Mud Flaps

[Barry Smith]

I've just received a set ofmud flaps for my 1976 stag from Rimmer Brothers. First impressions weren't great with the quality of the painted on logo. The paint looks very thin and the edges of the letters are a bit ropey to say the least. I've checked out some alternative suppliers and they all look pretty much the same. Anyway I've had a look at the fitting instructions (?) which consists of a single sheet of paper with a picture of roughly where the bolts should go through the mud flap - not a car in sight. They have supplied 10 nuts, bolts and washers and one fixing bracket per side. Having placed the mud flaps around the wheelarch I can't see how they could possibly be fitted to a stag with the bracket and bolts they've supplied. It looks as though I would need to drill a hole through the rim of my wheelarch at the top and then god knows how the other bracket it supposed to be attached. Having just paid £30 plus delivery for a set of mud flaps with fitting instructions and bracketry I'm a bit miffed at having to now get some other brackets made up so I don't have to butcher my car to fit them.

Now my rant is over the point of my post was to ask if anyone had any pictures or advice on how they fitted their mudflaps? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks & regards,

Barry

[chrisn]

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Barry

I don't know about the Rimmers flaps, but original ones with 'Triumph' embossed on them with no paint were fitted to the wheel arch lip directly with small bolts and nuts, and no brackets.

[Barry Smith]

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Thanks for the feedback Chris. I was hoping someone might point me in the direction of some brackets that attach to the mudflaps and then clip onto the wheelarch rim. I realise I'll have to drill through to the boot to attach elsewhere for a secure fix but I would prefer not to drill a hole in the rear wheelarch rims. If I get no further feedback I guess I'll have to wait for the next club meet and see how others have fitted theirs.

Thanks again.

Regards,

Barry

[Paul Goldsmith]

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Hmm, just found the pair of Stag mud flaps I bought a couple of years laying around in the garage. I've never fitted them as I didn't like the look of the quality of the metal brackets, too prone to rusting to my mind which I don't want spreading the the arches themselves.

I'm not totally adverse to drilling holes in the arches and using stainless bolts etc perhaps with some silicon sealant to stop any dirt and moisture getting between the flaps and arches.

I'm really interested to hear what others have done with their flaps.

Also this reminds me, our Rover VVC Coupe has rubber mouldings pushed onto its arches to prevent the edges rusting -I guess most 'modern' (in relative terms, as it's 1997 ) cars all do now. Has anybody tried this on their Stag ? As every couple of years I'm treating the scab which starts to appears on the edges and wonder if some protection of this sort would slow this down ? I'm thinking they're easy to pull off and keep an eye on the situation when cleaning etc so things won't deteriorate badly before it becomes visible.

Cheers

[DJT]

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FWIW I have just fitted a pair of Cannon mud flaps. Bought them at Halfrauds for about £15. They are supplied with bolts that go through the flaps and the nuts are held in round moulded plastic bits. They are secured by these plastic bits behind the wheelarch flange, so there are no metal bits touching the paintwork.

The flaps are quality, heavy 'rubber' with 'CANNON' embossed into them, but not highlighted with paint.

I fitted the same type to my last Stag about 10 or more years ago and they were still there when I sold it. You can just make one out in this picture.

Dave

[StagnJag]

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Paul M Goldsmith wrote:

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I'm really interested to hear what others have done with their flaps.

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I took mine off - just somewhere else to trap mud, salt and moisture, in my opinion.:?


Mine I think were original - pretty perished and had "Triumph" moulded into it, old anyway!. These did have an additional bracket. This was attached to the inboard side of the flap and mounted on the downward pointing flange at the rear of the wheel arch.

Hope this helps,

Regards

Dave H

[RogerP]

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Barry

I have to own up and say when I fitted flaps to our car I just drilled the wheel arch and used self tapping screws, ye I know you shouldn't but it has been like that for at least 10 years, and haven't noticed any rust yet (did I mention I was blind) the other thing that was mentioned about the painted logo cant remember what I used probably thinners, but I removed the logo and bought 2 Triumph stickers that fit on the rear number plate light from a mk1 stag and stuck those on.

Roger Phillips

[KansasCityMilkman]

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Any new views on this? Thinking about buying some ...

[Ian F]

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Barry - I bought some similar Stag logo'd flaps and like you couldn't bring myself to drill the wheel arch!

I had a couple of sets of clip on brackets and bolts from old mudflaps and simply temporarily clamped the new ones where I needed them (mole grips), marked them up and then removed them again and drilled/cut two slots in the new flaps so that I could insert the clamps and bolt them on - without drilling.

Been on their nearly 12 months now and seem secure - or at least more secure than the aftermarket front ones I fitted.

Hope this helps.

Ian F

[revbra]

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like yourself just got some mud flaps i am going to stick the metal brackets on with liquid metal as do not want to drill panel will have to drill wheel archas cannot see any other way would not have got them if i had know what crap fixings came with them steve

[Dave M]

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Im on my second set in 13 yrs of Stag ownership and the logo has just about faded away again, drilled the arches to fit mine and used stainless nuts and bolts and loads of grease around the drilled holes to prevent corrosion. Like the idea of Rogers re using the Stag Mk 1 bumper logos on the mudflaps.
Dave

[Hughesy]

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My logo lasted just over 1 year and then faded badly with the car being garaged most of the time. Spoke with Rimmers about their "quality" product and they refused to replace.

[Gresley]

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I have just repaired the rear wheelarches on my Stag and had the rear wings reprayed. My next job was going to be fitting a pair of mudflaps, which now maybe does not sound like a good idea. I certainly don't want to do any drilling!

Brian

[StagnJag]

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Gresley wrote:

I have just repaired the rear wheelarches on my Stag and had the rear wings reprayed. My next job was going to be fitting a pair of mudflaps, which now maybe does not sound like a good idea. I certainly don't want to do any drilling!

Brian

I don't have any mudflaps on mine. Just don't wheel spin on gravel and you will be fine .