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JustinP



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Removing Mud Flaps

Hi

I've wanted to see how my FF looks without mud flaps, so this morning I set about removing them. I was hoping the holes drilled through the side of the wing trim would be small, and as my car is black I planned to fill the holes with some black silicone.

I only got to taking the offside front mud flap off, and discovered the the holes were huge, and in addition the mud flaps had worn the paint a little where they made contact with the wing.

Here's a photo incase anyone else is considering doing the same.

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It's now been refitted where it will stay for good.

Cheers

Justin 
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Looks like you have the Chrome finish paint job in the pic justin! 2018 Mini Countryman Cooper S E All4 PHEV in Melting Silver - it’s whisper quiet in EV and polluter modes
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thats weird cos the ones i have on mine are fixed by screws in the wheel arch and from underneath... ... - .- -.




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The proper way to fit them is to drill through the wing

I've had range rovers with mudflaps and without and much prefer them with mudflaps combined with running boards
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that might be the proper way but mine havnt fallen off yet . Very Happy ... - .- -.




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Your lucky , the chimp that installed the flaps on mine had 2 or 3 goes at trying to get the hole in the right place.

I removed mine as they would have been ripped off when off roading, the holes now have some nice stainless steel washers and torx head bolts in them. 

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probably lucky cos i done the job myself..but good point re off roading , never thought about having to remove the mudflaps. ... - .- -.




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I had the LR mudflaps on my Freelander 1, I did some quite hefty offroading in that wee car and was always amazed that in 3 years I never lost one of those hard palstic mudflaps, it took about 3 outings in my Defender to loose the nice flexy rubber ones from that though! 2018 Mini Countryman Cooper S E All4 PHEV in Melting Silver - it’s whisper quiet in EV and polluter modes
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Tim in Scotland wrote:
Looks like you have the Chrome finish paint job in the pic justin!


@Tim - I originally took that as a compliment about my shiny black paint, but having seen the following photo on another thread, I would like to state that the car is definitely black Very Happy

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scarey wrote:
probably lucky cos i done the job myself..but good point re off roading , never thought about having to remove the mudflaps.


Scarey


Looking for advice on how to fit the front flaps I got an aftermarket kit delivered today . Have managed to find video on how to fit rears so thats fine but apart from drilling as above how did you fit yours as i cannot see likely mounting points on inner wing as you suggest?


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it was a while back now, but as far as i can remember i just put the mudflap up against the arch and located the holes and screwed in ...i've taken mine off now and they've left no holes like justins probably cos mine are aftermarket ones ..i think there were 2 screws along the inner edge and 1 underneath...they were really dead easy to fit ... ... - .- -.




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I got my mudguards and flaps removed, I much prefer the look without! Thumbs Up

Here's the before photo:

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and after:

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any holes left david? ... - .- -.




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scarey wrote:
any holes left david?


They were doing a wee bit of paint work at the time, so I believe they stuck some chewing gum in the holes and squirted over them! Rolling with laughter

In all seriousness, Yes, removing running boards and flaps will probably require paintwork a lot of the time. I also removed the (to my eyes) horrible covers over the lights, and this left some holes too! Sort of job that if you're getting some paintwork done anyway isn't too bad, but otherwise would be a right pain!
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i dont like those light brackets either.. Laughing


good tip re the chewing gum though.. Thumbs Up ... - .- -.




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