How to make mud flaps for rally car?

[oregon3]

Anyone have any suggestions on how to make and what material to use for gravel rally mudflaps?

Thanks!

John B

[MPWR]

What car are you putting them on? What do they look like? Let's see some pics.

Hasegawa includes body colored rubber sheet in some of their rally kits for cutting out mudflaps. It's a nice extra, but it's not the only way of going about it. For some cars, a ridgid piece of sheet styrene cut to shape will do fine. Or you might do thick paper or metal foil (like from the neck of a wine bottle). It depends on what the flaps you're trying to recreate look like....

[oregon3]

They are for this car:



Thanks,

JB

[rallymaster]

Hello,

For mud flap I would recommend to use the most simple stuff you could find, paper (relatively thick) !
most of the time it's the most adapted material.
Rubber sheet provided by Hasegawa are most of the time too much thick, especially for former rally cars.
Nevertheless for WRC it may be fine.

I think that MPWR advice is the most usefull, look at what your mud flap really look like and try to find the most accurate material.

For a 206 WRC I would advice you to use fine plastic card or such rubber sheet...

concerning mud flap, one tip more: take care of which "mud flap" you are building , those under the cars (under gravel cars chassis for example) are often more thick and rigid (they protect arms from stones) than wheels ones which mostly protect from mud.
take a look at their fixing system too. some are hold by chains (stratos, ford MK1, some safari cars...), some by wire, some by nothing exept bolts in wheel arch.


And most important thing: don't hesitate to share your work on this 206 !!


Phil

[stevenoble]

I sometimes use the Hasegawa rubber like material for mudflaps,but as already mentioned it can be a little thick.Very thin plastic card sheet is also good and can be painted any colour.When I built my Peugeot 205 T16 I used red electricians tape,2 pieces stuck together with the adhesive sides facing inwards.Then trim them to the shape you require with scissors.If you use a colour tape that is the colour of your mudflaps theres no need to paint them.Also if you need a slight bend in them you can warm them with a hairdryer before fitting and bend them to shape.

[bobss396]

Use felt tar paper used for roofing, the 25 pound stuff. If you see a house being built there should be some on the ground, hate to see you buy a big roll, let me know if you want to try some.

Bob

[oregon3]

If I can paint it, Bob, I would mind trying it.

JB