Mud Flaps

"rajpadf" wrote in news:d36p74$qqs$ snipped-for-privacy@hercules.btinternet.com:

Be careful of Ebay. I'm still smiling at the thought of the poor sod who bought four in one lot. Then discovered they were all left hand rear!

(And, no, it wasn't me who sold them to him!).

Derry

Sure, plenty scattered around the Brecon Beacons including several of ours.

Great, I'll see if I can pick one up when I go out there in a few weeks, I've got a missing one myself.

Not Genuine I know but I use 'rally car' mudflap material.... cut it ( just about ) with big scissors to shape and stick them on - lasts afes and when it is finally knackered you just cut some more off the roll.... I sell rolls of the stuff it for £9.50 a metre - available in black, blue or red.

David LLAMA 4x4

Check out Brookwells 01626 833848 or

I use them a lot and have always found them to be excellent. I order by phone - that way you get to speak to someone who knows their stuff. After a couple of orders they give you a discount card as well.

I bought a pair of genuine mudflaps from them a while back for my Defender. I can't remember exactly how much they were but I'm sure it was reasonable.

Taff p.s. I don't have any connection to Brookwells apart from being a satisfied customer.

What width is the roll and is it expensive to post? Are there any pics on the website?

The roll is 30cm wide...... no pics on the site I'm afraid

It is quite heavy to post but not so heavy that it costs silly money.....

Hope that helps

David LLAMA 4x4 .

On or around Tue, 12 Apr 2005 19:09:11 +0100, "David_LLAMA4x4" enlightened us thusly:

might be interested in that. I guess a metre ought to make a reasonable set of 4 for a disco, 30x25cm sounds about the right size. What do you stick it on with, or do you just bolt it through the existing hangers?

Another 'source' of mudflaps......

If you've got a (coal fired) power station around, or some belt loaders at a port available, the replaced conveyor belts make _indestructable_ mud flaps. Full widths cut to length make a great 'floor' covering in the workshop, too.

The 'multi-ply' fabric and rubber mix is around 15mm thick, a metre or two wide, a 'roll' will need a front end loader ( so you'll just get an 'offcut'), and bit of a bastard to cut ( I use a jig saw, and it's _slow_!) but it'll last 'forever'.

Apart from the 'sources', there're sellers of the old belts around. I know of one in the New England ( NSW) area who cuts it into wide strips which are used around horse pens. floats and cattle sale pens . I just use it for my workshop floor and.... indestructable mudflaps on my 4wds !! ( Ya just gotta make solid brackets to hold it!!)... Oh, and a square for the floor when carrying rocks 'n' stuff in my trucks.

.... frodo

Either bolt through it onto existing mounts, drill new holes or most of the rally boys use little aluminium brackets ( about £3 each, and 2 per flap ) that they bolt to the car and then secure the mudflap material with cable ties. The idea is that the cable ties will be the weak link and the mudflap will just pull off if it all gets too exciting. Simply pick it up and put a new cable tie on with no damage done to the car at all.......

David LLAMA 4x4

On or around Tue, 12 Apr 2005 23:24:42 +0100, "David_LLAMA4x4" enlightened us thusly:

that's not a bad idea. Mind, the ones I did for the 110 using big fat washers didn't come adrift, they were made with rubber matting.

Cheap "rubber" footwell mats, I've seen 'em go for a quid in Morrisons.