So to me my mud flaps looked too short. So I lowered them making new holes in the ford aluminum mud flap brackets. Used stainless screws and nuts. These Michelin tire throw so many stones on the gravel to my house it is enough to cry. So this can only help. Flaps are two inches lower than original locations. Which negates the 1 1/2” I levelled the front plus put them an extra 1/2”

 

I’ve been thinking about mud flaps. You’re right. These stock tires will pick up and fling every rock on the road.

 

Just be careful while backing up now. It looks like the flaps are within a few inches of the ground now. I work at a construction company and our trucks are off road all of the time. Some of our stock pickups have had the Ford brand mud flaps ripped off while backing up over a curb or out of a subcut. All it takes is to pinch the flap between the tire and solid object like a rock, curb, etc. and the tire will tear the flaps right off. They tear the bolts/screws right out of the body of the trucks. I know are trucks are to the extremes of use and abuse but it can happen in any situation that the flap gets pinched. It happens all of the time on our dump trucks, all it takes for them is to back into a pile of dirt, pinch the flap between the dual tires and the pile of dirt and the flaps are laying on the ground.

 

Pictures are deceiving. They are not that low. Actually 10” off the ground. I figure 1/2” lower than stock due to the 1 1/2” level in the front. Last truck I had put chains from the middle of the flap to the frender to stop the possibility of ripping them off. If I can find stainless chain maybe I’ll do the same.

 

We have ripped off the stock height flaps, but like I said our trucks live off road in places where most wouldn’t think about driving... heck some of the guys have torn off the running boards!

 

I received my Gator Flaps this week. Thought I would just throw them on the truck last night. Whoa! Now this is going to be a project.

First, you started you lowered your, I thought you meant back as in rear, mud flaps. But see now "Gator Back" Thus was wondering if you could post pictures of your rear mud flaps. And distance from fender to bottom of flap for front and rear? My Gator Flaps are not the same as yours. Mine are for lifted trucks and have a separate sheet metal bracket with 1 1/2" off-set to move flaps back. They are 14" x 18" long and you can trim to desired length. Minimum like 11 1/2".

So, one I spent some time last night trying to decide the length. I'm thinking the front to be most effective will need to be longer. Thinking the rear may not need to be as long. But do not want it to look to noticeable or hokey.

Two, I have like the bush-whacker fender flares. And they have a much wider flange than the wheel well flange. And the distance is variable around the wheel well and difficult to determine where the actual fender flange is. And due to I installed wheel well liners last week, which are in contact with fender flange on the inside. Due to the size and weight of these mud flaps I need to make dang sure I get the mounting screws in the center of the fender flange. And to to add to level of difficulty the brackets are flat powder coated SS sheet metal and the fender well is curved. Thus going to have to manually form fit the bracket. They are fairly stiff and not wanting to form fit easily. And appears that in order to get the self tapping screws in squarely in the right place the first time I'm going to have to remove the wheels.

Thus, there is no throwing these on a truck! This will have to be a project this weekend .

But curious about your flaps and if they are working for you the way you have them set up? Or would you raise or lower them? I only want to install these one time!

Blue

 

The rear ones I have not moved yet. The dealer had these flaps on before I bought the truck and they have always looked short to me even before the level kit. The fronts are 10 inches off the the floor now and the rears are 12. Since I still have some rake to the the truck I think it looks fine and don’t know yet if I will drop the back ones. If I didn’t live on gravel roads I would probably not care. If I come across some stainless chain I will figure out how I can add them to the flaps so that they can’t get sucked into the tires when 4 wheeling but I don’t really plan to do any of that driving until at least the factory Michelin tires are worn out ant I have something better on the truck.

 

Thanks for the info. I have 37" BFG Mud Terrain. My drive is fairly long and have 57 stone on it. Always finding stones wedge in the treads when I park and at some point out there with a screw drive prying them out. Worse cringe every time I leave and here that bang from under the truck where I missed one or picked up some leaving. I already have several chipped places under the rocker panels

I have a place on the lake and several places where I hunt where I have to drive short sections of dirt roads. And, always logging going on in the area. And lately with record rain fall we have had just going down the county paved roads lately is slinging a muddy film up to the drivers door handle and all the way back down the side. Sucks after a good cleaning.

Thus, got the Gator Back Flaps and hope it will cut down on most of the rock slinging hitting the truck and mud slinging up the side.

Blue