LittleDog
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Was waiting for some paint to dry today, so decided to install the mudflaps I had sitting around. Thought it would be a fun, easy, one-beer job for the fronts, but I was wrong. I hope that this will help anyone else trying to do the same in the future.
Rokblokz makes special provisions for the Rubicon submodel in the form of a perforated cut-out to allow clearance for the rockrails, but it says the regular non-cut-out flaps will fit models without those rails. They did not easily fit my 2020 Sahara and its steps, at first.
Mostly because of this:
The step sticks out maybe half an inch beyond the frame, and the frame itself has an end cap that the installation instructions do not show. Besides the end cap, the inward facing side of the frame only has tabs for the plastic rivets, not a full flange as shown in the install instructions:
(This is after I installed the flap; the brass clip-on nut and bolt come with the kit)
The contour from the fender to the frame ends up being disrupted by the step, as shown in the following sequence:
The original instructions tell you to attach the top two clip-on nuts directly to the flap, then tuck it behind the fender liner and attach the thumbscrews. This will not work, no matter how much you swear, due to the gap and the deflection caused by the step shown here. I discovered this after finishing the beer, and a lot of grumbling and cramps from being in terrible post-2020 shape. The corrections follow.
Rokblokz makes special provisions for the Rubicon submodel in the form of a perforated cut-out to allow clearance for the rockrails, but it says the regular non-cut-out flaps will fit models without those rails. They did not easily fit my 2020 Sahara and its steps, at first.
Mostly because of this:
The step sticks out maybe half an inch beyond the frame, and the frame itself has an end cap that the installation instructions do not show. Besides the end cap, the inward facing side of the frame only has tabs for the plastic rivets, not a full flange as shown in the install instructions:
(This is after I installed the flap; the brass clip-on nut and bolt come with the kit)
The contour from the fender to the frame ends up being disrupted by the step, as shown in the following sequence:
The original instructions tell you to attach the top two clip-on nuts directly to the flap, then tuck it behind the fender liner and attach the thumbscrews. This will not work, no matter how much you swear, due to the gap and the deflection caused by the step shown here. I discovered this after finishing the beer, and a lot of grumbling and cramps from being in terrible post-2020 shape. The corrections follow.
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