Wheel house liners

[Turbo Terry]

The liners that go in the wheel wheels. Needed or not?
Easier to keep washed out or not? Does look a little more finished with them I guess. Let the discussions begin

 

[Cummins2014]

Are you asking about the fender liners , the wheel wells ?

 

[AH64ID]

Yes, I think they are warranted.

 

[Turbo Terry]

My dealer order man said some folks like them others not. He said they like to be able to wash the mud etc out of there.

 

[Turbo Terry]

I never drive deep mud. Only gravel occasionally I have 4 wheelers. That doesn’t mean I have not drove a lot of gravel or mud and have been stuck in snow or mud a lot. But I was working and in company trucks and was getting paid . I have put all 4 tire chains on as many as 6 times in a day in Wyoming trying to get to ranches to get the power back on In 23 years on my old 99 I never was ever in a wreck or got stuck once. Stayed on the road

 

[Ozymandias]

The liners that go in the wheel wheels. Needed or not? Easier to keep washed out or not? Does look a little more finished with them I guess. Let the discussions begin

Well, take them out and your tires throw the dirt right into your engine bay and all the way up to the hood and over the engine. There is nothing behind it, so I've no clue what your dealer was talking about of having them or not.

 

[NIsaacs]

Well, take them out and your tires throw the dirt right into your engine bay and all the way up to the hood and over the engine. There is nothing behind it, so I've no clue what your dealer was talking about of having them or not.

The OP is talking about the rear wheel liners.

 

[CToney]

I like them. The body work is thin. Stones will dent fenders. I think they are a good idea. I’m not happy with my dealer for not including them in my build

 

[AH64ID]

I believe they are standard on Laramie and up trucks, should be standard on all of them.

 

[bcbender]

It keeps the "majority" of cr@p off your body work, easier to clean and keep clean.. The only reason they are not included on all models is cost, and trust me that thin injection molded mass produced plastic part probably costs them less than a buck or two. All the cost is in the tooling to make it which is spread over all the trucks made in that bodystyle...(millions)

 

[Turbo Terry]

I must say I wish I had them as well front and rear. I guess I will order them and do the install in the spring

 

[Turbo Terry]

Will the front block my oil filter change hole thru the wheel well . Taking the air box off looks like a pain. Where do you think the best place to get them. The dealer I think I will try first

 

[bcbender]

The truck should have fender liners in the front, and there is a cutout where you reach through to get at the filter on the passenger side. (I can post a picture later).

 

[Turbo Terry]

Please do. I must have them on the front then. I read somewhere you couldnt have them with factory air suspension in the rear. My old 99 had Firestone air bags aftermarket installed They had to cut the liners a bit but the factory air bags are much further in than the firestones were.

 

[Turbo Terry]

I can see the coil spring and shock in the front. I must have wheel liners in the front then

 

[bcbender]

Here is the front... see the oil filter access in the red box

here is the rear..

 

[bcbender]

Those plastic liners are basically a thin barrier between all the important "stuff" and the road debris and grime.... It is literally the first thing you take off doing most repairs, sounds counter productive, but I was quite good at removing them on my 04 to gain access.

 

[AEdelheit]

I can see the coil spring and shock in the front. I must have wheel liners in the front then

The liners do not cover the coil or shock so not a good gauge but I have never seen a truck come without front liners, could you post a picture of what you have ?

 

[Turbo Terry]

Yes I think it has front ones. I will get rear ones. My snowblower just broke. In Alaska you need to get it fixed asap. Going after parts now

 

[GroundSquirrel]

Mine has both but I don't care about the rear end. I'm changing to a flat bed in a few weeks so you can have my rear guards if you want them TT