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Who makes the best Small front mud guards?
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Who makes the best small front mud guards?
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These are Ford mud flaps that I paid a little over $100 for. I painted in the lettering with acrylic paint. The mud flaps fit snuggly to the form of the fender.
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The lettering looks good. Nice job but I'm looking for a smaller molded set for just the front. Just to keep the lower plastic along the door bottoms protected.These are Ford mud flaps that I paid a little over $100 for. I painted in the lettering with acrylic paint. The mud flaps fit snuggly to the form of the fender.
The set came with four mud flaps and the front is a lot smaller. I don't have a picture on file of those mud flaps and I am not going outside to take a picture since it is raining pretty heavily right now.
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I was just checking out the Weathertech guards and installation. Although I'm not the biggest Weathertech fan they are close to what I'm looking for. The install couldn't be simpler either. Maybe a 5 minute job.
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Will do. Should have them by Tuesday.
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I know you're looking for a smaller set, but the Gatorbacks are just so darn durable. I've used and abused this set for over 25k miles both on my old Big Bend and my Badlands and they still look new.
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I put weather tech on mine. Install was super easy, but could be way easier if you either have small hands or take the tire off. I was lazy and just fought them on with the tire in place.
That being said, I'll give a warning to watch out for. My driver's front doesn't fit super snug up against the fender contour. Not really noticable unless you notice it, then it glares at ya everytime you look. On that same one, the little C-clip thing that snaps over and holds the top in place came off and disappeared after about a week. I ended up just drilling a hole through it and the fender lip plastic and sticking a plastic retainer in there. 3/4 of them haven't budged a bit so I may have just gotten a wonky clip or something. Overall though I've been satisfied with them and I'd order them again.
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That's my main beef with WeatherTech products. Not always the best QC. When I first got my F150 I bought a set of "No Drill" WeatherTech guards for it. Well, one of them came without the holes for the clips in it. I had to make the hole myself to install it. They weren't on very long because I needed clearance for larger wheels and tires.
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This thread got me thinking about it in the middle of the night so I decided to see what I could do about it this morning. Ended up being the plastic rocker panel piece attached to the bottom of the fender was slightly off from the factory which threw the alignment of the flap off. Wasn't able to get it perfect without really digging into it but I was able to get it into position better so the mud flap would snug up a little better. I'll try to attach pics of both drivers and passenger fronts for ya.
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Glad you fixed it. That would drive me nuts too.
It seems you aren't the only one. I was going to buy these until I saw the front fit in this short video. Seems you have the same fit issue.
I got a set from Amazon for a ton less than the factory ones. Only put the fronts on because the rears just look goofy. Fit great.
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