Fender flares for 2014-2018 Silverado

Any of them? But the big fender flares look really dumb on a stock truck with little tires.
I’d get some OE looking low profile ones. Aftermarket or junkyard.
They’ll cover up a couple inches of ugly around the wheel wells. But they’ll trap water/salt/debris so it’s kind of a catch 22 considering why you’re wanting to install them.

No, but Google is your friend.

At about $200 for a set of fender flares if you don't get some used or boneyard ones, I'd seriously consider having it color match bed-lined where the flares would go, to cover up your work and add very good protection....if you repair the rust properly.
Bonus, if you have damage that is or will be rusting on the rockers and bottom edges, you could prep those areas as well and have them sprayed.

If a big truck bed runs around $1000 to bed liner, including prep, I'd think you could get a little bit sprayed, already prepped and masked off by you for about the same $.

Tyler0215 wrote:
No, but Google is your friend.

Google gives me about 5000 different options with nothing saying which ones give what kind of coverage, how they're installed, etc.. I don't have infinite money to keep ordering different ones until I find a set I like.

Grit dog wrote:
At about $200 for a set of fender flares if you don't get some used or boneyard ones, I'd seriously consider having it color match bed-lined where the flares would go, to cover up your work and add very good protection....if you repair the rust properly.
Bonus, if you have damage that is or will be rusting on the rockers and bottom edges, you could prep those areas as well and have them sprayed.

If a big truck bed runs around $1000 to bed liner, including prep, I'd think you could get a little bit sprayed, already prepped and masked off by you for about the same $.

Define "properly." If I were to fix it PROPERLY, the rusty metal would be cut out and replaced with new, painted to match, and I would not want or need fender flares to cover anything up.

That's going to cost me a few thousand dollars, which I do not have or want to spend on this truck. It has already let me down twice in the last 1000 miles with stuck lifters. I just want to cover up the rust and pawn it off on some unsuspecting car salesman.

mkirsch wrote:


Define "properly." If I were to fix it PROPERLY, the rusty metal would be cut out and replaced with new, painted to match, and I would not want or need fender flares to cover anything up.

That's going to cost me a few thousand dollars, which I do not have or want to spend on this truck. It has already let me down twice in the last 1000 miles with stuck lifters. I just want to cover up the rust and pawn it off on some unsuspecting car salesman.

I presumed it was just surface rust bubbling the paint, not rusted through.

Not sure which google you're using, but the "5000 different options" are really like a dozen different styles from 100 different vendors, lol.

Although, I'm confused, you first said you were planning in "fixing" the rust (presumably not with a good finish or color matched, hence the need for flares) and said you were looking for something you liked.

Then you said you're just slapping them on to cover up the rust to sell it.

If the latter is the case, buy the cheapest ones you can find and add a for sale sign to your order and let er rip.

PS, still think the bushwhacker type wide flares look awkward with OE size wheels and no lift, so I'd go with skinny OE style looking flares.

Grit dog wrote:
I presumed it was just surface rust bubbling the paint, not rusted through.

Not sure which google you're using, but the "5000 different options" are really like a dozen different styles from 100 different vendors, lol.

Although, I'm confused, you first said you were planning in "fixing" the rust (presumably not with a good finish or color matched, hence the need for flares) and said you were looking for something you liked.

Then you said you're just slapping them on to cover up the rust to sell it.

If the latter is the case, buy the cheapest ones you can find and add a for sale sign to your order and let er rip.

PS, still think the bushwhacker type wide flares look awkward with OE size wheels and no lift, so I'd go with skinny OE style looking flares.

It is surface rust but surface rust means it's on the verge of rusting through. Sanding it down and painting it will buy me 6 months max. To do it properly I would have to have the old metal cut out and replaced.

I fail to see anything contradictory about my statements. Yes, I plan on doing some sanding and slapping on of paint, probably black POR15 because I have some leftover from another project. Then I want to cover up the rust with fender flares, because despite my sanding and paint, the rust is still there.

This way if questioned I can honestly say I "fixed" the rust before adding the flares, because that's how you "fix" rust in car salesman world.

I agree on the Bushwacker flares, and would never install those. I just want something quick and easy and cheap that will cover up the rust. Impossible to tell from the pictures if they will cover up the rust, or how easy/hard they are to install, or if they even fit decent out of the box.

Latner wrote:
REALTRUCK

26 results, most of which are depicted on Fords, Rams, Jeeps or different era Silverados. This is AFTER I selected "2015 Chevy Silverado 1500 6'6" bed."

I have no idea what they will look like on my truck, how much they will cover, or how they go on. Again, I don't have infinite money to keep buying garbage after garbage until I find a set I can deal with.

mkirsch wrote:

Grit dog wrote:
I presumed it was just surface rust bubbling the paint, not rusted through.

Not sure which google you're using, but the "5000 different options" are really like a dozen different styles from 100 different vendors, lol.

Although, I'm confused, you first said you were planning in "fixing" the rust (presumably not with a good finish or color matched, hence the need for flares) and said you were looking for something you liked.

Then you said you're just slapping them on to cover up the rust to sell it.

If the latter is the case, buy the cheapest ones you can find and add a for sale sign to your order and let er rip.

PS, still think the bushwhacker type wide flares look awkward with OE size wheels and no lift, so I'd go with skinny OE style looking flares.

It is surface rust but surface rust means it's on the verge of rusting through. Sanding it down and painting it will buy me 6 months max. To do it properly I would have to have the old metal cut out and replaced.

I fail to see anything contradictory about my statements. Yes, I plan on doing some sanding and slapping on of paint, probably black POR15 because I have some leftover from another project. Then I want to cover up the rust with fender flares, because despite my sanding and paint, the rust is still there.

This way if questioned I can honestly say I "fixed" the rust before adding the flares, because that's how you "fix" rust in car salesman world.

I agree on the Bushwacker flares, and would never install those. I just want something quick and easy and cheap that will cover up the rust. Impossible to tell from the pictures if they will cover up the rust, or how easy/hard they are to install, or if they even fit decent out of the box.

Well, "we" don't know how far up the fenders you will be "repairing."
"We" don't know if its on the inside surface and if you plan on "repairing" that as well or not.
So noone can tell you, hey you can repair 2" up from the fenderwell and the flare you've picked out is 2.5" tall.

What I can tell you is that rust is oxidation. Steel can't oxidize if it's not exposed to.....oxygen. and your thinking is sound, in that if you TOTALLY seal the properly prepped surface (IE wire wheeled down to shiny steel and or a rust converter over minor flash rust, WITH a topcoat of paint) and you don't miss any spots, AND then protect that area from further road damage, rock chips, etc, it WILL last far longer than 6 months.

Now your propensity to fix it right (without cutting out otherwise good sheetmetal, or maybe it's worse and rusting from inside out) may not be there, and a quick wire wheel, scuff n scratch, rust converter, hide with fender flares, "may" only make it through one salt belt winter before rust pops up again.