Mud flaps

I'm looking at making some mudflaps and was wondering a) What material ? and b) what thickness?

I've been looking at solid rubber with no re-inforcing - as this shows when you cut it to shape - and was thinking about 4 or 5mm ?

Any views on this?

I used some nice shiney black 4mm stuff from Demon Tweeks, it's kept its shine for over two years of driving so I'm happy with it.

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Originally Posted by Fingers

I used some nice shiney black 4mm stuff from Demon Tweeks, it's kept its shine for over two years of driving so I'm happy with it.

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Thanks Paul - yes I think 4mm is about right and there are different grades of rubber/plastic but it will need to be flexible . I'll check out Demon Tweeks .

MSA spec is 4MM min, there is a company called Kaylan in West Yorkshire they can make pretty much any shape and will mould as well and various colours. Used them on my Sunny when I was rallying, only used one set in 5 yrs apart from ripping one off when reversing!!!

Thanks Steve - I've already got a template so am primarily interested in type of material to use but I'll check out Kaylan anyway.
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Petty sure it was two pairs of these.

https://www.demon-tweeks.com/nz/gray...dflaps-243651/

And I used an old jar to draw a nice radius to cut the corners.

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Originally Posted by Fingers

Petty sure it was two pairs of these.

https://www.demon-tweeks.com/nz/gray...dflaps-243651/

And I used an old jar to draw a nice radius to cut the corners.

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Thanks Paul - they look good and not too expensive.

Realise this is quite an old thread now - just wondered if you had a copy of the template and also what you used to fasten them?

Good info here; Front Mudflaps (stratosec.com)

Good info here; Front Mudflaps (stratosec.com)

Matt, I'll have a look for my template, regards

Griff