Hi all,

I elected to order the wide wheel arches through hunters prestige, particularly the ones without the reflectors for a cleaner look. My shop called and let me know that the current arches have a light built in. Has anyone installed the non-reflector wheel arches? Does it throw a CEL if you do not clip the lights in? Able to hide the lights within the wheel arches? Thanks

Below are the wheel arches I ordered.

https://huntersprestige.com/collecti...it-gloss-black

 

Side marker lights are required by the USDOT. I bought & installed a set of OEM wheel arches last year and forgot to plug one of the lights in. Took a few days to notice it wasn't plugged in and it didn't throw a code or give me any kind of warning. I went to plug it back in, but you won't have an issue. I would personally tape up the end of the light connector and tuck it in behind the fender do avoid any damage and to keep it protected from the elements.

 

I have the gloss black ones from Lucky8 that do not have the lights and are much cheaper than OEM. I used some electrical tape to wrap/protect each connector before pushing them back in.

No faults or codes have been thrown since removing these. Only difficulty I have had is that the knock off flares came with knock off 3m tape to put them on which is terrible quality. If I were doing it again I would throw that stuff out and use the real thing because having adhesion issues with the flares is no fun and the 3m stuff works every time.

 

Thanks all for the great suggestions!

 

I have a set of the european arches on my 90 and can confirm, no faults/codes thrown!