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03-08-2007, 11:17 PM
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Re: E&G Painted Fender Flares - Anyone use these
The E&G kit comes with, and without the mud flaps. You can get them with mud flaps and they seem to do a good job (search this site, there's pictures) They look tough too.
My problem? I called E&G. They said "We don't sell to the public, you need to call our distributor" and they gave me a phone number in our area (LA, 145 miles from us) I call 'em. They said "We don't sell to the public, you'll have to call our distributor" I'm thinkin' WHAT, AGAIN!? FINALFRICKINLY, I get a guy that'll sell 'em to me. Just under $300 freakin' dollars. That's stupidmoney for a few hunks of molded plastic that probably cost 'em $30 to make. It's been stepped on TWICE.
On to my main point. Say I liked these things enough to buy 'em (I decided that I can just wash the damned H3 about a hundred times for that kind of money) you'd think since they have such a fine and protected distributorship that if I wanted them, they'd have them in stock? Well, you'd be wrong!
It gets stepped on TWICE and they said that they'd have to ORDER them and have them drop shipped to my house. What kind of lame krap is that? I gotta pay two friggin' middlemen to make a phone call that I already made? Nope, just for GP, I ain't supporting that krapola.
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03-08-2007, 11:55 PM
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Re: E&G Painted Fender Flares - Anyone use these
well that price is cheaper than a quick search on the internet brought up. the reason they have to order them is (i believe) E&G make them to order because of the paint color.
i agree, i have some trouble justifying $300 for these things. i like the thing to get nice and muddy when i am off-roading, but it is a pain if i want to take the wife out to a nice dinner and we are all f-ing dirty just from getting in and out of the car.  i don't know???
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03-09-2007, 12:27 AM
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Re: E&G Painted Fender Flares - Anyone use these
The price I was quoted, $290, was for the gray/black ones that match the bumper color. No paint. I believe in capitalism, but I do not believe in ninnyism. In today's internet market place, it's stupid to have something stepped on twice. If anyone wants to be competitive, getting rid of middlemen is where it's at. E&G could pay a couple of frecklefaced high school kids to pack these things up and sell direct (and therefore sell a HELL of a lot more of them) at half the cost.
We have a truck accessory place in town. A real storefront. The story's the same there. They don't have a damned thing in stock. Again, with today's market place, why should I pay a middle man? Now, if they actually stocked the stuff, I could see it. But all they're doing is ordering it and I have to wait and some of these turds charge shipping too!
I ordered a Stirling 5si trailer through Tractor Supply. They have their game together. The trailer is being shipped in at NO COST. Amazing. A whole galvanized trailer that weighs almost 700lbs and they're not dinging me for shipping. Now that's what a middleman is supposed to be like.
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03-18-2007, 10:16 PM
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Re: E&G Painted Fender Flares - Anyone use these
I spent the $300 for the black ones thinking I was getting a flare similar to what we put on our Jeep CJ's back in the 70's to cover the big Gumbo Mudders. They are nothing similar. These are not flexible as they are made from hard plastic, and instead of being a shell, they actually come in on the bottom with a 2" lip. What I'm trying to explain is, if you're running anything larger than stock tires on your H3, forget it. My 35's rub at the slightest bump in the road. I hit a pretty good sized hump in the Smokies last weekend and damned near knocked the fender extension on the rear door completely off. Luckily, it popped right back in. Needless to say, I removed the flares today and now I'm trying to decide whether I want to try and trim them to make them work. I personally never saw a need for flares with my stock tires, as the factory fenders did their job. So I wonder why they made flares that would basically only fit with stock tires. After researching E & G a little more, I have discovered that they are pretty much in the bling business and probably have no concept of offroad. My guess is, they designed these to cover a set of 20 inch blings with wide low pros. 
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03-20-2007, 10:34 PM
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Re: E&G Painted Fender Flares - Anyone use these
i have the off-road package, so slightly larger tire than the standard, but the stock fenders don't do crap for keeping the sides of the vehicle clean. like someone else already said, i think the main problem is not having a mud flap at the front tires.
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04-09-2007, 09:38 PM
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Re: E&G Painted Fender Flares - Anyone use these
I bit and got some when I first got my H3. I really liked the look. My H3 is white and this outlined the wheel wells nice. I wanted to keep spray from rain and dirt off the vehicle for everyday driving. I took them off roading a few times and did not have much trouble. You will still get some mud flung up on the side but not as much. The big thing was washing all the mud out from under them. I was being careful but now Im really offroading a lot so they are laying in the shop. I would sell mine for $150 including shipping. I will post them in classifieds and try to put up some pictures of the few slight scuff marks on one and one flap has a few nicks in the bottom but overall still nice. They are used not abused ha ha low mileage. You can buy those little push button thinghys at NAPA.
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