Wheel Well Liners

[gdpgmc]

Kind of a dumb question from me, since I already installed them last night. But after I got the first one fitted and took a good look at how they fit, I started to wonder if they are going to do more harm than good! It seems sand and stuff can get caught between the liner and metal around the wheel well lip. (they do look nice, but I am more of a form follows function person)I am starting to think I should have gone with my original idea of having Line X spray the wells when I had the bed done... Anybody have any real world problems with them on older trucks?

[AllBlkdOut07]

I'm not a big fan on them (they look too cheapo/plastic) and could see stuff getting inbetween them and the paint, I would've had the wheel wells LineX'd for sure if you had the $. On bodylifted trucks they look weird, the indentations don't match up (i.e. the frame rail hole) since everything is 3" higher.

[Montana Bronco]

Personally, I do not care for them.

[Sir Dan]

I was very happy with them. Fairly inexpensive, easy to install and look great! I have a white truck, so the wheel wells really looked dorky with all that white showing. I'm not worried about sand/grit getting behind to scratch the paint cause they are never coming back out while I own the truck, and all the metal is galvanized back there so not worried much about rust behind them either. They fit really tight up against the lips from what I can see. I've heard that the linex type coatings can chip off easily if you use lots of gravel roads so that won't work for me. All in all, I'd say the liners look good and quiet the road noise a bit also so thumbs up for me.

[MS3DALE]

Personally I don't like'em,I had them in my truck for a couple weeks and took them out.

I also put them in our parts trucks at work ('07 K2500HD) There still in it,but you wouldn't believe all the dirt,pebbles,salt (In the wintertime) and "crap" that get trapped.

I think they cause more harm than good,now maybe if you "scuffed-up" underneath there and sprayed some good undercoating or spray-in bedliner coating under there then install them you'd be alright,because the coating would prevent the paint from getting scratched-up.

But your still going to have the stuff getting getting trapped at the bottom of the liners,you just have to keep washing/rinsing the stuff all out of that area.

[Lincoln30]

The way I see it there are plenty of parts that come standard on the truck (like the front wheel house liners) that potentially have the same issue with dirt getting trapped between the plastic and painted metal surfaces, yet they don't seem to have too many issues with older trucks. If you are really concerned you could remove then periodically and clean under them, but since I doubt you are doing this for the fronts then it's probably not necessary for the rears.

 

I love the rear liners and think it gives the truck a finished/OE look that a spray on can't.

[MS3DALE]

The way I see it there are plenty of parts that come standard on the truck (like the front wheel house liners) that potentially have the same issue with dirt getting trapped between the plastic and painted metal surfaces, yet they don't seem to have too many issues with older trucks. If you are really concerned you could remove then periodically and clean under them, but since I doubt you are doing this for the fronts then it's probably not necessary for the rears.

Yeah I've had a lot of guys say that...actually I have removed the front ones on the GMT800 trucks I had to clean under them,but on the front they actually don't cover very much sheetmetal up at all (You can look under the hood and see what all they cover,or what they "don't" cover) and the way the front fenders are designed they trap no dirt or stuff at the bottom,and very little around what they do cover.

 

Your right though,the rear ones do give the trucks a "finished" look,although with my truck being Black you couldn't really tell they were installed anyway!!

I do have these round plugs that go into the four round holes in the frames crossmembers,that helps the look out greatly!!

[gvbhunt]

The way I see it there are plenty of parts that come standard on the truck (like the front wheel house liners) that potentially have the same issue with dirt getting trapped between the plastic and painted metal surfaces, yet they don't seem to have too many issues with older trucks. If you are really concerned you could remove then periodically and clean under them, but since I doubt you are doing this for the fronts then it's probably not necessary for the rears.

Yeah I've had a lot of guys say that...actually I have removed the front ones on the GMT800 trucks I had to clean under them,but on the front they actually don't cover very much sheetmetal up at all (You can look under the hood and see what all they cover,or what they "don't" cover) and the way the front fenders are designed they trap no dirt or stuff at the bottom,and very little around what they do cover.

 

Your right though,the rear ones do give the trucks a "finished" look,although with my truck being Black you couldn't really tell they were installed anyway!!

I do have these round plugs that go into the four round holes in the frames crossmembers,that helps the look out greatly!!

 

I always wondered if you could weld caps on the end of that frame member and use it for an air tank for horns or for suspension air bags?

[VMax2007]

The way I see it there are plenty of parts that come standard on the truck (like the front wheel house liners) that potentially have the same issue with dirt getting trapped between the plastic and painted metal surfaces, yet they don't seem to have too many issues with older trucks. If you are really concerned you could remove then periodically and clean under them, but since I doubt you are doing this for the fronts then it's probably not necessary for the rears.

Yeah I've had a lot of guys say that...actually I have removed the front ones on the GMT800 trucks I had to clean under them,but on the front they actually don't cover very much sheetmetal up at all (You can look under the hood and see what all they cover,or what they "don't" cover) and the way the front fenders are designed they trap no dirt or stuff at the bottom,and very little around what they do cover.

 

Your right though,the rear ones do give the trucks a "finished" look,although with my truck being Black you couldn't really tell they were installed anyway!!

I do have these round plugs that go into the four round holes in the frames crossmembers,that helps the look out greatly!!

 

I always wondered if you could weld caps on the end of that frame member and use it for an air tank for horns or for suspension air bags?

 

 

 

Or you could fill them with Helium and make your truck lighter for better fuel mileage.

[MarkPMB]

Very happy with mine, especially after lowering the rear 2"

[gdpgmc]

Mark, you were the guy who inspired me to get them. You did a write up on installing them didn't you? I still don't know how you got them on without removing the wheel though.I think they look great, don't get me wrong... I just hope they don't do more harm than good.

[MarkPMB]

I had to bend the bottom part just a little to slide them in, and then I did have to use my floor jack

under the frame to raise the bed up enough to get the drill in. I jacked it up till the tire was just off the ground, this gave me maximum clearance Once I jacked it up I had plenty of room for the bottom two bolts. hat was easier than pulling off those 22's ..LOL

 

I always clean out the wheel well area anyways when I wash the truck, no worries at all from me

[tobias]

I had to bend the bottom part just a little to slide them in, and then I did have to use my floor jack

under the frame to raise the bed up enough to get the drill in. I jacked it up till the tire was just off the ground, this gave me maximum clearance Once I jacked it up I had plenty of room for the bottom two bolts. hat was easier than pulling off those 22's ..LOL

 

I always clean out the wheel well area anyways when I wash the truck, no worries at all from me

 

Now you just need to shave all those silly emblems off your truck and you'll be all set, Mark!

[Ryan00TJ]

I plan on getting a set next week for my new Sierra. I think it's really going to help finish the rear with the Flame Red color.

[Mossyoakglock]

I coated my rear fenders with some of the Duplicolor undercoating and it started to chip so I got the liners. But, because it was chipping I decided to respray the fenders with a light coat to somewhat clean them up and then put the liners in. I think they look way better than just having them sprayed. Covers the frame and everything.