"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

[77racing]

I do remember some years ago now, that a chap did some guards out of stainless steel, could have been clive Ford no idea how to find out about them unless this jogs some one else's memory

[scorcher]

I made some nice shiny stainless steel mudflaps for my griff years ago. I just shaped and cut them from some 0.8mm mirrored ss and screwed them straight into the fibre glass under the arches. When i removed them I just filled the holes and repainted with black underseal and went for a drive. When I came back it looked exactly the same as the day I bought it.

Other threads......... http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?t=954...

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...

[trev4]

I made these rather crude efforts after having my outriggers replaced not very pretty but you can't really see them with the wheel on and most importantly they protect that vulnerable corner joint.

[Hamish400]

I used thin stainless sheet on my 400SE large enough to cover the diagonal brace as well as the front outrigger cross member. The sheet was secured to the cross member with cable ties through holes in the stainless steel sheet. Large cable ties were first wrapped round the cross member only so as to form a raised point for the sheet to sit against, thus leaving a small space between cross tube and sheet to avoid forming a trap for dirt.
Upper part of sheet was secured by self tapping screws in to the wheel arch glassfibre.
I also fitted stainless plates to the lower rear part of the rear wheel arch as grooves were appearing in the gell coat (in line with tyre grooves) from grit thrown off the tyres .

Reds
Hamish

[BarnFind]

I have stainless steel guards on my Chimaera

[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

[pmessling]

I have created some for my cerbera and have supplied lots of cerb owners with them. I have made them for Griffith and chims as well but there was some fitment issues. Mine mount to the outriggers with cable tie cradles. I used the rubber for flexibility between the chassis and body and they are easily removed to inspect th outriggers. The are open at the bottom so any moisture can dry out. And have a lip to deflect water