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View Poll Results: Mirrors, Flares, or Other?
Tow Mirrors (OEM style - glass)
38.71%
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51.61%
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Tow Mirrors or Fender Flares?

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Old Mar 17, 2010 | 07:30 PM
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im still not completely sold on the look of the flares. i love the protection they offer, but im just not sure how good they'll look. on mmstars truck they look like sex, but the same flares on senselesscreationz didnt look that great at all (so he says). very different looking trucks using the same flares creates very different results. not sure how they'd look on mine
 
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Old Mar 17, 2010 | 07:39 PM
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I think the flares would give you the aggressivness your looking for, just can't bury your tires with flare. You need a tire that will fill out a flare and I think that is the difference between sex and not so good.
 
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Old Mar 17, 2010 | 08:44 PM
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well these are 35x12.5 on a 4.5 BS rim, so im pretty sure they'd be even with the flare. I'll be getting Trail Grapps in a couple months cause these tires SUUCK. Havent decided if i want 37's or 35's yet. Mostly made up my mind with 35's again, but thats a whole new poll down the road.

Back to the topic at hand... I think the difference between "sex and not so good" has more to do with the rest of the truck. For instance, mmstars is much much longer and taller, so the flares dont look as huge. they definitely add to the truck. senseless's truck is not near as tall (<6" total lift) and shorter (RCSB) so the flares look much bigger in proportion.

I'm drawing a blank...anyone know if anyone has a black QCSB with 6" lift and 35's and these flares? JasonD maybe? i dont remember
 
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Old Mar 17, 2010 | 10:03 PM
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af that tire set up is the same as mine and the wheels are flush with the flares ...perfect and look great .
 
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Old Mar 18, 2010 | 01:17 AM
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Flares are on my list, behind a lot of other stuff...i guess you can see my tow's
 
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Old Mar 18, 2010 | 03:14 AM
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The tow mirrors make it so much easier just to park my truck on a regular occasion, i made the change in december. The flares would look mean only if you got them with the paint matched imo...... plus the tow mirrors make the truck look just as mean and it would look better to have tow mirrors without flares vs flares without tow mirrors
 
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