does anyone know if rallyarmor would be willing to sell the fronts only for a discounted price?

 

i still don't know if to get these????

 

to see some difference between mudflaps and mudflaps, besides the material:



some updates:

 

They have really good customer service. Give them a call and see what they can do for you.

 

Looks solid, but I just can't put flaps on mine i dont think, looks a little off. I do have a few chips already in the said spots, only have 400 miles on my car too, but I think some 3M clear bra there will help just as much, well more because it seems the dealer or mitsu put some factory in that spot cause I just bought the car last week and it has some clear bra there already but the side skirt is getting hit some so adding some more next week.

 

I'm somewhat surprised, but I like those white flaps Robevo posted. I have a WW myself, and those might look better than the black ones. Tough to keep clean-looking, though.

If you do happen to call them, let me know what you find. I'm only really interested in the fronts as well.

 

So I'm reviving this thread with a question about the mud flap installation. During my install of the Rally Armor mud flaps this morning (front flaps only), I noticed it was impossible to thread holes 1 and 2 into the the polygon clips without scraping some paint off of the inside of the holes, leaving some metal exposed where the screw goes through the holes in the fender. I was concerned about possible rusting due to metal being exposed, but it is a very small area, now surrounded by the fender wall, mudflap, washer, screw, etc. Obviously if this rusts, it cannot spread anywhere because it is surrounded by paint anyway.

I guess my questions are a) whether or not everyone else had this problem and b) should I be concerned about the rust? I don't plan on doing anything about it to be honest, unless this could be a problem.

Let me also say that the installation of the first front flap was the biggest pain in the *** I could have imagined, but it took 10 minutes tops to do the second one. It was a pretty miserable experience. They look ugly on the car IMO but after a quick drive around town they were covered in dirt and dust, so they are doing their job

 

I would be concerned about rust if you indeed scraped paint off metal to screw them in, and that area is going to be prone to getting wet more often and staying wet longer than the rest of the car, which will promote rust.

"Obviously if this rusts, it cannot spread anywhere because it is surrounded by paint anyway."

This is certainly not true. You've never seen paint bubble up because the area around it rusted and the rust spread right under the paint? This is why you need to keep on top of chips with touch-up paint... small rust spot now = big rust spot later.

I was just about to order these this week, so I'm curious if anyone else noticed this. Have you talked to RallyArmor about it?

 

if you concerned about the whole with no paint on it, then loose the screw up in the concerend area and put a silicone under it / from the tube, form auto zone or else/ , then tight it back. I would do that.
By the way i don't clearly understand the problem, i know because my english. So can you do some pics? That i way i will get it too

 

I guess there's a good possibility you'll nick the paint there but it won't be much. Now, rust doesn't need 'much' bare metal to take hold but aren't the front fenders aluminium?

 

they should be . hehe you right, i forgot.

 

Hmm that's a good point, if they are aluminum they won't rust.

Just to verify, here is a picture from the Rally Armor installation instructions. The areas I circled in red are where screws must be threaded. Notice how there are obviously pieces of the fender that the screw will scrape against as it goes through the hole. This is where small bits of metal are exposed, as there is no way to pass a screw through without nicking the paint.

EDIT: I guess when you look at the picture, you can see a little exposed metal on the left rim of hole #1. I would imagine it is impossible to avoid scraping a small amount of metal out. I can rest assured now

 

Hello

The mounting setup will not interfere with your OEM mounting points in any manner.

This is a detailed image from this section of the installation instructions:

Figure A is zooming in on the upper mounting point. The mounting slot of the clip is slightly smaller that the OEM mounting point and a portion of the clip fits/locks into the OEM point as shown.

Figure B displays the same clip with a mounting screw mounted within the clip. The diameter of screw is slightly smaller than the portion of the clip. Avoiding contact with the body of the vehicle.



Thanks much,
Team R/A

 

Thanks for the clarification. I still think it's difficult to thread the screw into that hole without the screw moving around at all and scraping the body of the car. Those polygon clips don't really stay in place. I wasn't able to do so without removing a little bit of paint, but hopefully it's aluminum so it doesn't rust.

EDIT: Well, I just looked up the technical review and the front fenders are aluminum, so I guess I'll be alright as far as the metal rusting.

 

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