Wheel Flares on '91XJ

[bchulett]

What's involved removing the stock wheel flares on a '91XJ?

Some body shop guy said: in addition to the fasteners, there's two-sided tape that holds them tight against the body. I don't see anything in the FSM about any tape. BS or not?

Also... if there's no tape do these come off fairly easy... I would like to remove the flares to get them repainted.

Thanks

[juicexj24]

To remove the flare, unbolt the bolts from behind the lip. There isn't any tape, just his try to get some money from you. I will tell you this. The bolts will break. So get a hardware kit from the dealer or try rigidsteel.com for the hardware. Also on the topic of paint you must put a flex agent in the paint before they are painted. When I painted my jeep that is what we did to keep the paint from cracking if the flare flexes. Just some advice.

[Boz88xj]

Ya this guy is trying to rip you a new one.

It takes 20 minutes to take all the flares off, but there is quite a few bolts.

On my 88, I think 3 or 4 bolts survived the process.... :/