Puma Mudflaps

[scarry]

Has anyone had any trouble with Puma rear mudflaps?
They seem to be made out of a very tough material,which doesn't bend easily.In soft sand for instance,they are bent towards the rear of the vehicle & eventually tear out of the aluminium panel behind the rear wheels.:(
I am thinking of cutting them horizontally across near the metal bracket & fitting a piece of insertion rubber as a sort of hinge so the can bend more easily.

Anyone got any other ideas?

Got to get a set of front one's,i suppose they are made from the same material as well?

Any thoughts would be helpful.

[miky]

I am sure I have seen a post somewhere on here about getting some thick insertion(?) rubber from Clark Rubber for the front so I guess you could do the same to replace the back.

[juddy]

Our rear ones seem to be ok, but the front ones, seem to bend towards the rear. more so than our older 130 we had, they look the same as the older ones too, but maybe there using a different rubber compound???

[KarlB]

I have done about 11,000 km with my Puma mudflaps (front and rear)including several hundred km in sand dune country and have had no problems. I thought mine were hung from steel brackets not aluminium.

Cheers
KarlB

[scarry]

I have done about 11,000 km with my Puma mudflaps (front and rear)including several hundred km in sand dune country and have had no problems. I thought mine were hung from steel brackets not aluminium.

Cheers
KarlB

Brackets are steel,but,as per my post,they are attatched to the aluminium panel beind the rear wheels which is where they break away from eventually.

[MinniTheMoocha]

eventually tear out of the aluminium panel behind the rear wheels.:(



I thought mine were hung from steel brackets not aluminium.

Cheers
KarlB

The mud flaps have steel brackets I just fitted both front and rear original LR units. I think he means the aluminium rear quarter panel that the bracket is bolted to. I have had to reinforce the fold in my quarter panel because of bending them when dropping off ledges/rocks and hitting the flaps which is why I fitted the Mulgo rear end bumperettes. Great product which has definitely helped prevent it happening more frequently.

[KarlB]

OK, I drive a Puma 90, so my rear mudflaps are attached to the rear cross member. Just my blinkered view of the world through rose coloured glasses, then. Still nobody mentioned any wheel base lengths except 130!

Cheers
KarlB

[KarlB]

OK, I drive a Puma 90, so my rear mudflaps are attached to the rear cross member. Just my blinkered view of the world through rose coloured glasses, then. Still nobody mentioned any wheel base lengths except 130!

Cheers
KarlB

[KarlB]

Hmm ... not sure how that happened. How do you delete a post?

[Loubrey]

I also drive a Puma 90 and compared to previous 90's (300 Tdi) the mudflaps on this one is of a very stiff rubber compound. If you've done some mainroad driving at speed they seem to be bent into a bit of a curve by the wind. Back to normal next morning though.

As KarlB said though, attached to steel bits on the 90, so no pains with alu damage.

[scarry]

Hmm ... not sure how that happened. How do you delete a post?

I still can't work out how to delete a post either,hopefully someone will chime in & let us not so computer literate one's know:):)

[miky]

I don't think we can delete the whole post.
Just edit the text to say something like:

Ignore, double post

[scotsmun]

both my rears fell off, one of them somewhere on the m5, i asked the dealer to replace it on warranty and was told i would have to produce the defective part unless they could not replace it. Apparently if bits fall off and you dont catch them you have to pay:confused:

[n plus one]

both my rears fell off, one of them somewhere on the m5, i asked the dealer to replace it on warranty and was told i would have to produce the defective part unless they could not replace it. Apparently if bits fall off and you dont catch them you have to pay:confused:

I didn't present my missing front mudflap for my warranty claim - I couldn't, it was missing :wallbash:

They also tried to tell me I'd have to pay for it coz' I must have hit something to rip it off - stared them down on that one.

Mudflaps that fall off on the highway have been incorrectly fitted (and are a bloody saftey hazard to poor ****** on motor bikes (like me on occasion)) - I'd point both these things out to them in no uncertain terms.

Some pics of what's left might help to determine if they were fitted properly or not - these combined with some pics of how it should have been done could be used to set the dealer straight.