Fender Flares for FJ40

[alshekhy]

HI
i am a new member i need help from all
i have toyota fj40 and i search for Fender Flares like attach
if you know any website can found there
I will be grateful for your cooperation and estimator

 

[JohnnyC]

The person who was producing those has not been on ih8mud for a long time ... There were many guys who have tried and failed at contacting him... Sorry

He was the only source for them As far as I know ... I will find the thread about them for you... Possibly tomorrow

 

[JohnnyC]

Ahhhh found it anyway sooner

Read thru this thread... It has other links as well

This is a link ... Click it>>>https://forum.ih8mud.com/threads/fj40-fendor-flares.548991/


Btw ... Welcome to Mud !

 

[geoffnlp]

Thanks JohnnyC I have been trying to find that thread also.

 

[lcwizard]

OFF-ROAD 4x4 Fender Flares Wheel Arches TOYOTA LAND CRUISER FJ40 BJ40 40 Series


We weren't fond of glass so we've made a few from 3/16 steel...Might be an over kill considering the frame truck's frame is a lighter gauge.
Nothing for the front however, but aqualu does make wider front fenders

 

[Jdc1]

OFF-ROAD 4x4 Fender Flares Wheel Arches TOYOTA LAND CRUISER FJ40 BJ40 40 Series


We weren't fond of glass so we've made a few from 3/16 steel...Might be an over kill considering the frame truck's frame is a lighter gauge.
Nothing for the front however, but aqualu does make wider front fenders

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Are you still building these, they look awesome. What is the finish?

 

[lcwizard]

We can still build them. It's more a matter of having time than ability. We got our plates pretty full and it's harder than you think to find good fabricators. In any given large city you can find a thousand lawyers that make 100-300 dollars an hour but finding 50 good fabricators in the same size population is nearly impossible. We're in a small mining town so it's worse. To attract a welder with potential we must compete with the mines that start around 20~25/hr depending on experience and move to 29.00 pretty quickly. They offer benefit package equal to about 10/hr. That's for a basic, slap it together welder. I need that and someone who can make changes on the fly and understands the application and how it works in an off road environment. There's one guy like that in ten or twenty welders. At the mines they would be foremen or project managers. A fair market value for that is over 50.00 an hour but this industry won't support that cost so we find those that do it because they love Land Cruisers and trucks. The Land Cruiser lovers are an aging group and our ice age is coming
There are 16 individual pieces in each flare. Conservatively they're 750.00 a pair. There are three people here. Of the three myself and Greg could build these.
They're finished in a textured black powder

 

[Jdc1]

We can still build them. It's more a matter of having time than ability. We got our plates pretty full and it's harder than you think to find good fabricators. In any given large city you can find a thousand lawyers that make 100-300 dollars an hour but finding 50 good fabricators in the same size population is nearly impossible. We're in a small mining town so it's worse. To attract a welder with potential we must compete with the mines that start around 20~25/hr depending on experience and move to 29.00 pretty quickly. They offer benefit package equal to about 10/hr. That's for a basic, slap it together welder. I need that and someone who can make changes on the fly and understands the application and how it works in an off road environment. There's one guy like that in ten or twenty welders. At the mines they would be foremen or project managers. A fair market value for that is over 50.00 an hour but this industry won't support that cost so we find those that do it because they love Land Cruisers and trucks. The Land Cruiser lovers are an aging group and our ice age is coming
There are 16 individual pieces in each flare. Conservatively they're 750.00 a pair. There are three people here. Of the three myself and Greg could build these.
They're finished in a textured black powder

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Would you be willing to sell these as a kit or digital files?

 

[lcwizard]

Would you be willing to sell these as a kit or digital files?

I'd need to quote the individual pieces with laser. We've been cutting them CNC hi-def plasma on our table. I would want to etch the part numbers for assembly.
A few look very close to each other
Know that there is a lot of hand finish labor in these

 

[65swb45]

We can still build them. It's more a matter of having time than ability. We got our plates pretty full and it's harder than you think to find good fabricators. In any given large city you can find a thousand lawyers that make 100-300 dollars an hour but finding 50 good fabricators in the same size population is nearly impossible. We're in a small mining town so it's worse. To attract a welder with potential we must compete with the mines that start around 20~25/hr depending on experience and move to 29.00 pretty quickly. They offer benefit package equal to about 10/hr. That's for a basic, slap it together welder. I need that and someone who can make changes on the fly and understands the application and how it works in an off road environment. There's one guy like that in ten or twenty welders. At the mines they would be foremen or project managers. A fair market value for that is over 50.00 an hour but this industry won't support that cost so we find those that do it because they love Land Cruisers and trucks. The Land Cruiser lovers are an aging group and our ice age is coming
There are 16 individual pieces in each flare. Conservatively they're 750.00 a pair. There are three people here. Of the three myself and Greg could build these.
They're finished in a textured black powder

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Like, like, like.

This is the most concise explanation of the dynamic tension in your industry I can recall reading...anywhere. And the responses also demonstrate the dynamic tension with the consumer.

Subscribed...before I knew it existed.

 

[honk]

The Land Cruiser lovers are an aging group and our ice age is coming

"Land cruiser lover" has been redefined.

Today the term increasingly defines an owner pool who buy the most pristine example available at almost any cost to keep in storage or spotless garages for use on occasional profile drives and visits to 'cars and coffee' type look-at-me gatherings.

The thought of any off road use horrifies them as it would risk damaging, even dirtying their most prized possession. Yet they enjoy viewing youTube videos of land cruisers in hard usage as they obtain by ownership a communal identification with the true value of the trucks.

The term usually applied to this phenomenon is "Gentrification".

 

[Jdc1]

"Land cruiser lover" has been redefined.

Today the term increasingly defines an owner pool who buy the most pristine example available at almost any cost to keep in storage or spotless garages for use on occasional profile drives and visits to 'cars and coffee' type look-at-me gatherings.

The thought of any off road use horrifies them as it would risk damaging, even dirtying their most prized possession. Yet they enjoy viewing youTube videos of land cruisers in hard usage as they obtain by ownership a communal identification with the true value of the trucks.

The term usually applied to this phenomenon is "Gentrification".

I went alot further on my resto than I thought I would, to the point where it probably won't be treated to its capabilities. When @reevesci listed tank for sale, my dad bought it to build and use like we want to. These fender flares would be perfect for that truck.

 

[onemanarmy]

I appreciate the amount of work that goes into those metal flares, but flares on any 40 ruin the classic lines and detract from the value. Odd that people SPEND money to make their valuable vehicle look less attractive and make detract from the value.

 

[RWBeringer4x4]

I appreciate the amount of work that goes into those metal flares, but flares on any 40 ruin the classic lines and detract from the value. Odd that people SPEND money to make their valuable vehicle look less attractive and make detract from the value.

Mine were already chopped and flared when I bought it. This got done to a ton of trucks when skinny tires started vanishing. It allows you to run a 10.5in+ tire, which would crumple up those classic lines anyway! As long as they don't cut it into a "jeep" circular arch, and keep the rear square, It doesn't bother me any... This all goes back to the gentrification comments - most folks who cut the rear fenders didn't care about looks, they cared about offroad performance, and their rear fenders were getting in the way. If you're buying a classic cruiser as an "investment," and you're never gonna use it offroad, don't cut and flare

Since mine were cut and flared already, this would be an awesome upgrade.

@lcwizard - I wish you lived closer man. I'd work for you for free just to learn metalworking to your level.

 

[geoffnlp]

I guess that's why they say " To each their own" you build them to your own personal taste.

 

[lcwizard]

Everyone has a good point here. If I get my hands on a pristine 40 I leave it be as a courtesy to those who wish to acquire an original. I'm sitting on a '71 in such shape now. There are plenty, if
not more , 40's out there with cut up or rusted bodies to modify and build to your personality.
I bought my first 40 when I was 19 in 1978, brand new off the showroom floor so i know what it
was like owning one. I also know that I love to take my cruiser places that I should avoid with a stock truck. That's what steered be to this business....a lack of options. I've driven a lot of cars, trucks, hi performance to utility but the one that put the biggest smile on my face was my first 40
made topless. After the injected V-8 , automatic , modified for fast suspension, power steering, 4 wheel discs and so many tweaks I couldn't count. I would wake up in the morning on a nice day and just drive it. No place in particular...just drive. I rolled it on the trail multiple times , each time rebuilding it until the last time in the late 90's. It was time to move to the 55 I was building so the cowl went into the competition crawler for the ARCA and BFG rock crawling events and @Poser ended up with the cage , which he may still have

 

[bikersmurf]

I appreciate the work and beauty of those flares. But being an underpaid and under appreciated technician, I have to admit they're out of my pricerange. I sure hear you about the problems with meeting price points.

 

[lcwizard]

I appreciate the work and beauty of those flares. But being an underpaid and under appreciated technician, I have to admit they're out of my pricerange. I sure hear you about the problems with meeting price points.

thanks, I've always said that any good fabricator can build a 5000.00 bumper. It's just time and materials. the trick is trying to build the best bumper for an affordable price. The general public seems to have less and less disposable income making it more and more difficult to keep parts in the offering. We once had over 100 part numbers, 80 % of them for 40's. Now it's a handful . I look at my lifestyle at 20 years old in 1979
and there's no way for me to match what I could do with that 20,000.00 in earnings then without making over 80,000 today. My brand new 40 cost 6200.00 in 78, a third of a years gross. A good paint job on a 40 costs nearly that today. A nice home in Phoenix was 1 1/2 years gross and 33 x 12.50 Armstrong Maxitracs would go on sale for 79.00 and I could fill my tank for less than 10.00. Most companies could still afford to give full medical and most had paid retirement of some sort.
We didn't have 100 or 200 a month phone bills. AT&T and Ma Bell combined were about 15.00 a month. TV was free and because there was only a few channels we were more productive. Bonanza and The Rifleman were cool, the Kardashians and Dancing with the Stars just leave me suicidal

 

[Mace]

 

[lcwizard]

That's so true. the worst part is no matter how old and cranky I get I never seem to get smart enough to know when to walk away......Who the hell said "wisdom comes with age"?....probably a young guy