88-98 k1500 Covering Rust with Fender Flares! Cheap Fix.

[@jesserivers1931]

I have a similar truck so I was looking for videos to basically do the same thing. And I just wanna throw this in the middle. I have one of the roughest days ever never related to the truck. I ran across this video and I laughed so hard. My stomach hurt. I had tears in my eyes. keep making videos. I will follow like all of them carefree living life to the fullest thanks man.

[@jrsprojects786]

Right on

[@hedmonds2417]

Nice!!! That works!!! Thanks for the tips!!!

[@nicholaswilliams886]

I did the same thing. Works great. Nice video man.

[@jrsprojects786]

Glad it helped

[@trump45and2zig-zags]

Exactly what I'm getn ready to do to my 05

[@jrsprojects786]

It's really not that bad of a job!

[@davidyansky6605]

Yep, good enough for the 50' rule.

[@jrsprojects786]

Hell yeah!

[@user-uj3zk2cx8t]

Why not just replace the front fenders?

[@jrsprojects786]

I didn't want to paint them. OEM (New Old Stock) would be the best way but cost a fortune if I could find them. Aftermarket ones are sometimes Ok, sometimes not, and can be a lot of hassle. A used one same color would be faded and probably not match at all, and if I end up replacing the fender, I'd have to paint the fender and blend to the hood and door. I pretty much took the easiest path... Well, almost easiest, I could have just picked up a pair with the screws all the way around and bolted those on without doing any clean up on the existing fender. If this was a restoration project, I probably would have just bought front fenders, actually I would have started with a different truck from somewhere that wasn't in the Rust Belt.

[@RR137G]

My 93 paint didn't hold up as well as that one. My hood and roof paint is gone. I had a clear coat sprayed on the roof and have absolutely zero rust anywhere else.

[@jrsprojects786]

you must live in the south. :) Minus the frame this had zero rust when I got it. I actually think this truck was in a flood, at least based on the Rear pinion bearing race that had bearing rust marks embedded in it. I actually was so impressed it sits on my desk to this day:)

[@justinmcclain6423]

I think I'll start the screws in the fender before putting it on.

[@jrsprojects786]

That's "A" way to do it. I just wasn't really sure where they would line up. These flares actually have Holes pre-drilled for the screws, but they come nowhere near the actual metal. I was shooting from the hip.

[@justinmcclain6423]

​@jrsprojects786 dang. Ours is rustier, so no telling where we'll hit metal.. if we do

[@justinmcclain6423]

You need a "Tetanus Jingle" to queue up when yanking on rust.

[@jrsprojects786]

Thats a Great Idea!

[@ourv9603]

Before you get involved, you should look a little lower. GM trucks are notorious for having rusted all the way thru frame rails. It is so prevalent, I dont know how they stay in business. !

[@jrsprojects786]

Especially true in the Rust belt..

[@richardwarfordjr.5622]

I don't like the look of flares truck looks better especially k series without them but if you do kudos

[@jrsprojects786]

I agree. but it was the cheap fix.