Rear Mudflap Fitting Issues
Posted: 12 Feb 2010, 14:17
Ladles and Jellyspoons (my dad always said that and i cringed, now i'm growing to like it, is this age creeping up on me?)
I splashed out on 4 lovely OEM mudflaps for the 'Van's Spring Makeover' (soon to be shown on UK Bilge +1).
I'm having trouble with the rear ones, the fronts came with destructions, and they went on fine. I've emailed JK where I got them and they have sent responses, but I don't seem to be explaining myself very well to them, and not getting the answers I need.
The kit list is:
2 x rear mudflaps
2 x 90 deg twisted steel fitment for what I will call 'inside' edge (ie, not the 'outside' edge, being the wheel arch)
4 x clamps with screws for tightening over the lip of the wheel arch.
OK, firstly they do not fit that well, the lip on my wheel arch seems wider than the plastic gully it is supposed to fit in, perhaps has been repaired at some point and re-rolled?
Secondly, when I put the clamping arm where it seems apprpropriate (on the flange lip on part of the chassis?), this doesn't line up with the hold in the mudflap without a good bit of persuasion, this doesn't seem 'veedub'.
So, I would suggest that there should be a hole in this chassis part to accept the screw (there isn't a stock one from what I can see - which seems odd if this is a VW kit), plus, the screw clamps to fit over the lip of the wheel arch just don't seem well fitting either - again perhaps there ought to be holes for this - JK think not.
Has anyone any experience of this... they're just not fitting like the front ones did, ie really well.
Many thanks for your reponses.
I splashed out on 4 lovely OEM mudflaps for the 'Van's Spring Makeover' (soon to be shown on UK Bilge +1).
I'm having trouble with the rear ones, the fronts came with destructions, and they went on fine. I've emailed JK where I got them and they have sent responses, but I don't seem to be explaining myself very well to them, and not getting the answers I need.
The kit list is:
2 x rear mudflaps
2 x 90 deg twisted steel fitment for what I will call 'inside' edge (ie, not the 'outside' edge, being the wheel arch)
4 x clamps with screws for tightening over the lip of the wheel arch.
OK, firstly they do not fit that well, the lip on my wheel arch seems wider than the plastic gully it is supposed to fit in, perhaps has been repaired at some point and re-rolled?
Secondly, when I put the clamping arm where it seems apprpropriate (on the flange lip on part of the chassis?), this doesn't line up with the hold in the mudflap without a good bit of persuasion, this doesn't seem 'veedub'.
So, I would suggest that there should be a hole in this chassis part to accept the screw (there isn't a stock one from what I can see - which seems odd if this is a VW kit), plus, the screw clamps to fit over the lip of the wheel arch just don't seem well fitting either - again perhaps there ought to be holes for this - JK think not.
Has anyone any experience of this... they're just not fitting like the front ones did, ie really well.
Many thanks for your reponses.
