I have knobby tires, live in a gravel road, and recently got my truck painted. I now have a nice dent and cracked paint in the lower front fender, due to a flying rock - so be it - no garage queen here.
I have threatened to make FJ40 fender liners for ~30 years, and finally did so. If you did a lot of muddy wheeling, I believe these would make it harder to wash out the gunk. My truck sees fair-weather wheeling for the most part, so this will stop flying rocks that cause dents.
I bought a 10' x 2' roll of 1/8" thick black polyethylene plastic on Amazon (~$45 with shipping - https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07B8TYCW4?tag=ihco-20). The pieces I cut from the roll were 3' long and 12.5" wide. This roll will make 3 liners, so if you screw one up, you can re-do it. This is a cut-and-fit-as-you-go project, for sure.
These liners are retained to the FJ40 in three ways:
I got my pieces cut (12.5" x 36"), and then slid them into place (from the bottom up) and trimmed/cut/fit as I went. I think it turned out well - you cannot see them unless you look and they seem stoutly mounted. I used various compound shears and a Stanley knife to cut the plastic.
YMMV - this is a fairly tedious, 3 hour job, spent on your garage floor looking up, but it seems worth it. I will now go drive my FJ40 at 70 mph to see if they stay put and behave. It will be interesting to hear how the stones sound when they get flung...
Steve
I have threatened to make FJ40 fender liners for ~30 years, and finally did so. If you did a lot of muddy wheeling, I believe these would make it harder to wash out the gunk. My truck sees fair-weather wheeling for the most part, so this will stop flying rocks that cause dents.
I bought a 10' x 2' roll of 1/8" thick black polyethylene plastic on Amazon (~$45 with shipping - https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07B8TYCW4?tag=ihco-20). The pieces I cut from the roll were 3' long and 12.5" wide. This roll will make 3 liners, so if you screw one up, you can re-do it. This is a cut-and-fit-as-you-go project, for sure.
These liners are retained to the FJ40 in three ways:
- They are trimmed with a flange to slide and lock into the fender support.
- They fit under the flange on the outside edge of the front fender and jam into the inside fender edge.
- They are bolted to the running board bolt on the bottom. I used a longer bolt and large washer.
I got my pieces cut (12.5" x 36"), and then slid them into place (from the bottom up) and trimmed/cut/fit as I went. I think it turned out well - you cannot see them unless you look and they seem stoutly mounted. I used various compound shears and a Stanley knife to cut the plastic.
YMMV - this is a fairly tedious, 3 hour job, spent on your garage floor looking up, but it seems worth it. I will now go drive my FJ40 at 70 mph to see if they stay put and behave. It will be interesting to hear how the stones sound when they get flung...
Steve
