locky Posted September 29, 2016 Share Posted September 29, 2016 Anyone made their own mud guards which attach to rear suspension arm to stop detritus collecting around the drive shafts this time of year? Was thinking of getting some rubber sheet and cutting to shape, make some holes and then secure with zip tie. Am sure some folks tried this before so if you have any tips please share, best material/thickness, how best to secure and oh do they work well? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.AJ. Posted September 29, 2016 Share Posted September 29, 2016 I make my own out of 1mm lexan 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike1980 Posted September 29, 2016 Share Posted September 29, 2016 I made my own for my Baja. Sod paying £8 plus for premade ones. I got some sheet rubber from Ebay, knocked up some card templates, trimmed and tweaked here and there, cut them out of the rubber and zip tied them on. That was about 9 months ago and they are still good as new and no crap wrapped around the driveshaft. Think the rubber was about a fiver for an A4 size piece and you could get 3-4 sets out of one sheet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlayerLayer Posted September 29, 2016 Share Posted September 29, 2016 I cut a bit of cardboard too big then slowly cut it down to shape until it didn't rub or touch anything it shouldn't, then made a spare template and made the plates out of whatever metal i can. For this car i used fairly thick aluminium but it is a 1/5. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nitroholic Posted September 29, 2016 Share Posted September 29, 2016 Lexan works well. If you don;t have any or if you want to test out designs....the plastic from fizzy drinks bottles works OK. It's not as durable...but if you are making your own, and want to get a design working....you want a cheap ( free) material to work with. Then if they break too often, reproduce it in lexan. I save shell offcuts for this sort of thing. They won't stop all the grass getting in there, but they really help cut the amount. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evssv Posted September 29, 2016 Share Posted September 29, 2016 (edited) I made me dbxl ones from a washing liquid container.... the first ones I made out of the silver panel stuff didn't last long.... Edited September 29, 2016 by evssv Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WiLLiE Posted September 29, 2016 Share Posted September 29, 2016 Make mine from plant pots free from my local flower shop , thick enough and flexible .. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dazp1976 Posted September 29, 2016 Share Posted September 29, 2016 I used these to make 5 pairs, they reach up to the turnbuckle, heated them up to sit them on an angle. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/121026083770?_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunny Posted September 30, 2016 Share Posted September 30, 2016 http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1-8-nitro-buggy-rear-mud-guards-will-fit-Hyper-7-etc-RS530-/191960569431?hash=item2cb1bdd657:g:VOUAAOSwPc9WuP9e I am going to order these for mine for a couple of pounds worth a shot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leeb Posted September 30, 2016 Share Posted September 30, 2016 Not me i'm all ways going too fast for grass to stick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dazp1976 Posted October 1, 2016 Share Posted October 1, 2016 On 9/30/2016 at 08:45, sunny said: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1-8-nitro-buggy-rear-mud-guards-will-fit-Hyper-7-etc-RS530-/191960569431?hash=item2cb1bdd657:g:VOUAAOSwPc9WuP9e I am going to order these for mine for a couple of pounds worth a shot These are my ones from an A4 sheet of lexan: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
locky Posted October 1, 2016 Author Share Posted October 1, 2016 34 minutes ago, dazp1976 said: These are my ones from an A4 sheet of lexan So do you think lexan is better than say 2mm nitrile rubber? Is molding the lexan to shape and its rigidity better? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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