Keep the front mudflaps on or remove???

I'm thinking about taking mine off personally

 

I say no keepy without trimmage. They be too long to survive frwy speeds without eventually bending backward and breaking even if you don't break them hitting them on something while offroading. And that isn't even taking into account spraying water and mud at them either. No trimmy, no lasty. That's just on mostly stock trucks too, any suspension or tire/wheel upgrade much at all = remove in most cases.

 

Keeping mine on -- but i may trim down a bit

 

Here, let me ho dis pic out one more time...........If you look close at the fronts you can see how much I trimmed them so they won't get hit if offroad or bend backward on frwy. The rears are also trimmed. Trimmed about 5-6" off the fronts and 2-3" off the back, where both sets are 13" off the ground......

 

I went with OEM step tubes...and they clear the front mud flaps with no problem.

 

take all 4 off before they mess up the pain the the fender flares! un less you have a law saying you need them. TN dose not have any law. hell i could run true bead locks on the road if i wanted.

 

I don't get this

Remove the flaps so they don't wreck the fender paint so you can rifle rocks off of your fenders , rockers , doors and mirrors ?

 

Because if you keep them on long enough they will vibrate right through the paint on your fenders. If you've had yours on long enough take them off and look, you'll see. And honestly the truck looks ten times better with them off.

 

You still rifle rocks all over your doors , rockers and fenders by removing them unless you only drive on pavement .

 

Trimmed 4" off fronts & 1" off rears before lift & tires. Now I wish they were stock length.

 

OZ you really don’t throw rocks like you would think. i have the nitto terra grappler, and i do fire roads logging roads, gravel roads all the time and don’t have any rock chips and hardly even even have a rock hit the door. have have them hit the mirrors. i took my front off 3 days after i got my truck, that was may of 2011. i took my back off this summer and all the plastic tabs wear broke from off roading only thing holding them on was like 3 screws. i’m surprised i did not rip them off at some point.

 

Uh , I have rocks hit my doors and rockers with them on

 

Me too. I have a a couple nicks unfortunately.

 

that sucks! i do have some hit. but hardly ever.

 

In California here is the law:

Fenders and Mudguards

27600. No person shall operate any motor vehicle having three or more wheels, any trailer, or semitrailer unless equipped with fenders, covers, or devices, including flaps or splash aprons, or unless the body of the vehicle or attachments thereto afford adequate protection to effectively minimize the spray or splash of water or mud to the rear of the vehicle and all such equipment or such body or attachments thereto shall be at least as wide as the tire tread. This section does not apply to those vehicles exempt from registration, trailers and semitrailers having an unladen weight of under 1,500 pounds, or any vehicles manufactured and first registered prior to January 1, 1971, having an unladen weight of under 1,500 pounds.

 

I only removed my front mudflaps because my tire removed them. My rear mudflaps are still intact and installed.

 

At first I removed them because they were hanging down to low and dragging on ridiculous areas. Then I noticed how soft my factory paint is with all the rock chips on the side of my cab so I put them back on. I did cut three inches off them before the reinstall and now I'm happy with leaving them on. The Mudd Flap mod took me 5 minutes with a marker, ban saw and sanding block. Good luck all

 

Just trim them up, use a pair of sheet metal sheers or a dremel, take about 5 inches. Thats what I did and it looks stock, but tons more clearance.

 

What I did with the fronts: (thanks to reading many threads here on the site, concerning this problem): Remove them. Sell on ebay for $100 + $15 shipping. Buy Husky flaps for $40 shipped. Less work than trimming factory flaps (unless you want even shorter ones- then trim).

 

Better pic of mine trimmed.......they work better than none and worse than stock but do not bend in the wind on frwy.