Best Chevy Silverado Fender Flares

Why Install a Set of Fender Flares on Your Silverado?

So, what benefits do aftermarket fender flares serve, especially if your Silverado came from the factory with OE fender flares? 

As aforementioned, fender flares are highly versatile. These accessories offer multiple benefits, from improving aesthetics to guarding your pickup’s paint. Let’s dig deeper into the key reasons why most enthusiasts install aftermarket fender flares. 

First, let’s talk about looks. Fender flares are a common factory option on higher-trim Silverados, adding depth to the otherwise flat fenders. Fender flares also widen your pickup’s body, making for a more aggressive, substantial presence on the road. When paired with the rugged styling of bolt-on or extra-wide flares, high-quality fender flares will surely boost your Silverado’s aesthetics!   

Second, let’s discuss tire coverage. Often, pickup owners modify their vehicles with wide, low-offset wheels and oversized tires. While these meaty setups make for a rugged appearance, they may also be illegal due to the insufficient tire coverage! Save yourself a citation with premium fender flares, offering up to three inches of additional tire coverage! 

Last, let’s discuss paint protection. Your Silverado’s factory rocker panels are prone to paint chips and scratches in stock form, let alone after installing wide wheels and tires! Adding track width without widening your Silverado’s body practically invites paint chips from kicked-up rocks and debris, exposing bare metal and promoting rust. Fender flares help to guard your Silverado’s body against paint damage, ensuring a long-lasting finish.

Fender Flare Styles

Now that we’ve covered the numerous benefits of fender flares, let’s cover styles! At RealTruck, we offer three particular flare styles for the Silverado, ranging from sleek, OE-inspired flares to aggressive, bolt-on styles.

Bolt-On

Bolt-on fender flares, also called riveted, feature an aggressive design consisting of numerous countersunk holes around the wheel arch with faux stainless steel fasteners. 

These flares mimic the appearance of through-bolt mounting without requiring you to drill into your Silverado’s body! Instead, these fasteners are only for show. Actually, bolt-on fender flares utilize factory mounting holes in your Silverado’s body for a simple, non-invasive, no-drill installation.

Extra Wide

Next, we have extra-wide fender flares. As the name suggests, these flares are far wider than their factory counterparts, protruding up to three inches from the body! 

These flares are ideal for covering aggressive wheel and tire setups, preventing unnecessary paint damage or expensive citations. Extra wide fender flares typically feature a sleek, smooth design reminiscent of OE flares, only wider!

OE-Style

If you prefer the sleek, premium styling of factory Chevy flares, check out our selection of OE-style fender flares! This style features smooth, sleek lines and low-profile form factors, replicating the appearance of factory-installed fender flares on higher-trim Silverados. These flares typically offer only 1-1.5 inches of tire coverage and, as such, are ideal for applications with conservative wheel/tire packages.

Top Silverado Fender Flares: Expert’s Picks

Now that we understand the purpose of fender flares and their many variations, let’s get into our expert’s top-recommended products! Though each item on this list differs from the next, each flare offers outstanding durability, quality, and protection.

Husky Liners RVL Fender Flares

Husky Liners RVL Fender Flares are an innovative offering from Husky Liners, a purveyor of heavy-duty floor mats and liners. Husky Liners brings out all the stops for the company’s first foray into fender flares, offering a sleek, protective, hybrid fender flare and mud flap with an integrated LED marker at each corner! 

Husky Liners RVL Fender Flares feature a premium Dura-Flex® 2000 ABS construction for unmatched flexibility and strength. This material is impact, abrasion, and UV resistant, ensuring a long service life, even on a well-used and abused Silverado! These flares offer a simple bolt-on installation, installing in mere minutes with the included hardware kit.

Husky Liners RVL Fender Flares are manufactured in the USA and backed by the protection of a limited lifetime warranty.  

Features: 

• Durable Dura-Flex® 2000 ABS construction for unmatched flexibility and strength

• Sleek, low-profile design

• Adds 2” of tire coverage

• Integrated LED running light/turn signal at the top of each wheel arch

• Molded, functional mud flap

• Simple, bolt-on installation

• Mounts in minutes with all necessary hardware included

• USA-made

• Limited lifetime warranty

Lund Riveted Fender Flares

If you’re looking to provide your Silverado with the rugged styling of a bolt-on fender flare, check out the Lund Riveted Fender Flares from RealTruck! These aggressive fender flares feature an extra-wide 2.75-inch design and multiple angular divots along the fender well, housing the corrosion-resistant stainless steel hardware. 

Though these flares may look like they’re through-bolted into your Silverado’s fenders and bedsides, the bolts are only for show. Installation requires no drilling or modifications; just use the existing holes!

Lund Riveted Fender Flares feature a durable tri-flex ABS thermoplastic construction, offering outstanding strength and flexibility. No matter the abuse, whether beating away brush on the trail or taking impacts from kicked-up rocks, the flares are built to last! 

Lund proudly manufactures the Riveted Fender Flares in the USA and backs each order with a limited lifetime warranty.  

Features: 

• Vehicle-specific fitment

• Durable tri-flex ABS thermoplastic construction

• Available in textured or smooth paint-ready finish

• Includes corrosion-resistant stainless steel hardware

• Wide form factor offers superior tire coverage (up to 2.75”)

• Bold, rugged, aggressive design

• Easy no-drill installation utilizes factory attachment locations

• UV resistant to prevent chalking, fading, & oxidizing

• Rubber edge trim protects paint from abrasions

• Offered in 2 or 4-piece sets

• USA-made 

• Limited lifetime warranty

Bushwacker OE Style Fender Flares

If you prefer the sleek, low-profile styling of factory-installed fender flares, check out Bushwacker OE Style Fender Flares! These stylish flares feature a slim profile, durable construction, and simple bolt-on installation; what else could you want? 

Bushwacker OE Style Fender Flares feature a heavy-duty Dura-Flex 2000 ABS construction. As the name suggests, this material is durable and flexible, withstanding impacts and abrasions for long service life. Dura-Flex is UV resistant, ensuring the textured black finish maintains its deep color for years! 

Bushwacker OE Style Fender Flares are proudly made in the USA. Bushwacker backs each order with a limited lifetime warranty against manufacturing and material defects. 

Features: 

• Durable Dura-Flex 2000 ABS construction

• Smooth, matte black, UV-resistant finish

• Can be painted to match your vehicle’s OE paint code

• OE-inspired styling highlights the original contours of your vehicle

• Sleek, low-profile appearance

• Provides moderate tire coverage and fender protection

• Resists fading, cracking, and chalking

• Sold in 2-piece or 4-piece sets, depending on the vehicle

• USA-made

• Limited lifetime warranty

Bushwacker Extend A Fender Flares

Boost tire coverage and paint protection while maintaining a factory-style appearance with Bushwacker Extend A Fender Flares, a premium extra-wide flare from RealTruck. These flares feature a smooth design that perfectly contours to your Silverado’s body, flowing similarly to OE fender flares. However, these flares offer maximum tire coverage, stretching nearly three inches further than your Silverado’s stock fenders! 

Bushwacker Extend A Fender Flares feature a robust Dura-Flex 2000 ABS construction, offering maximum strength. As the name suggests, this material is both durable and flexible, withstanding impacts and abrasions for a long service life. Dura-Flex is also UV resistant, ensuring the textured black finish maintains its deep color for years! 

Bushwacker manufactures the Extend A Fender Flares in the USA and backs each product with a limited lifetime warranty.   

Features: 

• Durable Dura-Flex 2000 ABS construction

• Smooth, matte black finish

• Paintable

• Sleek, precision contours

• Provides maximum tire coverage

• Complements oversized tires

• UV resistant to prevent fading, cracking, or chalking

• Sold in 2-piece or 4-piece sets, depending on the vehicle

• USA-made

• Limited lifetime warranty

Stampede RuffRidrz Fender Flares

For rough and tough bolt-on styling, you can’t beat the Stampede RuffRidrz Fender Flares! These heavy-duty pocket-style flares, also called riveted, feature a wide 2.5-inch form factor, offering far more tire coverage than even factory fender flares. Each flare features indents along the fender well, housing faux stainless steel hardware for a through-bolted appearance. However, installation requires zero drilling. 

Stampede RuffRidrz Fender Flares feature a durable tri-blend ABS construction, withstanding impacts and abrasions with ease. These flares come in satin and textured black finishes; we'd recommend smooth flares for paint matching and textured flares if you plan to keep them black.   

Stampede RuffRidrz Fender Flares are proudly manufactured in the USA. Each order comes backed by a limited lifetime warranty against manufacturing and material defects. 

Features:

• Durable tri-blend ABS construction

• Available in satin or textured black finishes

• Simple, no-drill installation

• Adds up to 2.5” of tire coverage 

• Complete with all installation hardware

• Aggressive, bolt-on design

• Available in 2 or 4-piece sets

• USA-made

• Limited lifetime warranty