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Old Sep 25, 2008 | 07:03 PM
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Any other wheelwell liner options?

I have now put three sets of rear wheelwell liners in my truck, the rocks just go right through them. Are there any other manufactures/suppliers than Dodge?
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Old Sep 25, 2008 | 07:20 PM
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I didn't get mine from Dodge, but I figured they were "OEM" style. Think I got them from dodgeparts.com or something like that. Put them on with about 10,000 miles and now have over 20,000 all with mud terrain tires and haven't put a rock through them yet. I think they were only around 100.00 shipped too.

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Old Sep 25, 2008 | 08:31 PM
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I have had the OEM rear wheel well liners on last two Dodges and have never had a problem with them. I do only light off road, but do go down many a gravel/rock road. You must have some very rough road conditions to put a rock through one.
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Old Sep 25, 2008 | 08:53 PM
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I have the same issues, rocks going through em... its not so much bad roads as it is the ambient tempatures! At -40deg F that plastic liner is like glass....very brittle! Got a new set sitting in the shop at home, next days off I'll be busy installing em ... but I gonna glue some kind of rubber matting on them. Hopefully the matting will cushion the blows from the rocks.
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Old Sep 25, 2008 | 08:58 PM
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WOW -40 deg F? Yeah, I can imagine that rear well liners aren't the only things that would take a beating at the temperature. I though 5 degrees with a 20 mph north wind was cold.
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Old Sep 25, 2008 | 10:58 PM
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I have the same issues, rocks going through em... its not so much bad roads as it is the ambient tempatures! At -40deg F that plastic liner is like glass....very brittle! Got a new set sitting in the shop at home, next days off I'll be busy installing em ... but I gonna glue some kind of rubber matting on them. Hopefully the matting will cushion the blows from the rocks.
Ha Ha, us southern Texas boys don't know what "-" means in front of a temperature reading. I never considered the fact that frozen they are that vulnerable, but I do understand the problem. You might want to consider having them coated with something, heck even Line-X type spray on might do the job and look cool too.
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Old Sep 25, 2008 | 11:15 PM
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Build them out of iron like I did...

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Old Sep 26, 2008 | 06:59 AM
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Give some undercoating spray a shot. NAPA has some on the shelf.
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Old Sep 26, 2008 | 07:38 AM
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Maybe just fab something up, use a cardboard template, then make some for the front/rear of the rear fenderwell opening out of metal, then use bedliner like the others mentioned...
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Old Sep 26, 2008 | 12:52 PM
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I would shoot them with Rhino Liner. Saved our liners on numerous runs up the Alcan.

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Old Sep 26, 2008 | 03:12 PM
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Yeah, I think the bed liner might be a good solution, or a rubber layer over them. I suppose now that I think about it, they only break when it is cold out. i wish they made them the same quality as the fronts, they hold up really well.
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