Mud flap trimming ideas?

[Hayes]

Yeah well, I was the guy yapping about how good the mud flaps look, and how they never get in my way, they're soo flexible, I'll never damage them...

...they both got ripped off at the same time, last weekend in Moab .

The only damage the flares took were the flap-mount tabs that hang down--they're toast. I count myself lucky--the next day I watched Gary T pull the mud flap and the entire flare clean off of his truck.

I'm not going to remount the flaps--I've been given a sign--I'll just rip them off again. But I'm thinking about trimming the flap from the contoured portion of the whole assembly, and mounting the contour back on the truck to finish off the flare.
Has anyone done this?
If so, do you have pictures?
Or does anyone have other suggestions for an "asthetic modification" to the mudflap/flare end?

Thanks.

Hayes

 

[cruiserdan]

The only pic on my computer I can find at the moment.

The cropped flaps will still hit sometimes. I have drug all 4 of mine at one time or another. In real rough stuff I remove them completely to avoid damaging a flare.

 

[cruiser88]

i always trash mine they never last

 

[cruiserdan]

Found a couple more:

 

[jhfj80]

side note to dan: i like the simple look of those yota rims. bet they'd be kick ass painted black... any idea how much a set of those for a '91 would go for??

 

[cruiserdan]

Those are 16 x 8. The current list price is $159.39 a rattle and a mudder would pay about 119 bucks per. They weigh about 43 lbs each.

 

[Brentbba]

Thanks for the pics on the mudflap trimming. 4 day weekend - I may try to get this done.

 

[Riad]

My OEM mud flaps came out a while ago. Then the plastic corners got trashed. So I adapted to these. Simple $20 mud flaps from local auto store. So far so good . I take'em off before getting on the trails.

 

[jhfj80]

thanks dan; i had no idea they weighed so much. now if only i had $500 to blow on aesthetics....