Ford Ranger Off-Road Fiberglass Body Panels

Frequently Asked Questions:

Q – How will fiberglass fenders help my off-road rig?

A – Offroad fiberglass fenders allow for more travel of your tires and suspension so you won’t have to lift your truck as high. The hoods, fenders and bedsides shed quite a bit of weight over the stock sheet metal parts and they don’t dent or rust.

Q – How does fiberglass compare to sheet metal?

The way fiberglass fenders are designed, impact is spread over the entire surface area of the fender to reduce the chance of damage. With sheet metal fenders, the same impact would more likely leave a permanent dent. Fiberglass fenders are not shock proof, they can tear if you slam yourself into a boulder or flip. Fiberglass is pound for pound, stronger than steel for it’s weight to strength ratio. Fiberglass components weighs 75% less than sheet metal.

Q – What do they mean by “6-Inch flare”?

A – When looking at fiberglass fenders you’ll see terms such as “6-inch flare”. This is how far the fender sticks out from the normal (stock) width, not any indication as to how big the wheel opening is. The photo below is an example of a 8-inch flare.

Choose your flare’s wisely. If you’re using this on a trail rig or something that’s going to be around trees or rocks/embankments, you may not want a very wide flare sticking out to be rubbing against stuff.

Unless you’re desert racing or looking for wider fenders to cover wider tires or compensate for wider axle widths from axle swaps, you’ll probably be more concerned with how much larger the wheel opening is than how wide the flare is.

Q – How do you install Fiberglass fenders?

A – Fiberglass fenders come “holeless”. You have to aligned them into their approximate location, marked the holes, and drilled them to accept the factory bolts.