I dont wanna rain on your parade, BUT, even with mud flaps, you`ll still get crap on the doors no matter what. Nature of the beast... the fenders and the body panels stick out and catch everything. The tires even stick out a ways on these 4th gen trucks and flings everything down the sides of the truck body. I have the husky brand mud flaps and are a touch wider than the weather tech flaps, and they STILL let the crap fly up onto my truck. I`m not sayin it wont help some, but dont get to excited and think it will do much in keeping your truck clean either. The flap`s will only protect a little tiny part of the front and rear fenders. Seal them up with silicone when you install them, that will keep the sh!t from seaping behind them. After i installed mine, i then sealed all the way around the outer edge of the flaps as well. I even covered the screws with silicone so as to keep them from rusting like my last truck did. I also went completely around the wheel wells with silicone so nothing could get into that area either.
Do you have step rails? I do and it seams most of the crap comes up in front of the step rails, they seem to do a good job of blocking further back and I figure a flap would block the area in front of the rails.
Yes you do have to remove the spats. You then use the same holes and screws that held them on. :smiley_thumbs_up: As far as them blending in. Some of that has to do with the crappy cell pics...but as I said before, they do look better than I thought they would.
I heard that they fit with the OEM step bars. Hopefully someone can confirm that.
Yup, i have step tubes (wheel to wheel OEM stainless w/husky mudflaps front & rear, they`re tight but just clear nicely). Yeah they do a decent job, that is until winter hits...lol. Step tubes seem to let snow and ice pile up on them, makes it a real pain in the azz, mudflaps or not. Sh!t fly`s right up on the panels and drops right on the step tubes no matter what ya do. Nature of the beast as they say...lol. Like i said earlier, mudflaps only protect the rear edge of the fenders where they are installed from getting stoned to death, thats about all they do. They dont protect the rocker panels very well either, especially about midway on back. After a couple winters, you start noticing that the rocker panels are getting stone bruises/chipped up even if you have step tubes. Most step tubes dont sit directly under the rocker panels, most sit out away from the rocker panels. Step boards are the best rocker protection, but i just dont care for the look of step-boards myself.
