Fender spacers

[Marco#1]

Everyone knows we get grit stuck between the fenders and the body. Most common solution seems to be the foam tubing trick. Anybody try spacing the fender out?

I used the hollow core tubing, and it's okay, but it is hard to get it in really straight and smooth. When I'm done it looks 'bumpy'. It's been in there for about a year now and works great - no more sand, pebbles, grit, etc., but it was getting pushed further and further into the crack over time. Just pulled it out yesterday.

Now I would like to just pull the fender off and put some spacers in there. I'm thinking some half inch spacers and the rocks will just fall through. I have taken my fenders off before, and I feel like I remember there being some reason why it I thought it wouldn't be as simples it seems.

Anyone have any insight?

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Everyone knows we get grit stuck between the fenders and the body. Most common solution seems to be the foam tubing trick. Anybody try spacing the fender out?

I used the hollow core tubing, and it's okay, but it is hard to get it in really straight and smooth. When I'm done it looks 'bumpy'. It's been in there for about a year now and works great - no more sand, pebbles, grit, etc., but it was getting pushed further and further into the crack over time. Just pulled it out yesterday.

Now I would like to just pull the fender off and put some spacers in there. I'm thinking some half inch spacers and the rocks will just fall through. I have taken my fenders off before, and I feel like I remember there being some reason why it I thought it wouldn't be as simples it seems.

Anyone have any insight?

Chopping the fenders would make it a doable project, because you'd just have to deal with the inner fender flange to body attaching points. With a full intact fender, you have the added complication of the 2 support brackets, at each front wheel, that attach to the lower half of the fender. Another hurdle to dealing with an unchopped fender is the inner liner that would no longer fit.

Even doing that project to chopped fenders would take too much, for the sake of avoiding the rubber tubing.

If you use a plastic spackle knife or trim removal tool, it's fairly easy to get the tubing pushed in nice and even. If it feels like it wants to fall too far into the gap, try a larger diameter tubing.

Kudos for thinking out of the box! Like I said, if you're willing to chop the fenders, it's a whole lot more doable