Thinking about buying mudflaps

[Wydz]

Tired of my car looking like it hasnt been washed in 9 months right after i wash it.

I know ill be getting the universal Rally Armor's, possibly the urethane ones for more durability.

Couple Questions:

1. how hard is it to install these? I see they dont come with mounting hardware or predrilled or anything.
2. What mounting hardware would be needed?
3. do they affect gas mileage if they stick out a bit?

 

[Swordsmith]

I got the OEM ones. They don't seem to help at all, I still get pretty much the same mud in pretty much the same pattern and amount. I like the look, but can't recommend them for any practical reason.

 

[Prospector]

More important quetion - Yosemite Sam, or trucker babe in gold?

 

[Blue Moon Sonic]

Only Yosemite Sam can have Yosemite Sam on his sonic. Anyways I've got some universal Rally Armor Mud flaps but haven't had the time or good enough weather to actually put them in. I may just have to say screw it and grab a bucket of soap water and a rag and clean around the areas with salt. I'll see about trying to get them in this weekend and send some pics.

 

[SSTODD]

"Talk about mud flaps, my girls got em" SPINAL TAP

 

[Blue Moon Sonic]

While your at it may as well go motor boating.

 

[davethecota]

I actually have the universal rally armors on my car right now. I just have the cheap pair as I wasn't sure how it would go. I wanted to install them without drilling holes but it seems I am going to have to on the rear ones as there is just not enough surface area for me not to. The good news is the rear ones will be drilled into plastic so no worry about rust. My front ones I have attached by, no joke, 3M dual locking strips which is basically like 3M super velcro. The front has plenty of good solid surface area and I have had them attached for about a year now without it falling off. I tried the same in the rear but they would want to fall off after about a month of use so I have them off at the moment. As far as MPG I saw little to no change in my MPG with them on or off after testing as I was worried about that as well.

I have some pictures you can see the fronts installed right now on my car but nothing really close up of it. I can try to get you some this weekend if you need or if you need to know exactly what product I used just search for 3m Dual lock and its the 250 to 250 type. Just make multiple small strips for several independent contact points seems to work the best to keep it on the car. I will be working on attaching the rears by drilling into that plastic plate over the summer.

 

[Darb]

I ordered my universal fit rally armor flaps off of amazon and I love them. I used the 3 stock screws in the front and the 2 in the back. They seem to be on there good enough for me. I really didnt want to drill into my nice car so the only thing I had to drill was the flaps. I didnt have to by extra srcews or plastic clips either.

They were easier to install than I thought. I held the first one up there where I wanted it, put a level on the side and marked the top hole with the marker. Once I drilled that out I screwed in the top screw then hit the flap with the hammer where my other stock screws were, it will put a scratch on the flap so you know exactly where to drill your other holes(dont worry itll be hidden by the time theyre on). Then for the other side you just flip your already drilled flap out mark the holes and its a perfect mirror fit for the other side.

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[Tuxedo_Maskk]

http://www.sonicownersforum.com/for...blokz-rally-mud-flaps-installed-sonic-lt.html

 

[mja]

I'm guessing you're talking about the sides of your car being dirty since this is about mudflaps.

But if it's the rear of the car that gets dirty like the hatchback's are notorious for, here's an article discussing rear spoiler changes, lowering rear drag/negative pressure at the rear:

ftp://gaia.ecs.csus.edu/grandajj/fa...ImprovementVehicleAerodynamicsWakeControl.pdf

A trunk deck spoiler change/custom rear spoiler that's designed properly could help with the back of the car sucking up dirt and planting it on the rear.