Rear Wheel Mud Flap

[dangerruss]

We had a right inside rear tire blow out the destroyed the mud flap and dented in a corner of the storage compartment. The screws that attached the mud flap to the frame is still present. The flap itself looks like just a square piece of rubber or flexible plastic. Any ideas on where I can get a replacement mud flap or what material is should use?

Thanks... Russ

[shawdowboss]

I have mine 5.75 in off the ground and never had an issue. They are Aeroflaps, and very stiff plastic, so if they were too low i would have broken them. These are set at the GM factory height of the front flaps. 50k miles later, still in great shape.

[j-d]

IAMICHABOD wrote:
If I were to replace the mud flaps I would buy the Anti Spray

Those really look like Good Stuff!!! I'm not enough of a physicist to have any idea how the dimples prevent spray, but if they do, they do.

Read the details and they are 1/2" thick. The one I bought is probably 1/4". Since I have an inverted tee metal brace behind my home made flaps, I doubt they sail much, but that 1/2" sounds like an easier alternative.

Original flap was 18W by 20H. My new ones are 18W by 24H. That works out to 6" below the body edge and 9" off the pavement. What's the right height?

[IAMICHABOD]

If I were to replace the mud flaps I would buy the Anti Spray type,sold at most truck stops too.

When we went to them on on the trucks that I drove as a OTR driver it really made a great improvement to the visibility looking thru the mirrors when in inclement weather and also kept the rear and sides of the trailers cleaner.

[Supercharged]

Last year was the first time I pulled a car behind my RV. So I went to Lowes and got a door mat close out for $5 and added about 8 " to the bottom of each flap. Pull the car 5 thosand miles and not one clip on the car.

[dangerruss]

Thanks... Looks like it should be an easy fix. As I stated in my original post, the screws that attach the flap to the frame is still presently screwed into the frame. I like the idea of adding some oversized washers. thanks again...

[j-d]

klutchdust wrote:
Check out local auto parts store or truck stop. The rubber ones are easily cut with knife and punch holes as needed to match what you have. me thinks one flap would do both sides.

klutch nailed it. When we bought our C (signature) it was missing a mud flap. Not just the flap but the lightweight angle steel bracket that held it from sailing back. The remaining flap was a thin plastic sheet that I thought was a little "short" in terms of reaching down toward the pavement. I went to truck stops till I found a generic flap with square corners like this pic from Amazon



The "big rig" flaps are 24" by 36" and one gave me two nice 18x24 flaps. Cut with a utility knife against a straightedge. Punched 1/4" holes and fastened with "fender washers." The four original holes that would hold the flap in normal position on a semi, are hidden under the coach, down an inside edge.

Made a new bracket from Punched Angle Steel like this. Pic is Amazon but I got it at Home Depot



I can't remember the price, but Truckstops America (T/A sign on the interstate) had the generic flaps stacked in bulk and I'm pretty sure it was less than $20. That Amazon tab is $60 for two + shipping. Too much!

I had spent A LOT of time gOOgling around for an RV flap, like the one linked above, and never found it. So the offering by Winne might be recent. If it fits your measurements, I'd say Buy and Be Done. But if you're missing one and really don't like the other, like me, the truck stop one made a really nice new set, with heavy duty material, very inexpensively.

[klutchdust]

Check out local auto parts store or truck stop. The rubber ones are easily cut with knife and punch holes as needed to match what you have. me thinks one flap would do both sides.

[dangerruss]

Thanks!

[bobsinn]

I had the same thing happen to me. I found the exact replacement at Amazon.
Mud Flap