Plastic Wheel Well Liners

[89Suburban]

I'm thinking about trying to retro fit a set of these, thoughts? Will they be too big?

http://www.lmctruck.com/icatalog/ce/full.aspx?Page=38

 

[skysurfer]

Seems like you would be better off with a spray-in bedliner material.

 

[83kid]

^x2
For my rear wheel wells i used the rattlecan bedliner. Looks great, little bit of texture to it, and i just very heavily coated it. Coat upon coat upon coat and i feel it wont be coming off anytime soon. PO mustve used the same stuff cause it looked like the same texture, just faded a little, so it lasted a good many years before it chipped off in a couple spaces, but nowhere rusted, so the stuff protects good. Took hardly any time to do, and should last quite a while, im real happy with it

 

[bucket]

Seems like you would be better off with a spray-in bedliner material.

Some of us don't have much left to spray the liner onto, lol.

I'd really like to know how these would fit, if at all. The two bodystyles have similar shaped wheelwells, but I don't know how the sizes compare.

 

[77 K20]

With a lot of plastic stuff like that you still get moisture/de-icer/salt/dirt/mud between the plastic and the metal. Then it will rot anyway.

 

[GTME94]

With a lot of plastic stuff like that you still get moisture/de-icer/salt/dirt/mud between the plastic and the metal. Then it will rot anyway.

That was my concern also, unless you can get behind the plastic part to wash it real well it may be worse than it being open.

 

[89Suburban]

A lot of new cars all have plastic inner fenders?

 

[MadOgre]

If the metal panels behind the plastic inserts are non rusted with a good application of quality paint, The plastic inserts will keep most weather spray off of the painted surface which helps to protect against corrosion.

If however there is corrosion already started whether seen or un seen, the plastic inserts will speed up the corrosion on the metal panels by trapping moisture.

 

[89Suburban]

I'm picking up what your laying down.