Warranty and fender flares

[Northern88]

Just bought a 2020 JL 2dr sport s about a week and a half ago. After taking it through a few mud holes today I noticed the right drivers side fender flare was loose and looks like it popped the underside clips and plastic rivets connecting the plastic above the tire. Is this something I can get covered under warranty? From the amount I did on the trail today I did not expect something like that could happen so easily.

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[Renegade]

Have you tried pressing the fender clips back in, or did they break?

 

[Northern88]

Pretty sure they broke and the plastic rivet welds defiantly popped out. I’ll get a picture tomorrow during the day. There’s no dents or scratches that would show a strike to it so I’m hoping that will help for the warranty.

 

[Creeker]

The plastic clips, shown below, that are used to hold on the fenders can be a real pain to manage.

To hold on the fenders, American Adventure Labs has these cool fasteners

https://americanadventurelab.com/product/jeep-jl-fender-retention-hardware/

Though the 6mm button head bolt is zinc plated, on mine, 6mm stainless steel fasteners were ordered from Amazon.
Just my $0.015 worth...

 

[Northern88]

Got it to pop back in but noticed it was missing the bottom left clip. I’ll be ordering some from the link thanks! Also blew out some plastic rivets on the inner wheel liner and ripped the bottom part of liner but it’s in there good enough for now.

 

[Creeker]

The stock JL inner fender liners are not the sturdiest.
On my JL, going with the Artec Inner Fender Liners

https://www.artecindustries.com/JL_Inner_Fenders_Freedom

Good quality, reasonably priced too.

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