Mud flaps on high clearance rear bumper

Have any of you added up flaps on your high clearance bumpers? I have an air compressor in the bed cubby and the wheels were dumping all sort of debris into that area. So I used the old stock flaps and bolted them up in there. Ain’t real pretty but they have survived a few deep mud trail runs and seem to keep the rock collecting that my bumper used to do down to a minimum. What have others done to tame your rear wheel wells?

 

I added these: Husky Liners Universal Mud Flaps 12" Wide - Black Wt - Universal

$98 Husky Liners - Universal Mud Flaps 12" Wide - Black Weight | 17152

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01N6CLDJY/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apip_v9Sp89b7bI4t1

...to my bumper from Coastal Offroad https://www.coastaloffroad.com/product-page/2nd-gen-tacoma-high-clearance-rear-bumper?v=7516fd43adaa



Only issue is the exhaust heat slightly melted the passenger side.

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@wildbuellrider, do you have any detailed pics of how you mounted your flaps? That looks really good.

 

This drawing from @coastaloffroad shows the detail best—I just leveled the truck, placed the mud flaps (level) and match-drilled holes on the surface marked “12”.

I did use nutserts on the bumper for ease of installation—it really closes off that front edge (one reason I wanted mud flaps—I have a compressor and tank in that area). Another reason—I pull a toy hauler with my truck.

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I was just getting ready to tag you!

 

Another view.

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wildbuellrider
Got any more info on license plate holder ? Glue on , bolt on , better pic, Here"s mine ,
Mud flaps look great

 

Bolt on:

https://www.oreillyauto.com/detail/b/custom-accessories-3126/accessories-16449/license-plates---frames-16598/license-plate---covers-17598/82b78c5f2810/custom-accessories-bumper-guard/92934/5860755?pos=5


I added an LED strip, also from the flap.

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Awesome, thanks for the detailed shot! I'm hoping I can do something similar with @Mobtown Offroad's HC rear bumper. I'll have a bedside mounted single compressor as well.

 

@wildbuellrider, do you think a similar modification could be done using RokBlokz mud flaps instead of the Husky Liners ones you used? I'd like to swap out my front flaps too, but RokBlokz only come as a full set.

Link to RokBlokz: https://rokblokz.com/products/toyota-tacoma-mud-flaps-mud-guards-05-15

 

The only disadvantage I see using the rokblokz is they’re already drilled for the fasteners (so you’d need to match those holes to material on the bumper). If you’ve still got the factory flaps (or bumper), you could offer it up to the new bumper—that way you could make a judgement before ordering the rokblokz.

Just my non-expert opinion.

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Bit of a necropost, but I finally got this mod done.

The universal mud flaps mentioned above didn't work for my front wheels, so I replaced them with a full RokBlokz setup.

 

Anyone come up with a way to put mudflaps on while running WarFab Phantom HC?

Currently on 33's with any plastic liners deleted
Looking for a bedside reinforcement bracket solution as well.
ATHFab makes a set, but it only fits their rear HC which is a different height bedside cut.



I wonder if there's a way to put a "two-in-one" solution, bracket that is both bedside support, and can hold mudflaps.
Or, that may be too forward to use existing bolt holes, not allowing a mudflap to clear tire and drop straight.

Tacomaholic used custom bedside support brackets requiring a hole drilled (which I don't mind) but I think no mudflaps.




Right now running fenders delete and planning to use the holes for other stuff.
They're filled with trim bolts,
but bored out the lower outermost ones to 3/4 with plan to put grommets and LED marker/clearance lights, to act as LED side markers when lights are on.

 

That's what I did with my Phantom HC. 1.5" x 0.5" aluminum bar drilled and bolted to a bed rib, and a stainless angle bracket drilled and bolted under the Bushwhacker. It would fit under stock trim too.

The flaps are ziptied to the bar so they'll break away. I got some big rubber universal truck flaps large enough to cover the full track of the tores about 1/3 of the way down, really tames mud/spray/rocks. Haven't hung them up yet.

 

I was gonna say wow only 1 bolt
on the "bed rib" (if that's what it's called?) vs. stock "bracket" (that I flipped) held on originally w/ 2 bolts, but now with one. I have it just sitting pushing into the bedside as a sitting support (maybe felt tape on the end) but not actually bolted.

But hey, if it works, it works. And maybe held up over time.

I wonder how people even get the shape of metal as pictured above in the ATHFab supports...
they probably cut it that way on a CNC

 

I've never had problems with just the one bolt, there's just not a large amount of stress there. If there's ever enough shear stress there for some reason to compromise the 3/16" stainless hardware it would be more likely to blow out the composite bed rib. It's not going to be shifting inward unless the bumper itself deforms, in which case the number of bolts is irrelevant.

If I had to guess about why two on the OEM, it would be because the bracket is thin stamped metal, with the rigidity coming more from the shape and not the raw dimensions of the material.