To wheel well liner, or not to wheel well liner??
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To wheel well liner, or not to wheel well liner??
I wanted to find out how many of you guys do or do not have your wheel well liners installed and what your experiences are?
I just just burned through my drivers side liner and I'm debating whether or not to get a new one, or just leave it off completely. For reference i just have stock wheels now, but it happened mostly when I had bigger and wider wheels.
My concerns for leaving them off, is possibly touching any wire harnesses, and also picking up rocks and chips on the road and having them flung into the engine bay. On the flip side I don't want to keep buying new wheel well liners every few months from the tires burning though them.
So let me know if you guys think it's ok to drive without them, or better to be safe?
I just just burned through my drivers side liner and I'm debating whether or not to get a new one, or just leave it off completely. For reference i just have stock wheels now, but it happened mostly when I had bigger and wider wheels.
My concerns for leaving them off, is possibly touching any wire harnesses, and also picking up rocks and chips on the road and having them flung into the engine bay. On the flip side I don't want to keep buying new wheel well liners every few months from the tires burning though them.
So let me know if you guys think it's ok to drive without them, or better to be safe?
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you should keep them as they not only protect against **** going into your engine bay, they also protect a wire harness (Passenger and Driver's Side) that runs inside the fender well. if you "burned" thru your old ones, buy new ones before you find yourself with an electrical gremlin that you cannot find!
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Keep it... Why?? Tires throw lot of things.. Maybe some of you live in a state that has money to clean your streets but some of you don't.
Taking it off not only could cut wiring harness but all kind of stuff can get in your bay.. ie, paint, grease, tar, etc.. I had to troubleshoot one of my friends FD when he was blowing MAP sensors and it was due to cut wire that shorted from not running fender liner. I'm also not a fan of running mesh as any liquid barrier you have can get in your bay.. ie, blood, paint, rain, etc. It will protect from small stones, but not from liquids...
Taking it off not only could cut wiring harness but all kind of stuff can get in your bay.. ie, paint, grease, tar, etc.. I had to troubleshoot one of my friends FD when he was blowing MAP sensors and it was due to cut wire that shorted from not running fender liner. I'm also not a fan of running mesh as any liquid barrier you have can get in your bay.. ie, blood, paint, rain, etc. It will protect from small stones, but not from liquids...
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Sounds good, I'll have to pick up a new one then
After inspecting it better earlier, it seems the biggest reason why I burned through it was because some of the lower attachments had broken off, so it wasn't very tight and moved enough to touch the tires.
After inspecting it better earlier, it seems the biggest reason why I burned through it was because some of the lower attachments had broken off, so it wasn't very tight and moved enough to touch the tires.
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Keep it... Why?? Tires throw lot of things.. Maybe some of you live in a state that has money to clean your streets but some of you don't.
Taking it off not only could cut wiring harness but all kind of stuff can get in your bay.. ie, paint, grease, tar, etc.. I had to troubleshoot one of my friends FD when he was blowing MAP sensors and it was due to cut wire that shorted from not running fender liner. I'm also not a fan of running mesh as any liquid barrier you have can get in your bay.. ie, blood, paint, rain, etc. It will protect from small stones, but not from liquids...
Taking it off not only could cut wiring harness but all kind of stuff can get in your bay.. ie, paint, grease, tar, etc.. I had to troubleshoot one of my friends FD when he was blowing MAP sensors and it was due to cut wire that shorted from not running fender liner. I'm also not a fan of running mesh as any liquid barrier you have can get in your bay.. ie, blood, paint, rain, etc. It will protect from small stones, but not from liquids...
Seriously though I get the aggressive fitment but if you're running through fender liners maybe the solution is to stop it from rubbing in the first place.
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What if one was to rivet an aluminum panel where the tire is rubbing that way the tire will not burn through it again. The only concern I have with this idea is that when the tire contacts the aluminum there might be enough friction to pull the fender liner loose of its mounts.
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So was thinking about this as far as heat and air flow goes. I have the harness tied up high and haven't had fender liners for a while. I do have widebody fenders, but after new ducting in the bay I find alot of air from the fans going out the wheel area of course.
Trying to get the hot exhaust air out of the bay, would I just cover the fender holes and the air end up going over the exhaust and out the bottom? Or should I not worry since the hot radiator air is getting out of the engine area now? I have my whole exhaust wrapped with manifold and a quality turbo blanket as well.
Trying to get the hot exhaust air out of the bay, would I just cover the fender holes and the air end up going over the exhaust and out the bottom? Or should I not worry since the hot radiator air is getting out of the engine area now? I have my whole exhaust wrapped with manifold and a quality turbo blanket as well.
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