Bagged and bodied 99 c3500 build

[ROYALTYFORGE]

As long as there aren't chunks missing you can fix them.

There is chunks missing from the flares, not from the bed sides though.

 

[618 Syndicate]

There is chunks missing from the flares, not from the bed sides though.

How bad are the flares?

 

[618 Syndicate]

And how good are you at glass fab?

 

[ROYALTYFORGE]

How bad are the flares?

Driver side isn't bad, there are some scratches, some pretty good ones but nothing that concerns me.
This is the only picture I can find of the passenger, and now that it is off it is two pieces with a chunk just gone.

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And how good are you at glass fab?

Well I've never really messed with it. I have but very little

 

[618 Syndicate]

That chunk at the bottom is a problem, the rest could be fixed. Look online around you for a used one. Cracked and split is no problem, but missing chunks are hard to replace.

 

[Keeper]

Just an fyi from a prior discussion on here somewhere - since you may find a nicer paired set as a replacement, keep in mind that the driver's side flare on 99 and 00 duallys were 2-3" shorter than the passenger side, and all prior years' driver's side flares. That's why fiberglass replacement sets only list up to '98.

Also, isn't there some frito bandito knowledge on using the proper materials when repairing those flares? Standard glass repair won't work, or something like that. I can't remember the details, not a shocker.

Love the truck and the attitude. And I'm lovin' seeing the backgrounds in your shots. Both of my parents were from Iowa farm families, I'm a Cyclone from way back when, and I still come pheasant hunting every year, and to visit family of course... LOL

 

[618 Syndicate]

Just an fyi from a prior discussion on here somewhere - since you may find a nicer paired set as a replacement, keep in mind that the driver's side flare on 99 and 00 duallys were 2-3" shorter than the passenger side, and all prior years' driver's side flares. That's why fiberglass replacement sets only list up to '98.

I'm 99% sure this is only on the shortbed duallys, which this is not. LB trucks were the same.

Also, isn't there some frito bandito knowledge on using the proper materials when repairing those flares? Standard glass repair won't work, or something like that. I can't remember the details, not a shocker.

@frito-bandito

Love the truck and the attitude. And I'm lovin' seeing the backgrounds in your shots. Both of my parents were from Iowa farm families, I'm a Cyclone from way back when, and I still come pheasant hunting every year, and to visit family of course... LOL

Pheasant, or peasant hunting? LOLOL

 

[Keeper]

I'm 99% sure this is only on the shortbed duallys, which this is not. LB trucks were the same.

@frito-bandito

Pheasant, or peasant hunting? LOLOL

GM did not produce two separate size flares for the driver's side in 99 and 00, to my knowledge. I thought we went over this a while back. I had no idea, so it was a bit shocking, and probably the only reason I remembered it. That and I'm doing the same thing... kinda.... swapping existing sb flares onto a stock sb box.

You Illinoisers

 

[Keeper]

It seems it's a possibility that 99-00 Longbeds got the short fender. Any of you 99-00 longbed guys should do some measuring.

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Definitely short driver's flare on both sb and lb 99 and 00's

 

[618 Syndicate]

GM did not produce two separate size flares for the driver's side in 99 and 00, to my knowledge. I thought we went over this a while back. I had no idea, so it was a bit shocking, and probably the only reason I remembered it. That and I'm doing the same thing... kinda.... swapping existing sb flares onto a stock sb box.

I remember us all going over it, don't remember a definitive answer. That doesn't mean there wasn't one, just that I'm old and suffer from CRS....

You Illinoisers

It's Illinoisans sir.