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I'm not a big fan of mud flaps on trucks but even less of a fan of having slushy/salty crap all over the side of my truck in the winter. Weather Tech claims no drill mounting, looks like they attach with a clip that you turn. Are these something that can be installed during lousy weather and taken off after the roads dry out or are they not designed that way?

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I put front and rear flaps on mine.

 

On the front you remove the existing screws and line up the holes in the flap with the holes in the wheel well and replace the screws.

 

On the rear you remove screws toward the bottom of the wheel well line up the holes in the flap with the holes in the wheel well and replace screws. The upper portion of the flap attaches with the rotating clip built into the flap.

 

Very simple to do all 4.

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So they are easy to take on and off, I would only want them installed during crappy weather. Are there any other brands that are easy to install and remove, either Husky or even the oem GM version.

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I've got the Weather Tech on mine also. I have not taken them off since installing but I do use the hose and flex them a little toward the front end of the truck and squirt any accumulation out. I am pleased with mine.

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I put front and rear flaps on mine.

 

On the front you remove the existing screws and line up the holes in the flap with the holes in the wheel well and replace the screws.

 

On the rear you remove screws toward the bottom of the wheel well line up the holes in the flap with the holes in the wheel well and replace screws. The upper portion of the flap attaches with the rotating clip built into the flap.

 

Very simple to do all 4.

 

 

So they are easy to take on and off, I would only want them installed during crappy weather. Are there any other brands that are easy to install and remove, either Husky or even the oem GM version.

 

I don't take mine off, but you would simply reverse the install procedure which is, as I mentioned, very simple.

 

I'm not sure about other brands since this is the only one I have used.

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I went with Husky over WeatherTech based on the advice of my local accessories shop. The guy sells and installs TONS of accessories and said over the long term they did not have good experience with the WT "twist-lock" installation. Also like rangerhgm said above only the rears use the clips - you remove and replace screws on the fronts.

 

With the Huskies you need to drill 2 holes in the front. The rears use the existing screws. Most people don't want to drill holes but if you protect them with some paint you won't have any problems. After you have these holes drilled you could just remove the flaps and run the screws back in the holes to protect them when you don't have the flaps installed.

 

There is a difference in looks between WeatherTech and Husky. Just buy whichever one you like best! :cheers:

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I went with Husky over WeatherTech based on the advice of my local accessories shop. The guy sells and installs TONS of accessories and said over the long term they did not have good experience with the WT "twist-lock" installation. Also like rangerhgm said above only the rears use the clips - you remove and replace screws on the fronts.

 

With the Huskies you need to drill 2 holes in the front. The rears use the existing screws. Most people don't want to drill holes but if you protect them with some paint you won't have any problems. After you have these holes drilled you could just remove the flaps and run the screws back in the holes to protect them when you don't have the flaps installed.

 

There is a difference in looks between WeatherTech and Husky. Just buy whichever one you like best! :cheers:

so you found drilling the hole for the huskys was the way to go over just the adhesive? I'm going to be installing my huskys this weekend

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so you found drilling the hole for the huskys was the way to go over just the adhesive? I'm going to be installing my huskys this weekend

 

Sorry I'm late getting back. My installer drilled the holes and they install 5-7 sets of these a DAY so they were pretty quick. Drill the holes and brushed on some quick-dry primer while they installed a liner and tonneau. Went back and installed the flaps in about 5 minutes total after that.

 

I have not removed them but each flap has about 4 screws that would come out quickly with a power screwdriver if you wanted to take them off. Most of the screws go back in to hold the wheel well liners in place and keep dirt out of the newly drilled holes.

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