🧡 Wanted LC/LC Premium/FE original flare fenders for my 1958

[Gt4]

If someone plan to buy aftermarket extended flare fenders, I would be interested to buy your original LC/LC Premium/FE trim flares to fit on my 1958.

I can also trade my 1958 for your wider if for some obscur reason you are willing to do!!!

 

[back2lumby]

If someone plan to buy aftermarket extended flare fenders, I would be interested to buy your original LC/LC Premium/FE trim flares to fit on my 1958.

I can also trade my 1958 for your wider if for some obscur reason you are willing to do!!!

Any bites? I'm curious about the difficulty Level on this swap and look forward to seeing the results. Also interested in doing the painted bumper panels and surprised we haven't seen a full or even partial 1958>LCLC exterior conversion yet.

 

[Omohundro]

Any bites? I'm curious about the difficulty Level on this swap and look forward to seeing the results. Also interested in doing the painted bumper panels and surprised we haven't seen a full or even partial 1958>LCLC exterior conversion yet.

I painted my front bumper caps and lower “skid” panel to look more like the higher trim on my 1958.

 

[jbe2289]

Any bites? I'm curious about the difficulty Level on this swap and look forward to seeing the results. Also interested in doing the painted bumper panels and surprised we haven't seen a full or even partial 1958>LCLC exterior conversion yet.

Very easy. A couple bolts and push clips and then pull straight out, it is held in by a bunch of clips. I’ve replaced the driver front wheel arch molding on my 1958 after damaging it. The difference is in the mud guards. The 1958 mudguards will not work with the fender flares. If you want to swap out the fender moldings for OEM flares they can be bought online for about $800, which is a lot for pieces of plastic that add ½”. I’d go aftermarket before doing that. NYTOP has some, they are 2” of flare.

 

[back2lumby]

I painted my front bumper caps and lower “skid” panel to look more like the higher trim on my 1958.

Looks choice

 

[back2lumby]

Very easy. A couple bolts and push clips and then pull straight out, it is held in by a bunch of clips. I’ve replaced the driver front wheel arch molding on my 1958 after damaging it. The difference is in the mud guards. The 1958 mudguards will not work with the fender flares. If you want to swap out the fender moldings for OEM flares they can be bought online for about $800, which is a lot for pieces of plastic that add ½”. I’d go aftermarket before doing that. NYTOP has some, I believe they add 1 ½” of flare to the 1958 or 1” to regular LC.

Thanks for the info. Noticed a few options including the NYTOP but I still prefer OEM. Good to know about the mud flaps though, I guess I'd have to replace those too. Do you know if they are different front and rear?

 

[Gt4]

Any bites? I'm curious about the difficulty Level on this swap and look forward to seeing the results. Also interested in doing the painted bumper panels and surprised we haven't seen a full or even partial 1958>LCLC exterior conversion yet.

Not yet. Not in a rush, pretty sure some guys will want wider flares in the future. I also have the JDM mud flaps to got with those OEM flares.

 

[jbe2289]

Thanks for the info. Noticed a few options including the NYTOP but I still prefer OEM. Good to know about the mud flaps though, I guess I'd have to replace those too. Do you know if they are different front and rear?

I know the back are definitely different. They have an additional mounting point up at the top and go up about 3-4”higher. They are molded to match up with the fender flare/molding, so I assume they are molded differently between the two styles in the front, but can’t confirm. Going to the OEM JDM mudflaps would alleviate the issue, look and function better, and likely be similar cost to the rigid mudguards.