Re[2]: Type III mudflaps question

[Toby Erkson <Toby_Erkson@ccm.jf.intel.com>]

Since my baby sits a little lower than stock you cannot see the gap between 
the body and inner flap.  I also mounted the flaps up high to keep them 
from being too close to the ground and to insure more complete coverage 
across the tire (they don't come even close to dragging, but just in case I 
come across a tall speed bump :)  It did, however, hang a little cock-eyed. 
 I took one of those wire wrap zips (whatever they're called) and threaded 
it through the inner hole left by the stock bracket and looped it through a 
natural hole in the fender area.  This leveled it and kept it from flapping 
away wildly as I drove (or maybe I should say, as I used to drive...)

                               _     
                              | |    
                              | |    
                       +---> |o |    
                bracket|     |  |    
                 holes +    |   |    
             _         |    |   |    
   nylon    \ 0        +-> |o   |    
   wire ---->\ \           |    |    
   wrap       \_\__________/    |    
             / \_        _      |    
             | (V) <-+->(_)     |    
             |       I          |    
             |    bracket       |    
             |     holes        |    
             |                  |    
   the flap->|                  |    
             |                  |    
             \__________________/    
           from driver's side door   
           facing rear (USA model)   
                                     
I used a washer on both sides of the lip mounting and used a Nyloc (self 
locking) nut to secure the bolts.  The washers were fairly wide, the inside 
washer being wider, to distribute the pressure of the mounting and to keep the 
bolt and nut from crushing through the flap.

     Toby Erkson
     air_cooled_nut@pobox.com
     '72 VW Squareback 1.6L bored and stroked to 2.0L
     '75 Porsche 914 1.8L NOT for sale
     Portland, Oregon
     http://www.geocities.com/MotorCity/8501/
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Subject: Re: Type III mudflaps question
Author:  type-3-errors@umich.edu at SMTPGATE
Date:    9/3/97 9:29 PM


Toby Erkson wrote:
>
> I didn't have to make new brackets, in fact I don't use the stock bracket
> at all.  But I did have to drill two holes in the lip of my fender so I
> could screw in the flap to the fender using the stock holes in the flap.
>      Toby Erkson

To be excact. The holes in the fenders I needed too, of course. The
problem was, when they were bolted to the fender lip, there was a 1 inch
distance between flap and inner fender, where the flap is supposed to be
bolted on. When pressed against inner fender, the flap doesn`t hang down
straight anymore. So I had to put something between flap and inner
fender
to cover that 1 inch.

Roland
`69 square
`69 TL
`69 beetle