finchi wrote:

Turbulent air flow at rear causes dirty rear screen. Having flaps minimises the amount of mud, grit, and dust that is sucked up.

Like this?
 John
2008 Stornoway Grey 3.6 Tdv8 Vogue
2005 TD6 Java Black Vogue - Written off!!
GAP iiD BT
2003 Discovery TD5 Auto, Nanocom Evolution - gone to a new home!
MasseyFerguson 152 - No electronics!! - Sold

Yes. But with a FFRR. What do I put here then?

It will be pretty much the same as any other car, especially estates. The flatter the back the more turbulence is created with corresponding vortices which "curl" the air flow up the rear of the vehicle.

Can't see a FF specific video. John
2008 Stornoway Grey 3.6 Tdv8 Vogue
2005 TD6 Java Black Vogue - Written off!!
GAP iiD BT
2003 Discovery TD5 Auto, Nanocom Evolution - gone to a new home!
MasseyFerguson 152 - No electronics!! - Sold

No flap will help this time of year

Weegie wrote:

It will be pretty much the same as any other car, especially estates. The flatter the back the more turbulence is created with corresponding vortices which "curl" the air flow up the rear of the vehicle.

Can't see a FF specific video.

I flapped and don't regret it.

Had fronts on when I got her and added rears after I saw the state of the rear 1/4's after a short run.

If I am honest I prefer the look without mudflaps at both ends but equally honestly, I don't notice they're there now. Bish.

2005 110 TD5 CSW
2011 TDV8 Vogue SE (gone)

j_rov wrote:

It's a shame they require drilling of bodywork, otherwise I'd try them out...

It's a big decision as once they are on, they have to stay on....

You don’t need to drill the holes in the bodywork to fit the mud flaps!

The idea of the drilled holes are to:-
A, pull them tight into the bodywork (BUT, use a good quality double sided tape and that will do the same)
B, rigidly fix them for off road use (BUT, if you don’t use/work it off road then they are an overkill IMHO)

Oh and NO mine does NOT have them as i think they are ugly! Wifeys D4 does as they are smaller and more descreet

Only have my 2011 a few weeks and it came without rear flaps but the amount of dirt on the rear quarters forced me to put on flaps. I orefer without but i dont notice they are there.now. 2015 4.4 AB
GSXR 1000 K5
R1 1998

An advantage of flaps is that they reduce spray, in the wet, at high speed and are therefore a road safety feature. For example if you take a look, HGVs are fitted with big flaps and also the inside lining of the flaps have a mesh or multi-spiked surface. This is to reduce spray and is very effective.

Still undecided! Opinion seems to be 50/50!

Maybe i should put the money towards more regular car washes! __
2018 L405 3.0 TDV6 Vogue SE Fuji White
2000 4.6 V8 HSE Oxford Blue
1994 3.9 V8 Vogue Ardennes Green - resto project

Land Rover History:
2010 3.6 TDV8 Autobiography Stornoway Grey
2001 Discovery 2 TD5 GS
1999 Discovery 2 V8i XS
1994 Discovery 300Tdi
1993 Discovery 200Tdi
1989 Range Rover Vogue SE 3.5EFi
1976 Series 3 2.25
1977 Range Rover 2 door 3.5 Carb

I took mine off whilst I replaced the side steps & although I initially liked the look without steps & flaps. I still prefered the look with them & side steps.
As previously stated keeps a lot of road dirt off the vehicle & aides entry / exit if they are used correctly. Still educating the other half

PS Don't fit rear ones

I have had 16 Range Rovers, some with and some without flaps.
IMHO they look crap, they are useless, cost money, spoil the looks of the car, spoil resale value, and make not one jot of difference keeping the car clean. The only purpose they serve is stopping stone chips on a trailer behind. 2021 L405 Vogue SE 4.4 V8 DIESEL ~ #17

I have flaps front and rear. They don't stop the back of the car getting dirty. As others have said that is just a product of the shape of the car, likewise one should avoid driving with the tailgate open and the windows closed as then exhaust fumes get sucked into the car. The flaps are good at reducing the amount of mud, stones etc thrown along the side of the car (front ones) and behind (rear) the latter being relevant also to convoy driving off road (risk of stones being thrown at following vehicle). With all terrain tyres more is thrown, and further, making the flaps more desirable.

Vogue makes a good point about the flaps reducing the amount of debris thrown at trailers - they certainly don't eliminate it though, mine is always clattered with mud etc after off road towing. Only Range Rovers since 1988

One thing no-one has mentioned. I found that rear flaps affect straight-line stability at - ehem - 'continental' cruising speeds. I removed the ones mine came with and the difference is really night and day.