

are you running a body lift or just suspension i have 33's to fit to my disco and am wondering if they will fit with the 2 in lift that i have and cutting the guards as you have done?

Hi Dirtdawg

no i'm not running a body lift, just a suspension lift, mine is about 4'' lift in the back and 3'' in the front without any rubbing.
It is possible to fit 33's under the guards of a d1 with only a 2'' lift and flexi flares, it is a pretty tight fit but does work.
I know Boxer on here fitted 285/75/16's (33's) on neg 25 rims without any issue's might be worth giving him a pm to find out a bit more about it

CHEERS TIM.

**dirtdawg** · 1st October 2010, 07:51 AM

yeah im using standard disco steelies

**Presto** · 1st October 2010, 08:24 AM

Thanks Tim!

**loanrangie** · 13th September 2013, 02:43 PM

So today i started marking out for cutting my guards ,fronts no problem but rears are awkward due to the rubber bumper strip not allowing the flare to sit flush while marking out.
Has any one removed or trimmed the strip to allow it to sit flush ?

**Presto** · 13th September 2013, 03:19 PM

I removed the strips completely. The only pain is the glue, but a 'caramel wheel' in a battery drill makes short work of it!

**loanrangie** · 13th September 2013, 03:26 PM

Originally Posted by Presto

I removed the strips completely. The only pain is the glue, but a 'caramel wheel' in a battery drill makes short work of it!

Thanks, i think i will do a rough mark out then trim the strips back.

**loanrangie** · 15th September 2013, 11:01 AM

Past the point of no return, are the flares meant to sit on the guards or does the lower lip sit below the cut ?
I have placed it level with the body line as per Tim's guide but the lower rear (front flare ) still seems to hang down too low and the screw hole barely reaches the body work., or is it meant to meet the plastic sill which i have removed.

**Presto** · 15th September 2013, 11:17 AM

The flare should not sit on the panel. The lower edge of the flare should fit over the panel, as it also prevents the panel cutting into the tyre should they touch.

Have a look at my images of the arch install:
http://www.aulro.com/afvb/gclro-memb...-d1-v8i-3.html

The front flare lower screw is very close to the bottom of the panel, but you'll see in my thread that I had a couple of goes taking more out of the panel at the back edge to provide more clearance for the tyre. I had to force the flare back a bit, but in doing that it does lift that back edge a touch.

Hope this helps!

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