Are there any metal splash guards available anywhere for 4th gens or has anyone here been able to fabricate any?

I was hearing an odd rubbing noise the other day only to trace it to the splash guard behind the passenger side front wheel which after about 19 years is fubar. The splash guards on the bottom aren't much better and I've already done makeshift repairs to keep a torn one together. New ones are readily available online and more than financially feasible right now but something like aluminum would be sweet.

 

I think, before I started installing quite rigid material in place of quite pliable stuff, I'd ask myself why the quite pliable stuff got so "F"'d up in the first place.

The good thing about plastic is that typically when, for whatever reason, it gets contorted and mashed up and pushed, pressed or otherwise jammed into or up against suspension or engine components it doesn't cause a whole lot of collateral damage ... see where I'm going with this?

 

Well put. Another suggestion is to spray the plastic shields over with a truck bed liner which may help durability wise.

 

That though never crossed my mind. I think I'll give that a shot when I order new guards.