"Mudguards"

[alexcurtis]

Morning

I know this is almost sacrilegious but I am considering putting “mudguards” on my Griff.

After having to replace the outriggers and supports due to the design of the chassis i.e. that the chassis members are in full view of the tyres so get a constant shot gun assault from any mud stones etc. picked up by the tyres. You can clearly see that this is the cause for the chassis failure where we have had to cut the chassis and replace due to this.

So I am considering putting some heavy duty rubber sheet around the exposed and “in the line of fire” tubes and supports to protect them from all of the debris. My plan is to make it basically sit in the wheel arch wrapped over the exposed tube, with a small lip (1cm ish) just under the wheel arch. Has anyone done this before any designs I can borrow?

The one downside to this is that I need to be careful about any trapped mud stones in-between the metal tube and the rubber sheet but this should be less than the damage caused by the exposure

After spending the last 18 months doing a complete body off rebuild I don’t want my hard work to be peppered on the first outing!

Cheers al

[alexcurtis]

Thanks all much appreciated so I have not gone barking mad....will post my efforts when done interesting to see which works best stainless or rubber.... Cheers al