driving without inner fender/ plastic wheel well

[headhunter123]

So my truck got side swiped this weekend. No major damage. Only thing really messed up was the passenger side front bumper molding and lip. Plus the bumper is pushed in a bit on the corner.
I took the lip and molding off. So now my plastic inner wheel wells are flapping. When I drove it home, the tires ate the plastic. I want to remove it because my tires looks like they're getting eaten up too. Plus when I turn, I can really here the rubbing.
Is it ok for my truck to go without them? I know they protect against the elements but I'm not doing any hard driving.
Thanks.

 

[bassslayer25]

So my truck got side swiped this weekend. No major damage. Only thing really messed up was the passenger side front bumper molding and lip. Plus the bumper is pushed in a bit on the corner.
I took the lip and molding off. So now my plastic inner wheel wells are flapping. When I drove it home, the tires ate the plastic. I want to remove it because my tires looks like they're getting eaten up too. Plus when I turn, I can really here the rubbing.
Is it ok for my truck to go without them? I know they protect against the elements but I'm not doing any hard driving.
Thanks.

Yeah you should be fine until you get a new one. Some of the new basic model trucks dont even have them.

 

[dapepper9]

Mine did the same thing when i rear ended a durango. Driver side was fine but passenger side decided to start hitting the tire at 65mph with 15mph headwind. Chunks of the wheel well went. I just zip tied it up so it would stay in roughly the proper place

 

[iceyivy]

I drove a ranger around without any on for a few years. Never had any issues.