Removable mud flaps

I didn't see any post about removable mud flaps, so figured I'd post about the ones I made.

I prefer to run with mud flaps, but also have broken OEM ones in the past when offloading. I had some RokBlokz on my 2006 Tacoma that I removed and was intending on putting on my 2022 Tacoma. But discovered the mounting holes were different, so ended up ordering new ones and figured I'd sell the old ones.

When they arrived, they were the same size as the old ones, and I realized I could cut the tops off the new ones for the mounting holes, and the bottoms off the old ones to attach the new ones, and then I'd have removable mud flaps.

So that's what I did. I bought a bunch of different hardware to see what worked best, and you can see what I settled on in the pictures below.

Here's the removable flaps and hardware:


and the hardware in more detail. The washers are there to act as spacers so there's no play once the mudflaps are attached.



Here is the upper half on the front. You can see I cut out a relief so the mud flap wouldn't stick into the wheel well too much.



and the upper half on the rear.



And the other side:





I'll post the rest of the pictures in the next post.

 

They ended up an inch or 2 longer than the RokBlokz flaps. If I had to do it again, I might make them a bit shorter.

I tried to make all the hardware black, but couldn't find hitch pins in black. You can see 2 of them aren't stainless, which I need to swap out.

What else. The holes I drilled are the same diameter as the clevis pins, which makes for a very snug fit. The lower portions don't move at all, which is good. But if there is any dirt in the holes, the pins won't slide through the holes.

Oh, and I should mention all the dirt on the truck was when the mudflaps were off.





I started out spacing the holes for the fronts pretty equally, but the furthest inboard hole didn't have enough space to get the hardware in there. You can see I moved it outboard a bit. It's tight, but works. Next time I might move it down about an inch, although that would mean the way I cut them wouldn't work. Either I'd have to make the upper half longer, or make the cut such that it's not straight across.



REARS:








Got my thumb in the picture, but it's not blocking the mud flaps, so good enough.



It takes a minute or 2 to take each set off. it's much easier in the driveway than on the trail. Overall I'm pretty happy with how they turned out. The truck has 265/75R16's, and there's no rubbing. I may try 33's for my next set of tires, and I'll be curious to see if these rub then. BUt I'll tackle that problem if/when it appears.