Thread: Extra mud flaps / rock flaps

You could pick up a rubber boot liner from Supercrap for about $50, then cut it to fit along the length of the rear bumper.

You should be able to get at least 2 if not 3 decent strips out of it, and if you happen to rip one off, you will have a spare.

They appear thick enough not to deflect too much, but still thin enough to flex when the going gets fun....

Originally Posted by Disco EMU

Hi

Has anyone rigged up some extra mud flaps for the back of the D2 to stop stones bouncing onto the trailer and then back onto the car?

I'm after some ideas on how to build some as I don't want to spend a small fortune on "Stone Stompers". Any advice or pics would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks

Craig

Hi Craig this is what I did, I got the idea from Moggs on MySwag.

Hrer's the link to the thread.
Rear Window Guard

Here's a pic of my back window guard


Baz.

All very well to protect your rear window but what about the rear paintwork that can also get damaged from rocks/stones bouncing back from a trailer?

I don't believe that anything such as extra mudflaps on the tow vehicle will completely eliminate stones from being thrown up.

IMO the most effective method, but not used very often due to difficulty in setting up, is to have some sort of flexible material, heavy shade cloth or the like, covering the void between the back of the vehicle and the box section of the trailer.

The next best and most widely used is some form of deflector on the front of the trailer. Most of these I've seen though are inadequate as they don't have sufficient angle on them to deflect the debris at an effective angle. The triangle ones running from the coupling back to each side of the trailer box are probably the most effective of the easily set up ones.

Just a few thoughts, for what it's worth, from my experience towing trailers over various terrain and experiencing one shattered rear window and numerous rear stone chips.

Originally Posted by Xtreme

All very well to protect your rear window but what about the rear paintwork that can also get damaged from rocks/stones bouncing back from a trailer?

I don't believe that anything such as extra mudflaps on the tow vehicle will completely eliminate stones from being thrown up.

IMO the most effective method, but not used very often due to difficulty in setting up, is to have some sort of flexible material, heavy shade cloth or the like, covering the void between the back of the vehicle and the box section of the trailer.

The next best and most widely used is some form of deflector on the front of the trailer. Most of these I've seen though are inadequate as they don't have sufficient angle on them to deflect the debris at an effective angle. The triangle ones running from the coupling back to each side of the trailer box are probably the most effective of the easily set up ones.

Just a few thoughts, for what it's worth, from my experience towing trailers over various terrain and experiencing one shattered rear window and numerous rear stone chips.

It's a start, and it doesn't matter what the do, nothing will stop flying stones and rocks from causing stone chips, but you do what you can.

I've followed vehical trailer combinations that have had about as much stone protection as you can put on and still seen rocks and stones come flying over the top of whatever they were towing, an object is always going to deflect off something and bounce back, over and under what ever your towing, so anything is better than nothing.

Rear window guard, a good stone guard on the trailer and longer mud flaps is a good way of protecting the car, trailer and following vehicals.

Baz

Originally Posted by Xtreme

some form of deflector on the front of the trailer. Most of these I've seen though are inadequate as they don't have sufficient angle on them to deflect the debris at an effective angle. The triangle ones running from the coupling back to each side of the trailer box are probably the most effective of the easily set up ones.
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Yep ... planning on doing this to the trailer as well as getting some corflute for the rear window and longer/extra mud flaps ... but was just after a design or pics of what someone else may have done.

Thanks for your input guys.

Craig

Talk about timing! I'm going to build some for the back of my D2 this weekend.

We have a trip coming up that involves 30km of dirt. The same trip last year resulted in a stone chipped camper trailer... and we have a stone guard on the trailer.

I looked at a few options and read this thread on MySwag

I decided it would be best to stop the stones as close to the source as possible, hence, I'm building mud flaps.

I liked the look of the Rock Tamers so I'm looking to build something similar. I found that I could run a bar across the top of the tow bar and is sits neatly under the back edge of the bumper bar.
I've priced up some tube and have already purchased some 4.5mm conveyor belt rubber from Clark Rubber.

I'll take some pictures when it's finished.

Sorry but none of those solutions work!!!

This is the only effective method I've ever used...

... Or better than Mikes kiddie trampoline idea ...

Take a 5" grinder, knock off the wagon behind the rear seats and put a tray on!

It really is the ONLY solution.

S