Anyone know where I can get some mud flaps for WRX, that don't cost £160.00?

 

Yep Scott Lowe's £140... a bit less I suppose>>

 

Or go for the generic Subaru ones at £21 for 4

 

yhm m8

 

Hey nick where do you get the generic 1's m8?

 

Try Grade A subaru

http://www.gradea-subaru.co.uk/

£80 plus VAT

Having said that, im looking at making my own, since the mud flap subject has been dragged up again, i would appreciate names of places that supply the material

Sorry to hijack the thread

 

CEL the brackets are very expensive to make and are difficult to get the exact sizes without actual physical templates, I tried this route and fell lucky picking up an old set of mudflaps so i could nick the brackets and bought some Red Flap material

 

Need someone (helpfull !) with a set of brackets to use as templates, have them profile cut then order the mudflap material. Usually a couple of suppliers in the motoring news.

 

Doc,

Have you have seen the templates on http://www.ravensblade-impreza.com/ ? Was thinking about giving it a go using these... the ones ive seen so far dont drop low enough to the ground for my liking. Do you think the brackets are essential, thought maybe the proper fixings and washers would do it??

Chris

 

tmo... but i want the material NOW! lol.. when i get an idea in my head, waiting for bits to arrive isn't an option

 

P@ul
Subaru !
Part numbers SACC3348 and SACC3349
When I asked about mudflaps at the main dealer parts counter and said I'd heard there were some generic ones, he said "Oh what the 3348 and 9 part numbers ?". He let me buy them on sale or return in case they didn't fit, but they are pretty good. I found out about them on here some months ago.
They are moulded to the body shape, which doesn't fit perfectly on an MY03 WRX, but you'd hardly notice. After a bit of pondering about how best to modify them and mount them, they fitted as standard. Result

£150 +VAT per pair, or £21 inclusive for 4 was a no brainer.

 

Cel, man from my own heart !

Arco used to do the material, got mine for the rally car from them, but that was about three years ago !

 

Try the company below who do a number of options. The budget ones are about £35 for 4, but need cutting to shape etc.


http://www.plastics4performance.co.uk/mudflaps.htm

 

I would definatly get a price on the stainless steal brackets before you think of making your own, the mud flaps themselves are easy to make and only cost £30 but the brackets are another story they have numerous bends etc and cost a lot to make for a one off job.
See here:
http://bbs.scoobynet.co.uk/showthrea...=RED+MUD+FLAPS

IMO the Ravensblade ones dont look that great tbh :/

 

Gibson.. i do apologise for hijacking your thread mate. Hopefully some of the info here will be of use to you too?

tmo... do you know if they had different coloured material?

Thanks spyinthecamp.. i've seen those before but wondered if they are big enough? need to get the tape measure out i think.

Doc, agree with the comment re ravensblade flaps.. im thinking of making minor mods to the orignal pattern though

Speaking to someone about the brackets and dont think they are really necessary. Stainless or annodised bolts/self tappers plus washers should work just fine

Chris

 

Cheers for the info nick,also do they fit the classic wagon ok?

 

Demon Tweeks do Sparco ones about £7.50 per pair, look good on my STi5 :

 

I bought the genuine £20ish Subaru items,SACC3348+3349,then broke off the brackets and used them to hold my new flaps on with



Jon

 

This could save me a fortune and loads of hassle.. nice one Dan

 

I can to a tech drawing of the bracket and get quotes for them if i could get my hands on some brackets.
Do they have to me stainless as this is e expensive material?

Ray

 

The front ones don't need brackets (if the flaps are stiff) and the rear brackets can be fabricated out of a metal corner shelf bracket which you bend to fit with a vice.

Thats just one way to do it on a budget.

 

I would personally not fit mud flaps without brackets they would get ripped off, if needed I have the exact sizes of the brackets and Flaps (sti pattern) for anyone who would want to get them made, PM me and I will sort it for you.
Doc

 

The pukka Kaylan flap material can be bought from http://www.kaylan.co.uk/frame.html
I was quoted £160 for a sheet 3m x 610mm x 3mm which would make 3 sets at a guess.

Nick

 

They are big enough as I have a set on my 03 wrx. The front did not need any bracket whilst the rear was made out of a scrap piece of SS which took about 15mins to create with a hammer and vice.

 

Right regarding the templates I have all the sizes here FULL SCALE I will have to do scale drawings of the flaps + brackets and scan them onto the web, so to all that have asked for the sizes please bare with my
Doc

 

Cheers Doc

I can do drawings for them if it helps... ive been a CAD technician for the last 16 years so it should be easy enough for me to do

 

I would expect that the brackets should cost no more than £20 for a set of 4 to be manufactured, what price they would be sold at after profit i am not so sure. I have a set from a scooby world, with bends and a number of washers, bolts etc.

the material is reasonably expensive (with the european steel increase - thanks Corus!), then laser cutting, but i would argue that the bending is pretty easy as the radius's are large and angles are pretty large.

before people start to disagree this is what i do for a living!
www.masonking.com

 

What CAD package do you use?
I graduated year and a half ago. been using solidworks in my new job for 5 months now. Was using Auto CAD b4 that.

Ray

 

So you can make the brackets for us then ARM?

Ray... AutoCAD ..versions 12 -2004

 

CEL I use RoboDraw which is mainly an isometric visual drawing program if you like I can post the full size templates so you can produce some techinical drawings, let me know.
Doc