200 Rear Mud Flap Delete & Custom Fab (2 Viewers)

[JayTortugaTee]

So a while ago I removed the rear mud flaps on my cruiser.
Love the stout look from the rear without but hate the holes it left in my wheel wells.

Got inspiration from a forum member that did the same on his 100 and fab’ed some plates to fill the holes.
But wanted to use black plastic for mine.

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[JayTortugaTee]

Made cardboard templates

 

[JayTortugaTee]

And installed the newly repurposed Rubbermaid trash can flaps on my cruiser!
Pretty pleased with how they came out for 30 minutes of work!

 

[TeCKis300]

Nicely done. Very clean.

Stout look for behind? My imagination's not that creative. Pics!

 

[christianleeboy]

so Sweet... Awesome job and thank you for the inspiration!!
Can you post a photo of the stoutly behind? Pics as well please

 

[Fooness]

i was in the same dilemma. i think im going to have to copy your idea, didnt think about using plastic trash cans. thank you for the inspiration.

 

[JayTortugaTee]

Thanks Guys.
The trash can was an afterthought when i had difficulty trying to find black sheet plastic.
After looking at several places and not finding what i wanted, started to poke around the garage and the can ended up being perfect.

Shot from behind:

 

[Rigger]

Is that a dent in your back hatch? Or a trick of light?

Nice going on the flaps. Great idea.

 

[JayTortugaTee]

Yeah its a dent alright.

Last year while my son was learning to drive, he backed into a tree.
My fault as much as his cause I wasn’t paying attention & he wasn’t looking behind.....DOH!

Plan to replace the bumper with an aluminum dissident and get a new liftgate shell from toyota.
Seen em for around $800 new.

Unless someone out there wants to sell me their liftgate shell . . .

 

[04UZJ100]

What a creative idea!

On another note, I see you have a WT cargo liner.....dos you’re shift all over the place? I’m trying to come up with a way to better secure it since it seems to slip and slide all over the trunk.

 

[JayTortugaTee]

Interesting, I have yet to have that issue, but items placed on it sure do slide around!

 

[blatant]

@JayTortugaTee really nice work!

 

[PaulC]

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[grinchy]

Even better than cutting up generic mudflaps. Sweet.

 

[Sam P]

Looks realllllly good. I hate those enormous flaps, went to take them off when I first got the truck, but realized they were pretty intregal to the structure and weather protection in that area. Looks like that will be my next project.

 

[JayTortugaTee]

Thanks Guys.

@PaulC - unfortunately I dont have the template anymore but it was very easy as I only used one for both sides as the exterior curves are the same and only diff is a couple of bolt holes and the interior profile.

Good luck!

 

[DirtNap]

Great idea for 'upcycling' -- I have a couple of kitchen trash cans where the automagic lids broke, so they're currently just storing pool noodles, shovels, and random wood.

 

[Forrest Murphy]

This great idea- I need to be a copy cat, thoughts on using Kydex Plastic Sheets from amazon?

 

[pjm10626]

Got bored and attacked my mud flaps last week.

 

[pjm10626]

One more from the rear and the fronts. I found tin snips to work better than the dremel.