Member Since: 01 Aug 2005
Location: Cornwall
Posts: 2576
I've been Dogged!
It all happened in a flash!
He came from nowhere and bit my flap off
It was all over in a flash & I was left scarred
Its alarming just how tearable these mudflaps are - 1x sheepdog + 2 seconds = ripped off flap.
He didn't get the nearside one though Long succession of Disco's since 2001...
SIII Lightweight - neglected & rusting. Bulkhead, A panels, vent panel & outriggers now disintegrated - Next years project!
17th Aug 2006 9:53 pm
blue meanie D3 Decade
Member Since: 04 Aug 2005
Location: Newbury
Posts: 6861
so what did you do to irritate the sheepdog then?and theeeeennn......???
17th Aug 2006 10:04 pm
DaveT
Member Since: 01 Aug 2005
Location: Cornwall
Posts: 2576
I swear I didn't even look at his your honour!
I was only turning round at the end of a dead end lane..Long succession of Disco's since 2001...
SIII Lightweight - neglected & rusting. Bulkhead, A panels, vent panel & outriggers now disintegrated - Next years project!
17th Aug 2006 10:11 pm
blue meanie D3 Decade
Member Since: 04 Aug 2005
Location: Newbury
Posts: 6861
you didn't d3 fart in his direction did you? very particular about that the sheepdog.. apparently! and theeeeennn......???
17th Aug 2006 10:14 pm
simon
Member Since: 11 Jan 2005
Location: Shropshire
Posts: 18296
Don't bring the poor into it please.
17th Aug 2006 10:31 pm
DaveT
Member Since: 01 Aug 2005
Location: Cornwall
Posts: 2576
What my demure little disco
Strange thing is that in a totally unrelated incident the following day, a Clio bit the nearside front flap & tore it a bit.
So I guess that'll be a full new set I need. & I guess it's gonna cost more than £10.Long succession of Disco's since 2001...
SIII Lightweight - neglected & rusting. Bulkhead, A panels, vent panel & outriggers now disintegrated - Next years project!
17th Aug 2006 10:31 pm
LeighW D3 Decade
Member Since: 31 Jan 2006
Location: Brisbane, AUS
Posts: 920
The mudflaps are very easy to damage. After a service my rear flap had a small crack appearing. I assume that it was at the time of service although I didn't notice it until 2 weeks later due to water restrictions and not being able to wash the old girl.
Thought about replacing the rears with conveyor belting as it is reinforced with fabric but the original is a complex shape.
Dogs wouldn't be able to rip it off in 2 seconds then...
LeighLeighW
The old girl is on her third engine...
* first ran a bearing (design failure in original engine)
* second had a failure of the water outlet on top of the engine (pls check yours)
18th Aug 2006 12:12 am
tlt
Member Since: 01 Sep 2006
Location: Austin, TX
Posts: 262
Mud Flaps
Hi;
I've had mud flaps installed on a couple of vehicles. The best ones I think you use are a soft rubber version. Any possible mud flap you ever use, you will break or rip off the vehicle, it's the nature of them. I've torn repeatadly mud flaps from various vehicles.
Conclusion, when I ordered my new LR3 a year ago, I got it with no mud flaps, and guess what.... I've never ripped a mud flap off it. I assure you, that if I had them, they would have been torn, or broken if I had.
Suggestion, simply removed the mud flaps, you don't need them.
Cheers
t
11th Sep 2006 4:33 pm
AndrewS Tarquin of the Desert
Member Since: 06 May 2005
Location: Y...... because I can
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your honour!
