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chevychic · 12-02-2002, 08:13 PM

For my truck being lifted without mud flaps.

So I have until Dec 31st to get mud flaps on my truck.

Does anyone know of a good place to get them without getting too expensive? I need them for front and back and I'm seeing them for about $30 per wheel! Way more than I thought they'd cost.

ocbaud · 12-02-2002, 08:14 PM

thats some BS!

you should make your own!!!

chevychic · 12-02-2002, 08:18 PM

I don't know how!! And I don't want to be a redneck!!

Oh and BTW...you're avatard is ghey

I think it's going to give me a seizure or make me go crazy and kill someone! LOL!!

ocbaud · 12-02-2002, 08:29 PM

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Originally posted by chevychic

I think it's going to give me a seizure

thats the point

ElGracho · 12-02-2002, 08:35 PM

I would go to Schucks or the like and buy some of the small mud flap that are like 9*12, all black (kinda like a payphone phonebook cover material) They aren't so big and ugly and they fit the definition within the law of "mudflaps." I think I paid about 10 a pair for mine and put them on all four corners of my 84 k10 to protect the rockers from rock chips (back when my paint was worth protecting!)

gchemist · 12-02-2002, 08:35 PM

Try the redneck thing - USE CARBOARD!!

TODDS 72 · 12-02-2002, 08:54 PM

I got some at carquest that are rubber and there cut like the ones that say chevy on them,they were only $10.00 a pair.
And they look good.

Hooter · 12-02-2002, 10:39 PM

get some rubber convator belts and cut them up. They work super

BigRed · 12-02-2002, 11:28 PM

You could also try JC Whitney. They're usually good with cheaper prices and so-so quality on stuff like that.

ocbaud · 12-02-2002, 11:32 PM

this reminds me of the tickets my friend got last year.

it was right after he got his licence and he was driving his 56' stepside, and he gets pulled over and given a ticket for no headlights(as in just big holes in the spot) and another ticket for no working windshield wipers.

now, this happened at 4:00 pm during the day with the sun out and dry weather

Prerunner1982 · 12-03-2002, 12:08 AM

i would almost say make your own.. decent rubber cut like mudflaps bolted to your inner fender will work.. i have also seen guy put J hooks under the truck and small eye hooks on the flaps to hold them up while wheeling so they dont get in the way and hold mud..... i dont think mudflaps work all that well unless they are like motor homes have.. width of vehicle and from body to road.. just a flap hanging there isnt going to stop much.. that the fender and body cant stop.. i cant say that i see many 4x4 trucks around here that have mudflaps.....

jon

**swervin ervin** · 12-03-2002, 12:38 AM

I say the cops are really searching for things. What a bunch of crap.

Reminds me of when I went to Pigeon Forge, TN., for a truck show. The cops up there were writing tickets left and right for the guys with a rear roll pan and no bumper. Most of the ones they were getting were the mini truck guys. I think they get their thrill out of this stuff.

It would seem to me there is more important things they should be wasting their time on.

79BIG10 · 12-03-2002, 01:19 AM

Try Wal-Mart for the mud flaps. Plus most psrts stores have them. Also check any local big truck places they may have some to fit.

But I agree that it's BS.

**old Rusty C10** · 12-03-2002, 05:24 PM

see once again law enforcement has nothing better to do than to harass people for piddling little details.
In any event most chain auto parts stores or Walmart has cheapo mud flaps that can be used.
One time what i did was to fashion the shape i wanted out of cardboard and then transferred the pattern to a trailer truck mudflap that i found in my collection of junk and used that all it took was a couple of cuts from a sheetrock knife. lol im sure you could find plenty of them layin around on the roads in the cold weather lately
i used self tapping screws to attach them to the wheel wells of my truck

*1FaastC10* · 12-03-2002, 08:30 PM

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Originally posted by swervin ervin
The cops up there were writing tickets left and right for the guys with a rear roll pan and no bumper.

i'd like to see a cop try to give me a ticket for no rear bumper. rear bumpers are a factory option, seriously. if it is not standard equipment, how can they force you to have it? as for mudflaps, they are a good idea. keeps your truck from kicking up stuff that can damage/injure others and their rides. i know they look bad, my 82 had those Yosimite Sam "BACK OFF" mudflaps on it when i got it. no sooner did i get home, they came off. i hate em!

**swervin ervin** · 12-03-2002, 08:43 PM

Well, if you go to TN for a truck show, be prepared to see a ticket if you don't have a rear bumper. They will also tell you if your truck didn't have one from the factory, it is your place to put one.

chevychic · 12-03-2002, 08:51 PM

That Bites
and I was waiting for someone to bring up the yosemite sam flaps. Hmmmm....wonder if I can find any of a naked guy leaning back...you know, like the ones of the naked girl? LOL

Then I can be guaranteed that my husband will NEVER drive my truck!! HAHAHA

(this quick reply thingy is pretty cool!)

Prerunner1982 · 12-03-2002, 09:14 PM

those could be easily made heather.....

75stepside · 12-03-2002, 09:31 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by chevychic
Hmmmm....wonder if I can find any of a naked guy leaning back...you know, like the ones of the naked girl? LOL Then I can be guaranteed that my husband will NEVER drive my truck!! HAHAHA

(this quick reply thingy is pretty cool!)

hehe

c10scotty · 12-03-2002, 10:14 PM

rollpans illegal??? ive never heard of that before. do any other states have that?

*1FaastC10* · 12-04-2002, 12:23 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by chevychic
(this quick reply thingy is pretty cool!)

am i missing soemthing? i dont see any "quick reply" button anywhere.

Prerunner1982 · 12-04-2002, 12:37 AM

when you view the last post in this thread, scroll down a bit.. you will see reply on the right.. keep going. starting at the left there is a blank box. you can type in there and hit go.. its the quick reply..

*1FaastC10* · 12-04-2002, 10:02 PM

oh yeah, i see it now... DUH!

Big Paul · 12-05-2002, 10:27 PM

I made my own mudflaps. I've got no bed and got a fix it ticket for no flaps.

I went down to the hardware store, 8"x 24" piece of sheet steel. Then I bought a 6' x 1" piece of square iron. Cut the sheet metal in half.

Cut the length of iron to be equal distance from rim to rim. Drilled 2 holes on each end all the way through the iron, drilled 2 holes in the top of each piece of sheet metal. Bolted the sheet metal pieces to the iron. Painted it all gloss black, and used tie wire to secure it to the frame.

Not a bad job, looks good and passed the ticket. I don't think you'd need the length of iron though. Just giving you an idea.

12-02-2002, 08:13 PM	#1
chevychic Registered User Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Chanhassen, MN Posts: 1,061	I got a fix it ticket For my truck being lifted without mud flaps. So I have until Dec 31st to get mud flaps on my truck. Does anyone know of a good place to get them without getting too expensive? I need them for front and back and I'm seeing them for about $30 per wheel! Way more than I thought they'd cost. __________________ *ChevyChic* 86 Chevy K-10 If I can't be a good example, then I'll just have to be a horrible warning. "You're braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think" - Christopher Robin

12-02-2002, 08:18 PM	#3
chevychic Registered User Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Chanhassen, MN Posts: 1,061	I don't know how!! And I don't want to be a redneck!! Oh and BTW...you're avatard is ghey I think it's going to give me a seizure or make me go crazy and kill someone! LOL!! __________________ *ChevyChic* 86 Chevy K-10 If I can't be a good example, then I'll just have to be a horrible warning. "You're braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think" - Christopher Robin

12-02-2002, 08:35 PM	#5
ElGracho Gentleman Jim Driver Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Poulsbo, WA Posts: 1,550	I would go to Schucks or the like and buy some of the small mud flap that are like 9*12, all black (kinda like a payphone phonebook cover material) They aren't so big and ugly and they fit the definition within the law of "mudflaps." I think I paid about 10 a pair for mine and put them on all four corners of my 84 k10 to protect the rockers from rock chips (back when my paint was worth protecting!) __________________ Joe '75 GMC Gentleman Jim '84 Chev C10 Short Wide - Super duper plain (manual steering, manual brakes, no dome light, no cig lighter) '85 Chev C10 Short Wide - Super plain Vortec 4.8 4L60E trans also: '81 K30, '83 C30 Crew Dually, '84 M1028 CUCV, '85 M1009 CUCV, another '85 C10 SWB, '89 R3500 Flatbed

12-02-2002, 08:35 PM	#6
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12-02-2002, 08:54 PM	#7
TODDS 72 Not the nightly winner Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: CHARLEMONT MA.USA Posts: 763	I got some at carquest that are rubber and there cut like the ones that say chevy on them,they were only $10.00 a pair. And they look good. __________________ 72C10SWB BLUE 350/350 86K10LWB BLUE 5.7 700r4 7.5' fisher plow 93S10XCAB4X4 BLUE 4.3 4L60e 69gmc c10 v8 3 on the tree yellow 72k10 swb 350 3 on the tree green 86k15 swb5.0L 4spd brown

12-02-2002, 08:14 PM	#2
ocbaud Garage Queen Material Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: USA Posts: 4,129	thats some BS! you should make your own!!!

12-02-2002, 10:39 PM	#8
Hooter My other Love Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Castlegar B.C. Canada Posts: 4,085	get some rubber convator belts and cut them up. They work super __________________ Castlegar B.C.The great white North (Canada Eh!) Hooter_5@hotmail.com First generation Monte Carlo club pictures of my life

12-02-2002, 11:28 PM	#9
BigRed Registered User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: DFW, TX Posts: 1,680	You could also try JC Whitney. They're usually good with cheaper prices and so-so quality on stuff like that. __________________ Scott Shelbourne

12-02-2002, 11:32 PM	#10
ocbaud Garage Queen Material Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: USA Posts: 4,129	this reminds me of the tickets my friend got last year. it was right after he got his licence and he was driving his 56' stepside, and he gets pulled over and given a ticket for no headlights(as in just big holes in the spot) and another ticket for no working windshield wipers. now, this happened at 4:00 pm during the day with the sun out and dry weather

12-03-2002, 12:08 AM	#11
Prerunner1982 Registered User Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Edmond, OK Posts: 5,906	mudflaps i would almost say make your own.. decent rubber cut like mudflaps bolted to your inner fender will work.. i have also seen guy put J hooks under the truck and small eye hooks on the flaps to hold them up while wheeling so they dont get in the way and hold mud..... i dont think mudflaps work all that well unless they are like motor homes have.. width of vehicle and from body to road.. just a flap hanging there isnt going to stop much.. that the fender and body cant stop.. i cant say that i see many 4x4 trucks around here that have mudflaps..... jon

12-03-2002, 12:38 AM	#12
swervin ervin You get what you pay for Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: Cherryville, NC Posts: 4,798	I say the cops are really searching for things. What a bunch of crap. Reminds me of when I went to Pigeon Forge, TN., for a truck show. The cops up there were writing tickets left and right for the guys with a rear roll pan and no bumper. Most of the ones they were getting were the mini truck guys. I think they get their thrill out of this stuff. It would seem to me there is more important things they should be wasting their time on. __________________ Mike 1985 Chevy C-10

12-03-2002, 01:19 AM	#13
79BIG10 I'm back with 2nd truck! Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Texas Posts: 3,775	Try Wal-Mart for the mud flaps. Plus most psrts stores have them. Also check any local big truck places they may have some to fit. But I agree that it's BS. __________________ 1979 Chevrolet Bonanza Big10 "Tootsie Roll" 1985 Chevrolet Silverado (wife's) Member of the Southern Bowties Club "Don't underestimate how sexy a fat man who drinks to excess can be." Homer Simpson

12-03-2002, 05:24 PM	#14
old Rusty C10 Robert Olson Transport Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: recent transplant to NC USA Posts: 20,287	flaps see once again law enforcement has nothing better to do than to harass people for piddling little details. In any event most chain auto parts stores or Walmart has cheapo mud flaps that can be used. One time what i did was to fashion the shape i wanted out of cardboard and then transferred the pattern to a trailer truck mudflap that i found in my collection of junk and used that all it took was a couple of cuts from a sheetrock knife. lol im sure you could find plenty of them layin around on the roads in the cold weather lately i used self tapping screws to attach them to the wheel wells of my truck __________________ Bob 1951 International running on a squarebody chassis "If a man's worth is judged by the people he associates himself with, then i am the richest man in the world knowing some of the fine people of this board" http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/a...t.php?f=25&a=9 (you can review the site rules here!) PM Me for your vehicle/parts hauling needs in the North East US or see my Facebook page Robert Olson Transport Live each day to the fullest.. you never know when fate is going to pull the rug out from under you... I hate cancer!!

12-03-2002, 08:43 PM	#16
swervin ervin You get what you pay for Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: Cherryville, NC Posts: 4,798	Well, if you go to TN for a truck show, be prepared to see a ticket if you don't have a rear bumper. They will also tell you if your truck didn't have one from the factory, it is your place to put one. __________________ Mike 1985 Chevy C-10

12-03-2002, 08:51 PM	#17
chevychic Registered User Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Chanhassen, MN Posts: 1,061	That Bites and I was waiting for someone to bring up the yosemite sam flaps. Hmmmm....wonder if I can find any of a naked guy leaning back...you know, like the ones of the naked girl? LOL Then I can be guaranteed that my husband will NEVER drive my truck!! HAHAHA (this quick reply thingy is pretty cool!) __________________ *ChevyChic* 86 Chevy K-10 If I can't be a good example, then I'll just have to be a horrible warning. "You're braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think" - Christopher Robin



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12-03-2002, 09:14 PM	#18
Prerunner1982 Registered User Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Edmond, OK Posts: 5,906	those could be easily made heather..... __________________ Jon 1982 Chevy Silverado 350/th350.... RETIRED 1993 Jeep XJ 2 door(Cherokee) 4wd 4.0ltr/AX-15 (5spd)/NP231 .... Oklahoma Roll Call

12-03-2002, 10:14 PM	#20
c10scotty ~THE SILVER BULLET~ Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: WYOMING Posts: 285	rollpans illegal??? ive never heard of that before. do any other states have that? __________________ ~1980 c10 chevy scottsdale~ ~2.5/4 drop 305/th350c~

12-04-2002, 12:37 AM	#22
Prerunner1982 Registered User Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Edmond, OK Posts: 5,906	when you view the last post in this thread, scroll down a bit.. you will see reply on the right.. keep going. starting at the left there is a blank box. you can type in there and hit go.. its the quick reply.. __________________ Jon 1982 Chevy Silverado 350/th350.... RETIRED 1993 Jeep XJ 2 door(Cherokee) 4wd 4.0ltr/AX-15 (5spd)/NP231 .... Oklahoma Roll Call

12-04-2002, 10:02 PM	#23
1FaastC10 Account Suspended Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Elkhart, IN Posts: 6,400	oh yeah, i see it now... DUH!

12-05-2002, 10:27 PM	#24
Big Paul Iamnotanofficerofthelaw Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Turlock, California Posts: 352	I made my own mudflaps. I've got no bed and got a fix it ticket for no flaps. I went down to the hardware store, 8"x 24" piece of sheet steel. Then I bought a 6' x 1" piece of square iron. Cut the sheet metal in half. Cut the length of iron to be equal distance from rim to rim. Drilled 2 holes on each end all the way through the iron, drilled 2 holes in the top of each piece of sheet metal. Bolted the sheet metal pieces to the iron. Painted it all gloss black, and used tie wire to secure it to the frame. Not a bad job, looks good and passed the ticket. I don't think you'd need the length of iron though. Just giving you an idea. __________________ ~Paul~ '96 C1500 Silverado- Vortec 5.0L/Exhaust/Stock '87 S-10 Ext Cab- 2.8L/700r4 KIA Caught fire 12/7/03

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