2500hd gasser

[Chuck FB]

I was at the dealer today and noticed a couple of customer 2500 trailboss trucks sitting in the parking lot and both of them had those same flaps I mentioned that I had seen in the show room on a trail boss. So I went to parts to inquire what the story was as per who makes them and it is he claimed weathertech and gave me the part numbers of the front and rear sets respectively. From what I see they are only meant to fit onto the standard length factory splash guard and they do not look the same as the ones weathertech puts up in their photo. As I mentioned before they are thin so very little to them and they use the stock holes for hardwear. I have no idea how they perform but they do have that factory fit look to them so they don't look out of place. I had him print off a quote with the part numbers and Canadian prices but a search of these flaps show US prices and they can be bought as a kit of four for a bit of a savings it would appear like also. I don't know if this is just a random dealer thing that they stock them and probably at a higher price but sometimes it can surprise with some items they sell a lot of through the dealer.

 

Front set 110118 weathertech part number and 130.00 CAD

Rear set 120118 weathertech part number and 130.00 CAD

 

Again definitely not cheap in Canada for what there is and I didn't have a camera on me to take a photo but if someone likes that style of no drill flap, this is a starting point to dig into it further to get your eyes on these actual units rather than all the generic photos that get put up on the weathertech site.

[revrnd]

45 minutes ago, Chuck FB said:

I was at the dealer today and noticed a couple of customer 2500 trailboss trucks sitting in the parking lot and both of them had those same flaps I mentioned that I had seen in the show room on a trail boss. So I went to parts to inquire what the story was as per who makes them and it is he claimed weathertech and gave me the part numbers of the front and rear sets respectively. From what I see they are only meant to fit onto the standard length factory splash guard and they do not look the same as the ones weathertech puts up in their photo. As I mentioned before they are thin so very little to them and they use the stock holes for hardwear. I have no idea how they perform but they do have that factory fit look to them so they don't look out of place. I had him print off a quote with the part numbers and Canadian prices but a search of these flaps show US prices and they can be bought as a kit of four for a bit of a savings it would appear like also. I don't know if this is just a random dealer thing that they stock them and probably at a higher price but sometimes it can surprise with some items they sell a lot of through the dealer.

 

Front set 110118 weathertech part number and 130.00 CAD

Rear set 120118 weathertech part number and 130.00 CAD

 

Again definitely not cheap in Canada for what there is and I didn't have a camera on me to take a photo but if someone likes that style of no drill flap, this is a starting point to dig into it further to get your eyes on these actual units rather than all the generic photos that get put up on the weathertech site.

 

The pic on the Tdot perf' site, has a 5 stud wheel...

 

It'll be a while before I'm @ my dealer to ask, but I will keep it in mind. I did notice on the Weathertech site that 1 of their rear mud flaps does not fit trucks w/ wheel houseliners (which mine has).

 

Maybe start a separate thread as I'm interested in maybe adding these. Mind you these OEM guards are more than what my 2017 was built w/. I did have the dealer add the accessory flaps before I picked it up.

[Chuck FB]

This thread has been a bit of an exploration of a few topics but has been blended with mudflaps for the last couple of pages, it wouldn't be my fault would it LOL.

 

I thought the rear wheel wells of those trucks I looked at today had liners although I can't claim that with 100 percent certainty. The front definitely has the liners since that is the way the truck is designed. But as to what I stated about these units only fitting on the standard length factory splash guard bolt on pieces, that I am sure of as they look exactly like the factory pieces on the rear of each wheel well as the ones I pictured of my truck with the kick back style flaps I decided to buy are through a non GM outfitter as they are popular here in part because they "Bullet Proof" brand are made in Alberta but a few companies out there make their own version of a similar thing. 

 

If you had a chance give them a call and quote those weathertech part numbers and see if they even handle them and if so what feedback you can get through them, and if they do fit on a rear wheel liner truck ( and he can confirm about which GM factory rear splash guard its designed for ). You will soon find out if its an item they even bring in. Here its a popular thing to put mud flaps of some sort on a pickup front and rear unless its a city dweller that never goes off the pavement, same with running boards to try and protect the rocker panels from rocks and also assists in preventing some mud spray up the body sides. 

[revrnd]

I checked the Bullet Proof flaps & they are a bit overkill for my needs.

[Chuck FB]

47 minutes ago, revrnd said:

I checked the Bullet Proof flaps & they are a bit overkill for my needs.

I agree with that statement, flaps like this are not needed nor desired for trucks that don't plan on doing much if any gravel driving. Because of the set back bend and that would apply to the other brands out there made very similar, the road crap plasters into the fender and runs behind the metal portion of the flap and down onto that flat area and then oozes off of that down the flap. Also and maybe not a big deal but it was rather surprising how heavy a box of a 4 flap kit to do a truck weighed, it was not a feather weight box. Flaps like those Weathertech or Husky that are made from a thin material would weigh a fraction of thick rubber flaps or rubber/metal combo flaps.

 

While this statement may be rather biased by BulletProof themselves, he claimed that some of his customers who trade trucks often and are using them in the oil patch and bought the same model of truck each time have taken their flaps off and put it on the next truck and so on to save on the cost of having to buy new flaps each time. A set of these is just over 500.00 at the manufacture level, then aftermarket shops put a markup on them as they have to pay for shipping costs as well and it becomes a 575.00 or so flap kit. I believe gatorback is sold through the GM aftermarket accessory system and I think they are charging 1000.00 for a set of what is very similar to these. All mind blowing, for a set of mud flaps !.

[revrnd]

41 minutes ago, Chuck FB said:

I agree with that statement, flaps like this are not needed nor desired for trucks that don't plan on doing much if any gravel driving. Because of the set back bend and that would apply to the other brands out there made very similar, the road crap plasters into the fender and runs behind the metal portion of the flap and down onto that flat area and then oozes off of that down the flap. Also and maybe not a big deal but it was rather surprising how heavy a box of a 4 flap kit to do a truck weighed, it was not a feather weight box. Flaps like those Weathertech or Husky that are made from a thin material would weigh a fraction of thick rubber flaps or rubber/metal combo flaps.

 

While this statement may be rather biased by BulletProof themselves, he claimed that some of his customers who trade trucks often and are using them in the oil patch and bought the same model of truck each time have taken their flaps off and put it on the next truck and so on to save on the cost of having to buy new flaps each time. A set of these is just over 500.00 at the manufacture level, then aftermarket shops put a markup on them as they have to pay for shipping costs as well and it becomes a 575.00 or so flap kit. I believe gatorback is sold through the GM aftermarket accessory system and I think they are charging 1000.00 for a set of what is very similar to these. All mind blowing, for a set of mud flaps !.

 

I hear you on the pricing of some of the GM accesory flaps too.

 

Around here even the township roads are getting chip sealed/surface treated, so I don't put the miles on them as much anymore.

 

Plus I run a stock size tire nowadays. If I ran an oversize tires like back in my younger days, something like that would be needed.

[Chuck FB]

19 minutes ago, revrnd said:

 

I hear you on the pricing of some of the GM accesory flaps too.

 

Around here even the township roads are getting chip sealed/surface treated, so I don't put the miles on them as much anymore.

 

Plus I run a stock size tire nowadays. If I ran an oversize tires like back in my younger days, something like that would be needed.

If only our township roads were actually paved LOL, they grade them and finally put some much needed gravel on the one past our farm but its a courser gravel they laid down and it seems worse yet for sticking between treads and even on mud tires and flinging rocks like crazy. I am quite surprised with the shallow tread of these goodyear factory tires that they are picking up rocks as bad as they do, granted they can't pick up very large rocks but they sure pick up smaller ones and also retain some of them even after highway speed, I was not expecting that. But I hear you on road chipping, depending on how they went about it the job can be crap and even after its brushed off the chips if not bonded properly are flying and we had that mess happen on a secondary highway in the area within the last few years and that was causing a lot of windshield damage.

 

I don't have any plans on putting wider tires nor rims with a different offset than the factory very positive offset wheels. Going with wider tires and a different offset, the particular part number of flap I bought would not be right. These were made specifically for a stock truck so they center with the tire. If one was changing the wheels/tires then a wider and non pre drilled flap would have to be used to center the flap to the tires. These are 12" wide which is the standard ( narrowest ) width that is made for flaps on these trucks, I think the weathertech said theirs are 12" also.

Edited April 18, 2025 by Chuck FB