Custom Fender well flaps
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Custom Fender well flaps
After going mudding twice and then cleaning after. I think it's almost necessary that I make some custom mud flaps in front of and behind the rear wheels. And in front of the front wheels. The bumper and undercarriage is full of mud and I think that some custom mud flaps would help.
What should I use to make these? I would like something like what covers the fender well of the front tire. In the back I'm gonna screw it to the sides so that it won't flap around while going down the highway.
I took some pics of the fender well in my gallery.
If anybody has already made some of these I would love to see some pics.
What should I use to make these? I would like something like what covers the fender well of the front tire. In the back I'm gonna screw it to the sides so that it won't flap around while going down the highway.
I took some pics of the fender well in my gallery.
If anybody has already made some of these I would love to see some pics.
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Just for a mud flap, you can go to a junkyard and take the rear stock flaps that are in the wheel wells off, and screw them lower to make flaps out of them.
Other than that, I've seen someone use some the plactic material that you use to edge a flow garden, and screwd it into the stock holes to make a fender flare.
Other than that, I've seen someone use some the plactic material that you use to edge a flow garden, and screwd it into the stock holes to make a fender flare.
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I'm not sure if I'm getting the right picture across. I guess its not really a flap that I want. I want something rigid between the body panel and the frame rail. I don't want it to hand down below the body either.
I saw an Excursion today and it had a plastic piece that cover the entire rear wheel well. I want to mimic something like that.
I saw an Excursion today and it had a plastic piece that cover the entire rear wheel well. I want to mimic something like that.
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i have seen/heard ppl using old truck floormats and sheetmetal-screwing them to the body panel on the inside. also seen ppl use old rubber truck bed mats.
be careful though... the more you close off your engine bay the hotter it gets in there. if you start closing up all the lil holes around the motor that hot air cant escape as easily and you could overheat just like if you removed your rad fan!
might be better off to coat everything with baby oil or wd 40 or something to make it easy to just rinse off!
-cutts-
be careful though... the more you close off your engine bay the hotter it gets in there. if you start closing up all the lil holes around the motor that hot air cant escape as easily and you could overheat just like if you removed your rad fan!
might be better off to coat everything with baby oil or wd 40 or something to make it easy to just rinse off!
-cutts-
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Some aftermarket fender companies have exactly what you are looking for already made. They are used quite a bit in pre-runner applications. The desert guys use them all of the time. Most are incorperated into the fender though, but I suppose a retro-fit could be done. Here is the downside, these are made of fiberglass, and designed for desert use. You run a very big risk of breaking anything you install there due to the lack of support in the empty area you are trying to cover. Have you any idea of the weight of the chunks of mud, and the speeds it is traveling when it comes flying off of that tire? It will eventualy come off. I like the idea, I just do not know how it could be achieved (permanantly) without looking butchered. You also know that mud is gonna get back there anyway, it always does, that is a given, you will never eliminate that, you will just slow down the proccess. I use the WD-40 method.
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