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I know that there are a few similar posts already, but I think that there still seems to be some uncertainty out there.
The first time I heard a rock hit the side of truck after some light off-roading, I knew that I had to get something to protect my baby. I nearly cried. I had read some really positive things about Mabett mud flaps on these forums. The Amazon ad says that they fit with the factory rock rails. Based on my experience, I think that is not accurate.
It is completely possible that I did something wrong, but I spent the last two hours trying to get these things on. The ends of the rock rails are angled and this prevents the inner attachment point of mud flap from resting flush with the wheel well. I tried to take a picture of the angled part, but I’m not sure how clear it is from the picture. I suppose that a small notch could be made to allow the portion of the rock rail that is hitting to come through, but I feel like for the price of these, I don’t want to go hacking them up.
Another issue that I ran into is that according to the instructions, the original plastic screw thing should be put back into this inner attachment point. This screw would likely be ripped out by heavy snow/mud or if the mud flap made contact with just about anything while driving. I thought that maybe I misunderstood the instructions. The hole used for this attachment point does not appear to be threaded. I tried putting the screws that came with the flaps into the hole and they just pulled right out.
Even if they did fit around the rock rail, I would probably be hesitant to install these until that attachment point was a bit more secure.
The first time I heard a rock hit the side of truck after some light off-roading, I knew that I had to get something to protect my baby. I nearly cried. I had read some really positive things about Mabett mud flaps on these forums. The Amazon ad says that they fit with the factory rock rails. Based on my experience, I think that is not accurate.
It is completely possible that I did something wrong, but I spent the last two hours trying to get these things on. The ends of the rock rails are angled and this prevents the inner attachment point of mud flap from resting flush with the wheel well. I tried to take a picture of the angled part, but I’m not sure how clear it is from the picture. I suppose that a small notch could be made to allow the portion of the rock rail that is hitting to come through, but I feel like for the price of these, I don’t want to go hacking them up.
Another issue that I ran into is that according to the instructions, the original plastic screw thing should be put back into this inner attachment point. This screw would likely be ripped out by heavy snow/mud or if the mud flap made contact with just about anything while driving. I thought that maybe I misunderstood the instructions. The hole used for this attachment point does not appear to be threaded. I tried putting the screws that came with the flaps into the hole and they just pulled right out.
Even if they did fit around the rock rail, I would probably be hesitant to install these until that attachment point was a bit more secure.
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