Mudflaps - Which fixings am I missing?

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Mudflaps - Which fixings am I missing?

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Got these with the van and thought I might as well wang them on.
Now I reckon there are some bits missing - maybe not from the front ones as I have the destructions for those but a maybe a long twisty thingy for the back ones?
Had a look at the pics on the JK website but am not really any the wiser
Anyone able to tell me what's missing?
Perhaps someone has a copy of the instructions lying about for the back ones that they could send me?
Maybe someone has these fitted that I could get a photo of from the right angles?
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Looks like the rear brackets like these, easy enough to make. They are supposed to clamp onto the the chassis rail but they move and take the paint off so I drilled and bolted through.

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Good luck trying to get those clips in your second piccy to attach to the edge of the arch. Probably the most stupid piece of design i've ever seen. I ended up binning the clips, drilling the arch and using self tappers instead.
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Cheers guys
Very helpful (as usual on here!)
Those daft spring clips are shown on the destructions being eased on with the end of a claw hammer (struck me as a bit wank when I saw it! :roll: )
So...I'm sorted with the fronts.
Ditch the spring clips and swith to stainless self tappers, nuts, bolts and washers I reckon
Each of the backs get a nut & bolt, 2 washers, a twisty strap and a clamp on the end as shown in bigherbs pic?
That means I have a clamp and a bolt left over for each...
Do those clamps go at the top end of end of the flaps to clamp the flap to the wheel arch?
Am I better off with self tappers there too?
(Just found I'm going to have to fettle the flaps to fit properly round the arches and the ends of my big bumpers too aren't I?)
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skippymoss wrote: Am I better off with self tappers there too?
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