After market mud flaps

[WhiteD3]

Well, after getting nicely bogged, then unsuccessfully snatched from the front resulting in Outlaw peeling a tyre off the rim, then successfully snatched from the rear up a very steep hill, I found I'd lost most of the RHS flap and finally broke through the last bit of the LHS.

So Gents, what are the after market options for mud flaps?

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/


You can see Outlaw's truck in the distance with the RH rear off the rim. The problem with the front snatch was that the only way forward was up a very steep hill (seen just above the RHS side of the D3), which Josh tried with no luck. The alternative was a diagonal snatch with the subsequent outcome.

[Neil P]

Why do you want 'flaps ?

Most new vehicles sold here don't have flaps.

[TDV6]

I tow a van and rear flaps helps keep the stones off the van, front ones are essential on gravell roads to help stop chipping the paintwork and even with them my rear black wheel arch moldings are badly pockmarked.

I want to try making them out of conveyor belting as I did for my 93 LSE rangie. The trick will be to make a mounting bracket.

Hope this helps,

Ryall

[WhiteD3]

I want to try making them out of conveyor belting as I did for my 93 LSE rangie. The trick will be to make a mounting bracket.


I'll take 2 please:D

[CaverD3]

I cut the originals and added a bit if insertion rubber for flexibility.
What was left of the original keeps the rubber in the right spot so it doesn't bend back. :D

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2011/01/47.jpg

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2009/02/1046.jpg

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2009/02/1047.jpg

[BigJon]

Why do you want 'flaps ?

Most new vehicles sold here don't have flaps.

Because no rear mudflaps is a defect. Required for wet weather spray control.

[B92 8NW]

Because no rear mudflaps is a defect. Required for wet weather spray control.

I was following a D3 today which had no mud flaps, looked rather peculiar.

[Desert Traveller]

If you ever got behind a 4x4 with no mudflaps, you quickly realize how much road material (rocks etc) they can throw up. Mud flaps protect others and also in my case stone chipping of the rear panel work and Kaymar bar.

[WhiteD3]

D3 owners...................sit down......................take a deep breath................................because today I got new, genuine LR mudflaps fitted while the D3 was serviced..............................




























and they cost:eek::eek:









































$64 for the pair.............fitted:D:D:D:D

[CaverD3]

Let us know how long they last.;)

Cheaper than expected?

[powella]

What about the front?

AP

[Graeme]

...
$64 for the pair.............fitted
and I'm told that they can be purchased individually!

[Tombie]

Because no rear mudflaps is a defect. Required for wet weather spray control.

not quite correct

Rules state 300mm max from road to body / bottom of flap
If your vehicle meets this then no mud flaps required!

[rmp]

not quite correct

Rules state 300mm max from road to body / bottom of flap
If your vehicle meets this then no mud flaps required!

So, if you get pulled over, as the officer walks to the car quietly go into access mode.

[Arragon]

;):D:p

[Scouse]

Because no rear mudflaps is a defect. Required for wet weather spray control.

not quite correct

Rules state 300mm max from road to body / bottom of flap
If your vehicle meets this then no mud flaps required!Besides, the 09MY D3 doesn't come standard with rear mudflaps anymore. They're an accessory only now.

Apparently, there's been a rule change somewhere along the line (well, that's what I was told anyway).

[BigJon]

not quite correct

Rules state 300mm max from road to body / bottom of flap
If your vehicle meets this then no mud flaps required!

In the context of this thread they are required. Fitted from new, must stay there.

[rovers1952]

Yup./..me too got genuine replacements foe about same price/pair. Oldies collecting dust in shed awaiting the same attention as CaverD3's.

[CaverD3]

I used pop rivets and coloured cork. Has held up well so far. Oh and repaird old by plastic welding witha soldering iron.

[Disco Dude]

Originally Posted by WhiteD3 https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2016/08/768.jpg (http://www.aulro.com/afvb/d3-zone/72879-after-market-mud-flaps-post919071.html#post919071)
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$64 for the pair.............fitted
and I'm told that they can be purchased individually!

:o - Wow - wondering where you got them? We need front and rear mud spats for the new disco 3 we got and the dealer has quoted us $450 for the set fitted. Be interested to know where you got yours done!

[WhiteD3]

:o - Wow - wondering where you got them? Southside LR service dept in Brisbane.

[llubnrut]

Is that the one in the Gabba? After a front and rear set myself.

Cheers.

[gps-au]

Gee, I might make a phone before leaving Sydney on my late pilramage to FNQ, at that price it would be worth going via Brisbane instead of inland !!

[Tote]

It seems tha LR have decided to revise the design of the sand scoops for the D3. Had a new set fitted today and they are smaller, look like the old ones with the outside trimmed.
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y127/toteau/D3%20Tyres/IMG_2617.jpg

Old ones beside the newies

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y127/toteau/D3%20Tyres/IMG_2618.jpg


Regards,
Tote

[jonesfam]

Anybody tried "Rock Tamers"?
I tow a big off road trailer most places & although I extended the LR rear mud flaps (which looks ugly & amateurish) I still get stones hitting the trailer & back onto the car.
I saw Rock Tamers in a 4X4 mag & I am going to see them at TJM in Cairns to see if they will fit on the D3?
Expensive, $550 in Cairns, but if they work I think that will be cheaper than a rear windscreen on a regular basis.
Probably not be able to use them without the trailer though because the go on the tow hitch I think.
jonesfam

[gps-au]

Anybody tried "Rock Tamers"?
Probably not be able to use them without the trailer though because the go on the tow hitch I think.
jonesfam

From memory, they actually attach to the square tubing of the tow hitch (not the hitch receiver).

You will really need a mitchell's hitch to get them in a useful position.

[Blue C]

Recently a friend of mine with Rock Tamers on a Jeep Rubicon was on the Oodnadatta track and was still unlucky enough to have a stone smash his rear window bouncing off his trailer- it somehow got between the rock tamers & the tow hitch!
Another friend has the Stone Stomper system fitted for towing his offroad camper and although abit more fiddly to fit, after a recent trip up the Oodnadatta Track and later around the Mereenie Loop I am sold on it and plan to get one for towing an offroad van.