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    Mudflaps

    Has anybody got templates for front and/or back mudflaps? I want to make some from Kaylan, I can get them lazer cut, and figure the brackets to mount them, but I am not having much luck with bits of card in trying to make some templates, and I'm fed up with the sides of the car being pebble dashed!!
    Any help would be really appreciated

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    Re: Mudflaps

    Buy the standard rectangles and bolt them on - that was my approach, nothing complicated

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    Re: Mudflaps

    That worked for me as well

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    Re: Mudflaps

    Laser cut mudflaps!?!?

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    Re: Mudflaps

    Quote Originally Posted by john View Post
    Laser cut mudflaps!?!?
    A flowjet would be more suitable for cutting Kaylan surely??

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TpDpnmyYraQ
    Last edited by strat24v; 29-06-2013 at 10:40.

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    Re: Mudflaps

    When ever I'm thinking about making stuff for the car, I'm always trying to incorporate repeatability into the process so that we don't have to keep reinventing the wheel.
    Chris, Neil what size are your standard rectangles, and do you have any photos? ta

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    Re: Mudflaps

    The Standard Rectangles are 500x300mm & the ones Rally Design sell are Kaylan!

    I dont have any decent photos from my car, but here is a couple from Chris's Car - Hope you dont mind Chris . I did something similar at the front & just bolted through the mudflap at the rear.

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    And a couple of poor shots from my car...

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    Re: Mudflaps

    That saved me hunting those pics out!

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    Re: Mudflaps

    Let me know if the laser cutting works OK without hazardous by-products. I can also do laser cutting at work but we can't have HF or HCl in the exhaust as it does too much damage to the machine.

    I'll try to investigate Kaylan but if it has any resemblance to a vinyl or PVC then it's a no go for me.

    Answering my own question, it's a polyurethane.

    The nitrogen atoms in it will likely produce NOx in a laser cutter - not ideal and maybe also HCN both in small quantities I'd guess so for me laser cutting is probably out unless the filter units can deal with the bad stuff.
    Last edited by mudhut; 30-06-2013 at 12:08.
    Peter

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