Mud Flaps

[BIGNASTY]

Can someone tell me what year the truck in the new issue69 page 72 is. Im sorry but im not able to look at the tail lights and tell. The reason I ask I would like to build the flap hanger but reading the description and looking at my 04. 5 receiver hitch its not the same. Maybe im looking at it wrong but if the hitch is the same the open ends of the cross bar would make the flaps very close to the exhaust. Is there a difference in 4x4 and 2x4 hitch? Thanks for any help BIG

 

[JBonpua]

That's my friend Dave Magnoli's 2001 truck. You can pm him with questions, his user name is Allnew2Me. Good luck.

 

[Allnew2Me]

Hey Juanito, I saw your hood in the classifieds, have you beed carrying that around since May Madness? If it was my year I would buy it, but alas, it is not.



Hi Big, Juanito is correct in that my truck is a 2001 and the main horizontal member of the hitch is open on both ends. I used the open ends to mount my flaps and they sit back under the rear bumper. They work well for rocks which is what I built them for but have noticed that if I drive through anything wet there is a space between the bottom of the small Mopar flaps that are mounted to the truck and the top of my custom flaps that allows water to hit the front of my trailer.

The solution that I am going to try is another set that mounts up closer to the wheels and closes this space. They would end up right against the exhaust on the right side of the truck but I don't see that as anything that would have any negative issues as my exhaust is pointed down anyway.



I used the openings that were in the hitch bar because it seemed like a strong and easy place to mount them, and it is indeed both of those. If I do move them forward I will have to weld a bracket on the hitch itself to carry the flaps where I would like to have them. It is still a work in progress.



If your truck does not have the same hitch with the open ends then you will have to figure out another method for mounting.



If you need any pictures of what I did for details let me know and I'll post them.

 

[JBonpua]

Hey Juanito, I saw your hood in the classifieds, have you been carrying that around since May Madness? If it was my year I would buy it, but alas, it is not.

I did take it to May Madness this year hoping it would sell but no one seems to be interested for some reason. I only wanted $375 for it. Heck the hood alone is worth that then add the Dynamat Xtreme and Second Skin Motor Mat and the many hours it take to install.



Having the wrong generation is an easy fix. Sell your truck and get a 3rd gen. :-laf



Dave do have one of the cleanest 2001 I've ever seen.

 

[BIGNASTY]

Hey Juanito, I saw your hood in the classifieds, have you beed carrying that around since May Madness? If it was my year I would buy it, but alas, it is not.



Hi Big, Juanito is correct in that my truck is a 2001 and the main horizontal member of the hitch is open on both ends. I used the open ends to mount my flaps and they sit back under the rear bumper. They work well for rocks which is what I built them for but have noticed that if I drive through anything wet there is a space between the bottom of the small Mopar flaps that are mounted to the truck and the top of my custom flaps that allows water to hit the front of my trailer.

The solution that I am going to try is another set that mounts up closer to the wheels and closes this space. They would end up right against the exhaust on the right side of the truck but I don't see that as anything that would have any negative issues as my exhaust is pointed down anyway.



I used the openings that were in the hitch bar because it seemed like a strong and easy place to mount them, and it is indeed both of those. If I do move them forward I will have to weld a bracket on the hitch itself to carry the flaps where I would like to have them. It is still a work in progress.



If your truck does not have the same hitch with the open ends then you will have to figure out another method for mounting.



If you need any pictures of what I did for details let me know and I'll post them.

Thanks for info sorry ive been away form computer for awhile it took so long to return message