[suzukikid]

Hey all as some of you might of seen i asked this morning how i could mud flaps on my sierra....

A few chimed up with an awsome idea i hadnt thought of.....
so after going threw the shed and off to bunnings i had all i needed(All i needed was rubber matting from bunnings!)

32mm pipe slides in there spot on...and then just some flat i had in the shed also!



for my off set i cut 2 bits of pipe at 350mm(10mm to go into the pipe) and 4 bits of flat at250mm!

so the 32mm tube is sliding into here


so sfter cutting the steal i welded the flat onto the tube


while waiting for the paint to dry i cut out the rubber matting...mine are 250mmx500mm



just leting the paint dry and i will finish em off and take a photo

[suzukikid]

are the pictures showing up for anyone? only the first one is workin for me....haha

[suzukikid]

are the pictures showing up for anyone? only the first one is workin for me....haha

[Joshyboy26]

all good for me. well done looks pretty good.

also i think its meant to say "slides into the crossmember 100mm" not 10 haha

[suzukikid]

missed a 0!haha just wacked em on.....man they look gay! i made em longer for when i fit the 34's.....lucky i made em detachable!haha ah well anything to keep mr plod happy!

so i sat the rubber on the welded mount and then put the other flat bit of 250 on top and put 3 small roofing screws threw!


then just slid em and again used a roofing screw to hold in place!( i will be butting a bolt threw with an r clip so all you have to do is pull the clip and take the bolt out! but i cant be bothered goin the down street!)


so there ys go! took about halfa all up i reckon!

[scorpydude]

Thanks! Great guide.

[suzukikid]

too easy mate!

[Fatzook]

That rubber will do sweet FA on the highway. Its nowhere near rigid enough to stay down....it will be flapping up around the rear bar, so you are likely to get fined just the same as having no flaps.

May I suggest you attach a piece of 5mm flatbar to the bottom edge as a weight to help keep it down while at speed?


You may need a few goes at it to get the weight right.

Nice job otherwise.

[suzukikid]

yeah i was thinking of doing the same as the top to the bottom....but didnt have enough flat!haha

cheers bud

[scorpydude]

I used carpet for a while, worked well lol

[christover1]

I've tried the bar at the bottom thing,
it still flaps around,
and makes bigger dents on body work than rubber alone can.

I'd be trimming off as much of the bar sticking out as possible,
or it will jam into a bank or rut, and be an anchor.

PS. Love the simple design and quick release

[christover1]

scorpydude wrote:

I used carpet for a while, worked well lol

Color coded of course, that would look cool

[christover1]

Ignore the sticking out comments,
because you will be removing them off road

[pyrohamish]

Needs something to stop them turning back in with the wheel if reversing too.

[11_evl]

christover1 wrote:

Ignore the sticking out comments,
because you will be removing them off road

lol

what made it more funny is you said 'i like how its quick release' lol

[Teracis]

What about just mounting regular mudflaps to such a mounting system?

Or even gluing a heap of the stuff you've used together to make it more rigid.

[christover1]

11_evl wrote:

christover1 wrote:

Ignore the sticking out comments,
because you will be removing them off road

lol

what made it more funny is you said 'i like how its quick release' lol

That will teach me to read what I write before posting it

It was a long day

[suzukikid]

haha chris i was like is he serious!

will see how they go tomorow!

as for reversing they wont be on in the bush....hahah

[suzukikid]

worked a treat! easy to take em off and on!

[fully sick coily]

just a quick question how much is that rubber mat worth

thanks max

[suzukikid]

for 1m was $16!

[fully sick coily]

im off to bunnings

[alien]

i use the factory mudflap mounts and supercheap mud flaps... i've stopped screwing/bolting them in place and now use thin cable ties instead... this means that if i reverse over a flap to cable tie snaps before i tear through the mudflap... and its pretty audible when you lose one so can just pick it up and tie it back on later =)

So, the only thing i'd change in your design is cable tieing the rubber on to the bar to ensure that if they are on and you back over them, the cable ties snap first.

[suzukikid]

there quick release.....ya undo one r clip and the steel pole slides out! chuck em in the back and worry about em when ya headin out the bush when ya chuck em back on!

i went to town with the angle grinder so had nothing left to attach to!