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Weather Tech No Drill Mud Flaps

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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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BigBlueLB756 Senior Enthusiast

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Yes. Used them on both vehicles and am highly satisfied with them, although I don't have the snow problem down here.

rangerhgm Enthusiast

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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.

Eddie 70 Senior Enthusiast

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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.

rangerhgm Enthusiast

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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.

BigBadSierra Senior Enthusiast

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Have them on front and the rear, easy to install look good no issues with them. Just cleaned where they where going on at and put them on.

 

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Sean Neilan Enthusiast

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Yes they go off as easy as they go on. I leave mine on though cause I think it looks good with them. I'm not normally a mud flap fan either but it works well on these trucks. They're not obnoxiously big but still work.

BLUE72CAMARO Enthusiast

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GM flaps are pain to install but are the best looking in my opinion. But they are not intended to be taken on and off all the time for sure.

sk Senior Enthusiast

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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:

bndawgs Senior Enthusiast

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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

sk Senior Enthusiast

sk

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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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