Mabett Mud Flap Real Unpaid Review

Those look like they'll do the job nicely. Good call! Thank you for sharing this, sir.

BuckYeah

Those look like they'll do the job nicely. Good call! Thank you for sharing this, sir.

Yes, they protect the body very well.

I have these on mine and like the look/performance. They fit my BD with the rock rails great. The only issue is the screws are starting to rust. I’ll probably replace the screws later. Thanks for the video!

Installed these on my bronco . I agree that these mud flaps work well and easily installed ,good instructions. I installed mine with the tires on and wasn’t to bad. Over all a good product. Great video .

BottleShark

Yes, they protect the body very well.

Not only that, but they’ll reduce the number of rocks thrown at drivers behind you! It’s a win-win. And they look good doing it. Definitely on my list of things to get sooner than later.

JWBest

I have these on mine and like the look/performance. They fit my BD with the rock rails great. The only issue is the screws are starting to rust. I’ll probably replace the screws later. Thanks for the video!

Mabbet will replace the installation screws with rust resistant ones.

I've been told Mabett will replace hardware, but no rust here.

BostonBadlands

Mabbet will replace the installation screws with rust resistant ones.

How do you get in touch with Mabett? Everything is through Amazon.

JWBest
How do you get in touch with Mabett? Of course, you have to be registered there. Everything is through Amazon.

Message "Mabett" on the other forum. Hope this works!
https://www.bronco6g.com/forum/members/mabett.30901/

Bought these the other day, so far have only put the fronts on. Wasn't too bad, didn't need to take the wheel off, just cranked hard to the side. Note on my passenger side though. That one took some modification, the crash bar is touching the rock rail (Outer Banks) and had to trim the plastic to get the lower mounting hole to match up. Didn't have any trouble after driving it, but wondering if its cause for concern that those two pieces are making contact? Overall took 40 minutes with doing to the trimming to get both fronts on.

JWBest

I have these on mine and like the look/performance. They fit my BD with the rock rails great. The only issue is the screws are starting to rust. I’ll probably replace the screws later. Thanks for the video!

Email jason at Mabett and he will send you new improved screws.

JWBest

How do you get in touch with Mabett? Everything is through Amazon.

Jason's email address is: [email protected]

I also put them on my BadSquatch - so far only the front ones - easy install and look good. I did add aftermarket wheels with zero offset that 'poke' out a little more than stock, so I noticed that when the wheel is turned at full lock, they rubbed against the inside part of the mud flap a bit - a little work with a dremel took care of it :)

schmjdt
Bought these the other day, so far have only put the fronts on. Wasn't too bad, didn't need to take the wheel off, just cranked hard to the side. Note on my passenger side though. That one took some modification, the crash bar is touching the rock rail (Outer Banks) and had to trim the plastic to get the lower mounting hole to match up. Didn't have any trouble after driving it, but wondering if its cause for concern that those two pieces are making contact? Overall took 40 minutes with doing to the trimming to get both fronts on.

So tried getting the rears on last night. The attachement for the left rear that goes under the tow hook was a pain because the threads on the plate didn't line up with the hole. Ended up breaking the weld and using a nylon nut to hold it, but should have checked the packaging before doing that, because once I got the rear fender off and ready to attach the plate to hold the upper section of the mudflap, I found that piece was outright missing from the packaging. Long story short. the rears are in the trash, and the spray off the back is going to be the problem of the person following me.

BottleShark

Was surprised with this. Hope you like the Video.

I bought the ones from Stickerfab/21 Offroad and I think they're identical.
Their instructions sucked. But I like the product.

Has anyone tried the IAG brand mud flaps? If so, please let us know your thoughts on ease of installation and quality of the product.

IAG are the exact same as Mabett

I installed the front IAG mud flaps on my BD with crash bars. The outer brackets with (rust resistant?) screws went on fine but I really didn't like using the plastic fastener for the inner mount, it is very 'fiddly' and the mud flap actually put a fair bit of stress on the fastener.

Since I have the crash bars and had purchased the rubber plugs for the crash bars, I decided to design new plugs for the rear crash bars that held the inner edge of the mud flap in place. This left the plastic fastener to hold the fender liner as it was originally intended. I 3D printed plugs from ABS and they work great! I can now easily remove the mud flaps for 'heavy' off-road use (the manufacturer says the mud flaps are for 'light' off-road use only) by just removing the two outer screws and sliding the crash bar 'plug' out with the mud flap. Only takes about 2 minutes per side and the outer brackets are actually hidden within the fender flare. No need to turn the wheels to remove/install and no more 'fiddling' with the plastic fender liner fasteners.

One suggestion if you do this is to put the foam strip provided by IAG/Mabett on the mud flap and not the fender flare as they suggest. That way the foam stays on the mud flap instead of being potentially damaged on the fender flare when the mud flap is removed.

The only issue I had when making these was that the only ABS material I had for 3D printing was white. I painted them black with plastic spray paint but after installation decided to them with a rubberized undercoat. A little messy but..... (I didn't include pictures with the undercoat because it was a little messy :()
Original installation with rubber plug (trimmed outer edge for clearance) and plastic fastener: 
ABS 'Plug' and painted 'plug' vs plastic fastener:

ABS 'Plug' Installation (white), plastic fastener in original position:

XC-man

Has anyone tried the IAG brand mud flaps? If so, please let us know your thoughts on ease of installation and quality of the product.

XC-man

Has anyone tried the IAG brand mud flaps? If so, please let us know your thoughts on ease of installation and quality of the product.

I like the look on my non-sas BD, I didn't want something too obtrusive (or too expensive either). I actually bought a set of the 'cheap' ($59) Ford OEM front flaps which were not supposed to be compatible with the rock rails thinking I could modify them to work but they REALLY don't work with the rock rails.

The IAG/Mabett front flaps do work well with the rock rails. The quality is good, the mud flap itself seems as good quality as the Ford OEM but the Ford OEM doesn't have brackets so can't compare the other hardware.

The only thing I didn't like about the IAG/Mabett mounting was using the plastic OEM fender liner fastener for the mud flap inner fastener. See my post for my fix for that.

I didn't buy the rear mud flaps since they were out of stock at IAG so I don't have experience with them.