There was just one of me, and like five or so of you crazy Aussie people. I had to be very quiet for my own good. Now, that I am hiding behind the Internet screen, I can be very loud and obnoxious.
Yep, those flares were replaced by Bushwhacker ones with slots for mounting bolts. We installed nutserts in the stock locations. I was using button head bolts and an electric drill with a hex attachment to take the flares off before running trails, and then reattaching them for highway. That worked reasonably well for some time.
After that I retired my jeep to trail only duty, and the fender flares were tossed. Then at one point in time Poison Spider tube fenders were installed in the front (which us a very crappy product in my opinion, doesn't fit well).
Now it looks like this:
-- Sergey