The Best Fender Flares for the Chevy Silverado

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? 

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

First, let’s talk about looks. Fender flares are a standard factory option on high-end trim levels, 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. Your Silverado will surely turn heads when paired with the rugged styling of bolt-on or extra-wide flares.

Second, let’s discuss tire coverage. Pickup owners often 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 your Silverado 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 several 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. 

Utilizing faux bolts, these flares mimic the appearance of through-bolt mounting without requiring you to drill into your Silverado’s body—a practice that invites rust. In actuality, 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, elegant 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 and tire packages. 

Best Fender Flares For the Chevy Silverado 1500

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. To begin, let’s outline our top fender flare options for the Chevy Silverado 1500. 

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.

 Features: 

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

• Sleek, low-profile design

• Adds two inches 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

• Limited lifetime warranty

RealTruck Bushwacker OE Style Fender Flares

If you prefer sleek, low-profile styling, 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 ask for? 

Bushwacker OE-style fender flares feature 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 also UV resistant, ensuring the textured black finish maintains its deep color for years. 

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

• Limited lifetime warranty

RealTruck Bushwacker Painted OE Style Fender Flares

The only product with a more factory-inspired appearance than the Bushwacker OE-Style fender flares are their painted counterparts. These fender flares come painted to your Silverado factory paint code by Bushwacker’s professional painters, ensuring a high-quality finish and solid color match. Using OE-quality paint, these flares blend effortlessly into your Silverado’s fenders and bedsides for a sleek appearance. 

Features

• Durable Dura-Flex® 2000 ABS construction

• Color-matched, automotive-grade paint 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 warping

• Sold in 4-piece sets

• Three-year warranty

Best Fender Flares For the Chevy Silverado HD

Next, let’s check out some heavier-duty options for Chevrolet’s HD Silverado line. 

RealTruck Lund Riveted Fender Flares

If you’re looking to give your Silverado HD the rugged styling of a bolt-on fender flare, check out the Lund Riveted fender flares from RealTruck. These aggressive 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 HD’s fenders and bedsides, the bolts are only for show. Installation requires no drilling or modifications—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. 

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 inches)

• Bold, rugged, aggressive design

• Easy no-drill installation utilizes factory attachment locations

• UV resistant to prevent chalking, fading, and oxidizing

• Rubber edge trim protects paint from abrasions

• Offered in 2 or 4-piece sets

• Limited lifetime warranty   

RealTruck Bushwacker Extend A Fender Flares

Looking for maximum tire coverage and superior durability? Check out Bushwacker Extend A Fender flares, by RealTruck. These premium fender flares are engineered to significantly boost tire coverage and are ideal for pairing with wide wheel and tire setups. 

Built from Bushwacker’s proprietary Dura-Flex® 2000 ABS, these flares can withstand regular impacts and abrasions without fatigue. Whether cruising across the ranch or bombing through brush on a hunting trip, these flares will hold their shape and resist damage.  

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

• Limited lifetime warranty

RealTruck Stampede RuffRidrz Fender Flares

When considering fender flares for your HD truck, you’ll need to select an option with superior strength and durability. Fortunately, RealTruck isn’t a stranger to manufacturing heavy-duty, impact-resistant fender flares. 

Stampede RuffRidrz fender flares boast the durability of tri-blend ABS, resisting most impacts and abrasions without incurring damage. Not only are these flares durable, but they are also protective. Adding up to 2.5 inches of tire coverage, these flares help to keep your Silverado’s rocker panels and bedsides from incurring unsightly and rust-inducing rock chips. The additional coverage also helps to keep your Silverado road legal, even while running oversized wheels and tires.  

Features: 

• Durable tri-blend ABS construction

• Available in satin or textured black finishes

• No drilling is required on most applications

• Adds up to 2.5 inches of tire coverage, depending on your vehicle

• Complete with all installation hardware

• Adds protection and enhances appearance

• Aggressive, bolt-on look

• Available in 2 or 4-piece sets

• Backed by a limited lifetime warranty

Are Fender Flares Worth It? 

So, are fender flares worth it for your Silverado? 

Fender flares offer countless benefits, far outweighing the virtually non-existent downsides. Improved tire coverage, paint protection, and styling are just a few benefits. With various styles available, RealTruck offers fender flares to meet the needs and budget of every Silverado owner.