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How to Install SuperATV’s Low Profile Fender Flares for the Can-Am Commander XT

By Sara Wines | How-To on May 27, 2022
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Length: 7:45
Created: May 27th, 2022

The title of the video moves across an image of the fully installed fender flares.
Installing our fender flares on your Can-Am is easier than you think.

Hi, guys. Today we’re going to show you how simple it is to install SuperATV’s low profile fender flares on this Can-Am Commander XT in just two (complicated) steps! Let’s get started.

A list of the tools needed for this install flashes over the image of a toolbox.
Gather all your tools before you get started.

1) Install the Front Fender Flare

First, take the flare and align the lower section with the interior of the wheel well. Once you have it where you want it, take a marker or paint pen and mark all of the holes. Insert the marker through the hole to leave a dot on the interior of the wheel well.

Braden crouches down and marks the holes for drilling on the OEM fender with a paint marker.
A lighter color really stands out on the dark OEM fenders.

This machine previously had fender flares installed. Your machine won’t have pre-drilled holes. That’s why you’re marking these spots—so you know where to drill later.

Take a look at the fender flare. There are two different-sized holes. You’ll use a 1/4” drill bit for both the larger holes and the smaller holes. The larger holes will get push pins, and the smaller holes will be used with our hardware. We’re focused on the larger holes right now.

A hand counts the holes drilled into the fender flare.
We’ll use the same drill bit for everything, but we’re focusing on the larger holes right now.

When you drill the lowest hole, be careful not to drill all the way through the OEM fender.

Braden uses a drill to make a hole in the OEM fender along the bottom left side.
This is the thinnest part of the OEM fender, so be careful not to drill all the way through.

Once you’ve drilled the bottom holes, take the push pins and install them.

Braden uses his thumb to insert a push pin through the holes he drilled. Once installed, the push pin holds the fender flare in place.
The push pins will hold the base in place while you work on the upper half.

Now you can align the fender flare’s top half and mark the large holes. Make sure the top half of the fender flare is tucked in as tightly as possible as you’re marking. Once you’ve marked all the large holes on the top half, go ahead and mark the smaller holes on the bottom half as well.

Braden presses the fender flare back into the OEM fender to get a better fit.
A snug fit ensures you’ll get a nice, smooth look at the end.

Make sure the fender flare is aligned. Drill up and through the larger holes in the fender flare into the OEM flare. Once that’s done, insert the push pins into the holes.

Braden inserts another push pin into the fender flare at the very front of the machine almost directly under the head light.
The larger holes get push pins and the smaller holes get bolts.

After you install the push pins, use the same drill bit to complete the smaller holes.

Braden squeezes under the fender of the Can-Am Commander to drill a hole through the fender flare.
You don’t even need to mark these holes since you have the push pins holding the flare securely in place.

After you’re done drilling, take 5 of the M6 x 20mm hardware, 5 of the curved washers, 5 nyloc nuts, and 5 flat washers. Take the bolt with a SuperATV curved washer installed and slide it through the first hole.

Braden holds both hands at waist height in front of him. One hand holds bolts and nuts and the other holds washers.
Getting all your hardware together before you start will save you a headache.

On the back side, take one of the larger flash washers and install it to the rear side of the bolt. Then take a nyloc nut and tighten it with your fingers onto the nut behind the washer. Repeat the same steps for the rest of the holes.

Braden crouches to insert a bolt into the fender flare and twists a nut on it to hold it tight.
Just get them finger-tight for now.

Once they’re all installed, use a wrench to hold the hardware steady and drill to completely tighten everything.

And now we see Braden drilling more holes from a crouched position.
Fully tighten all the hardware now.

2) Install the Rear Fender Flare

Now you can move on to the rear of the machine. You can see 5 T30 torx bolts and 1 push pin. Go ahead and remove those and set them aside.

Braden starts on the rear fender flare on the Can-Am Commander. We see him reuse an OEM push pin to hold the flare in place.
This side is a little easier since you don’t have to drill as many holes.

Now find the passenger side rear fender flare. It’ll have a notch at the top. The first thing you’ll do is install a push pin to help hold it in place. It’s the same type of push pin as the ones we used in the front.

Braden applies pressure with his thumb as he twists the fender flare into position and inserts another push pin simultaneously.
The fender flare doesn’t need to be lined up perfectly at this point.

Take 5 of the M6 x 30mm hardware, 5 curved SuperATV washers, and 5 nyloc nuts and thread them through the factory holes where you just removed the hardware. Finger tighten them to hold them in place, then fully tighten the hardware with the drill.

We see a bolt fall out of the back of the fender flare as Braden drills into it further up.
If you don’t tighten the bolts enough, they will fall out.

You’ll repeat the exact same steps to install the front and rear fender flares on the driver’s side.

And that’s all it takes to install SuperATV’s Low Profile Fender Flares on a Can-Am Commander XT. Make sure you check out our other awesome accessories and upgrades for your Commander. We’ll see you on the trail!

The SuperATV logo flashes and glitches in a stylized way over a slow pan over the fully installed fender flares.
Looks pretty sharp to us!
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