RON

Hi Guys.
I am in the process of making my own 'STI' style mudflaps, the thing is I'm having a job finding the reight material. What I'm looking for is a sort of nylon typr stuff, thats not too stiff so that it's brittle, but not so flexible that it folds up at 90deg to the road when I'm shifting on.
Has anyone got any idea where I can get it?
I've tried Peter Lloyd Rallying in Bridgend, the stuff that they do is too flexible.
So any ideas? Oh and I want it in black.
Cheers
Ron

S600BYY

midlands performance centre
it's where i got my "flaps" from and it's good stuff
the number is at work(i'm not)il'l post it here monday if you can wait that long?

S600BYY

YOUNG GED

Hi

I've just done the same myself.I got mine from Yorkshire rally spares at £8 per metre for 3mm stuff in black and red.

TEL 01653 697226

Are you using the instructions from the guy who posted from Canada??
If you are beware.If you follow his diagrams the holes in the flaps an the ones in the brackets don't line up.The ones on the diagrams of the flaps are the right ones to use.

Chris

NIGE K

Hi Ron
Demon Tweeks in Cheshire will send you a catalogue if you call and they have a big selection. Tel No 01978 664466

Cheers

Nige K

jwhitton

Ged,

can you post the URL for the Candian diagram.

I too think the price of mudflaps from Subaru a bit of a joke with Graham Goode still too much.

Pete Croney take not there is a massive market for mudflaps at a decent price.
Surely we can get some little back shop in China to knock them out for 20 pence each and sell them to use lot of 30 quid a set.

I too will be hunting down some suitable material at the Motorsport Show in January.

jon

GaryC

I've had a set of the Prodrive ones fitted. Very smart, not too obvious and very effective. £8.50 each!

mavrick

Gary
Where did you get the Prodrive flaps, any pics.

GaryC

Got from main dealer, but no pics am afraid - will take some and post when developed and scanned.

They are black rubber, and fix to inside of wheels arch

North Ursalia

You can always try my patterns if you wish...
There are about 100+ Imprezas that I know of running around the US of A with these on now.

YOUNG GED

OOPS

It appears he's from the USA not Canada but same differance anyway

If you follow the instructions and make some templates you'll see what I mean about the holes not lining up but it's easy sorted.
So far costs are
£28 for 2m of material+P&P (enough to do 4 plus some spare)
Metal for brackets was free.Find a sheet metal workers localy to you and go and ask for some off cuts (mine was galvanized 18 guage I think)
Fixings £5 from B&Q + clip nuts from Subaru
(I've ordered these but can't remember how much they are)
And a days work to make and fit them and hey presto cool mud flaps.

Thanks to North Ursalia I saved a packet.
Chris

GaryC

So for £33 + P&P + cost (if any) of the metal brackets + a day of your time, you can have four mudflaps.

You don't hear this very often, but the Prodrive ones are fantastic value Even if you went for four of them, it would still come in under £40! (plus upto a whole 10 minutes to fit them all if your dealer wouldn't do it )

RON

Thanks for all the replies guys,
I have today ordered enough material to make two sets, all for £31, offcuts of stainless via a cousin who is a fabricator so it was free!
Hopefully its the right stuff, we'll see.
Cheers
Ron

jwhitton

Brian,

You are the man!

Will be buying some mad red rally flap material from the Motorsport show in the UK in January.

I assume the holes on the flaps are correct as per the above point?

jon

YOUNG GED

Hi Gary

I think I saw a car with some like yours last week.IMHO they look nowhere near as cool as my rall style ones.

As for cost have you seen hoew much the STI ones are at their we site or how much GGR charge for them over here!!!

As for my time I work shifts and and am at home more than I,m in work so I like tinkering with things to stop getting to bored.

You say the Prodrive ones take 10 mins to fit??
Presumably they mount in the same places as mine? If so I can tell you that it ain't no 10 min job.

A happy stone chip free camper

Chris

GaryC

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:<HR>Originally posted by YOUNG GED:
<B>Hi Gary

I think I saw a car with some like yours last week.IMHO they look nowhere near as cool as my rall style ones.

As for cost have you seen hoew much the STI ones are at their we site or how much GGR charge for them over here!!!

As for my time I work shifts and and am at home more than I,m in work so I like tinkering with things to stop getting to bored.

You say the Prodrive ones take 10 mins to fit??
Presumably they mount in the same places as mine? If so I can tell you that it ain't no 10 min job.

A happy stone chip free camper

Chris[/quote]

Dealer took less than 5 mins to fit two. Undo two screws, clip guard on, screw screws back in - doddle!


...but I'm leaving if we are getting onto the varying 'coolness' of piece of flat(ish) rubber or plastic stuck to a wheel arch (HINT: an Impreza is also quite good to drive after you have admired it )