for street driving the flaps can stay...if you go off road, they get ripped off as the tires come down on the other side of stuff...so, you can leave them on for daily driver duty, and take them off when leaving the pavement, or just leave them on and let them self adjust as appropriate.
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- TJ
2001 Xterra '03 VG33, SE 5 spd, 305/70/16's, Revolvers, UBSkidderz, Doubled AAL's, 3"SL/2"BL, winch/bumpers, skids, sliders, OBA, Snorkel, pine stripes....
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