: MudFlaps (or the man, he get his way)


ToyLand4x4
05-21-2006, 07:19 PM
Well Friday after work I jumped on the freeway to get home and as I neared on onramp a CHP was trying to get on. The lady in front of me freaks out because of the CHP and slows down to 50MPH! The fast lane is full so I cant get over and I didnt want to slam my brakes on so I kept behind the peeker chic. Well this impeded the CHP's progress by 2 seconds getting on the freeway. I told my dog " watch these guys pull me over because I held them up for 2 seconds" and wham the lights come on.:mad3:

They come up to the cruiser and say " you know you need mud flaps on this? " I said "Mudflaps?! Ive been driving it this way for 15 years" Then they just have this blank stare because they just realised that they are the only ones doing there job for the last 15 years that 100s of CHP's have driven by me. "Well your breaking peoples windows with this j*%p, you put lift springs on you have to put mud flaps on" One of them is just sneering at my cruiser, probably a tree hugger. I said "lift springs?! Look at how flat those springs are!" Well this put him in a rampage and he said "keep it up and Ill find something on this where you will never drive it again" I said "like what?". He storms off to his buddy.

Any way I had to make some flaps this weekend. Its not so much that I dont like them, its more that someone other than me can tell me what to put on my cruiser. I mean if I was cracking peoples windshields every day I would put them on myself. I try to drive in town like the DMV tester is sitting next to me. We get enough bad press from 4x4 commercials. I even paid 100 bucks for the blinker assembly on my own accord. Oh well , Ill run these on the road and pull them off for wheelin. Got the rubber from NAPA for 8 bucks a flap and used a hack saw to cut them to size. Had some metal around to make the frame. It just looks funny from the front where the mangled NAPA logo is!:D

http://www.toyland4x4.com/mudflapsrear.jpg
http://www.toyland4x4.com/mudflapon.jpg
http://www.toyland4x4.com/mudflapoff.jpg
http://www.toyland4x4.com/mudflaponground.jpg
http://www.toyland4x4.com/mudflapfront.jpg

Gunmetalcruz
05-21-2006, 07:32 PM
Tahoe big on flap tickets. truckee chp is very strict

greenfox
05-21-2006, 08:10 PM
I got a hard look today by CHP when comeing off the freeway I thought I was busted. You cant win them all.

ryanxj
05-21-2006, 10:18 PM
Fawkin' pigs:shaking: And a little spray paint should solve your napa logo problems cause youre right, it's a little ugly with that yellow under there.

fj40forlife
05-21-2006, 10:48 PM
That sucks dude ya i would paint the napa sign

mean man michael
05-21-2006, 11:34 PM
that sucks, cant you just put them on and have it signed off then take them off again...

4x4Poet
05-22-2006, 01:34 AM
Funny story! I'd have luv'd to be in the passenger seat to see the look on the cop's face. :laughing:

Good quick release set up. I may copy that.

ToyLand4x4
05-22-2006, 07:30 AM
Ya, I'll paint the napa logo , and I'll probably take them off and keep them in the truck. "What? oh crap, I kust got off the trail, let me snap these suckers on":rolleyes:

slickrock
05-22-2006, 07:39 AM
In the second pic, it looks like your tail pipe is hitting the flap. That's gonna melt and stink big time.

ToyLand4x4
05-22-2006, 09:51 AM
Ya I cut off a couple inches of the pipe so its got more clearance, I need to redo the exhaust anyway so I'll reroute to the middle of the back.

Foxfab
05-22-2006, 07:18 PM
go OEM or o home :D

http://foxfab4x4.com/catalog/reproparts/gifuflaps.jpg

yotadude77
05-23-2006, 02:00 AM
thats fawking retarted.....as long as you have fender flares it all looks good to me....

blkdog40
05-23-2006, 06:50 AM
http://pic13.picturetrail.com/VOL482/3190793/7390134/149086553.jpg

THis is probably just asking for more trouble, ya think? :D

ToyLand4x4
05-23-2006, 08:55 AM
Too funny!!:laughing: I was thinking the same thing. Believe me I would love to.

yotadude77
05-24-2006, 01:50 AM
looks like a good example of free speech to me....two thumbs up

greenfox
05-24-2006, 07:51 PM
That is fawking funny:laughing: :laughing: :laughing: