Bushwacker rear fender flares?

OldFarmTruck22 · Post by **OldFarmTruck22** » Thu Dec 29, 2022 11:58 am

Hey did you know theres a Bushwacker fender flare set that fits the rear of FSJ's?
Its the ones for the XJ truck rear.

Anybody have any info on this would be great to post it up here.

Thanks!

Post by **Stuka** » Thu Dec 29, 2022 3:23 pm

Several people have run the cherokee pocket flares on wagoneers. I would have to dig around for photos. They do require some trimming, but the split for the rear doors is pretty close to exactly what a wagoneer needs.

For a 2dr cherokee or J-Truck, I assume the flares for a 2dr XJ or MJ would work, but I have not seen them used personally.

OldFarmTruck22 · Post by **OldFarmTruck22** » Tue Jan 03, 2023 8:04 am

Stuka wrote: ↑Thu Dec 29, 2022 3:23 pm Several people have run the cherokee pocket flares on wagoneers. I would have to dig around for photos. They do require some trimming, but the split for the rear doors is pretty close to exactly what a wagoneer needs.

For a 2dr cherokee or J-Truck, I assume the flares for a 2dr XJ or MJ would work, but I have not seen them used personally.

Your right, it's the 2 door XJ that fits the rear of the 2 door Chief.
Not sure just how much cutting away of the quarter panel would be involved, I was hoping somebody on here did this already.
I saw some pictures on pinterest of a couple FSJ's with the Bushwacker pocket flares on them. Looked realy good.

thej10guy · Post by **thej10guy** » Tue Jan 03, 2023 8:45 am

Well they aren’t cheap but you can get them off of bj’s offroad. It appears it requires trimming of the bottom of the front fender but they look pretty good.

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OldFarmTruck22 · Post by **OldFarmTruck22** » Tue Jan 03, 2023 10:03 am

thej10guy wrote: ↑Tue Jan 03, 2023 8:45 am
Well they aren’t cheap but you can get them off of bj’s offroad. It appears it requires trimming of the bottom of the front fender but they look pretty good.

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That's great j10guy. What about the rear fender wells, how high up do you need to remove metal?

thej10guy · Post by **thej10guy** » Tue Jan 03, 2023 10:27 am

I’m not sure, I don’t have these. It looks like you wouldn’t have to remove it too high, most likely the same height as would be required to put wide track flares on. On j10’s at least, the top of the flare is even with the same bodyline that these go up to.

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Post by **Stuka** » Tue Jan 03, 2023 11:22 am

Come to think of it, I have never seen somebody put these on a wide trac. I have only seen them put on narrow tracs. So you may be entering new ground putting them on a wide trac. Most wide trac owners just get new OE style flares.

OldFarmTruck22 · Post by **OldFarmTruck22** » Tue Jan 03, 2023 12:25 pm

Stuka wrote: ↑Tue Jan 03, 2023 11:22 am Come to think of it, I have never seen somebody put these on a wide trac. I have only seen them put on narrow tracs. So you may be entering new ground putting them on a wide trac. Most wide trac owners just get new OE style flares.

You mean fiberglass?

thej10guy · Post by **thej10guy** » Tue Jan 03, 2023 1:08 pm

If I were redoing a widetrack (or making a widetrack) I would most likely use reproduction fiberglass ones but if someone is looking for ones they could bolt on or if they are building an offroad/ beater rig, I would look at 2 door xj/mj ones or the bushwacker ones from bj’s

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Post by **Stuka** » Tue Jan 03, 2023 3:11 pm

OldFarmTruck22 wrote: ↑Tue Jan 03, 2023 12:25 pm
Stuka wrote: ↑Tue Jan 03, 2023 11:22 am Come to think of it, I have never seen somebody put these on a wide trac. I have only seen them put on narrow tracs. So you may be entering new ground putting them on a wide trac. Most wide trac owners just get new OE style flares.
You mean fiberglass?

Yeah, nobody makes steel ones anymore to my knowledge. But the fiber glass ones fit as the steel ones did (within margins of tolerance). I don't think the bushwacker flares will fit a WT wheel opening, which is way larger than a NT fender.

sierrablue · Post by **sierrablue** » Tue Jan 03, 2023 11:10 pm

I'd personally just go with the fiberglass ones but that's just me.

SJohn · Post by **SJohn** » Fri Jan 06, 2023 8:51 pm

Has anyone looked at the YJ wrangler rear flares for an FSJ? I parked next to a YJ renegade this week and noticed the rear flares look similar to FSJ rear flares.

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Yeller · Post by **Yeller** » Fri Jan 06, 2023 9:06 pm

I think they are too small in every direction except maybe width.

SJohn · Post by **SJohn** » Fri Jan 06, 2023 9:09 pm

Yeller wrote:I think they are too small in every direction except maybe width.

Ahh yeah, I just noticed the styling was very similar.

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sierrablue · Post by **sierrablue** » Fri Jan 06, 2023 10:19 pm

You might be able to use some aftermarket Wrangler flares though, designed to cut out the fenders.

OldFarmTruck22 · Post by **OldFarmTruck22** » Mon Jan 09, 2023 8:08 am

Look on pinterest. There's a few FSJ's with the XJ/MJ 2 door REAR bushwacker pocket flares on there. Looks great.

Post by **Stuka** » Mon Jan 09, 2023 7:29 pm

OldFarmTruck22 wrote: ↑Mon Jan 09, 2023 8:08 am Look on pinterest. There's a few FSJ's with the XJ/MJ 2 door REAR bushwacker pocket flares on there. Looks great.

On a wide trac?

There are plenty of narrow tracs, as the fenders fit up very well for them.

OldFarmTruck22 · Post by **OldFarmTruck22** » Tue Jan 10, 2023 6:55 am

That would be something you would have to see from the pictures. I'm thinking if BJ's is selling them, they could answer that too.

thej10guy · Post by **thej10guy** » Tue Jan 10, 2023 8:05 am

It says on BJ’s that they are supposed to fit wide tracks too

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sierrablue · Post by **sierrablue** » Tue Jan 10, 2023 6:05 pm

Honestly unless you have a law about how far out tires can stick in your state, anything that fits right ought to be fine.

Might be worth nothing that you can fix the fiberglass ones pretty easily if you break them/hit anything.

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