www.metalcloak.com has a concept for fender flares I never saw before, but is very interesting. In the same way you have tube fenders for Jeeps, they have these arched tubes on baseplates for fender flares! Could also bend tubes from our rock sliders to the bumpers like a mini-exoskeleton? What do you think?
http://www.metalcloak.com/category_s/33.htm