Wednesday, May 22, 2013

Custom Mud Flaps


When you decide to get mud flaps put on your vehicle was the fact that they are highly customizable a factor in your decision?  If it was, then this article is for you.  If not, read on anyway and you might find that the options are more numerous than you may have thought.

Mud flaps are a great accessory to put on your vehicle.  Not only are they able to be fully customized, they are also beneficial not only to you but to other drivers behind you on or off the road.  They keep mud, rocks and other road debris from being thrown up and back from the tires.  Also, when driving conditions are wet, they cut down on the amount of water thrown up and back from your tires. 

A lot of people might think that these only have applications for big 18 wheelers.  This is not the case.  You can have them custom made to fit any car or truck.  They even come for motorcycles believe it or not!

Flap-Art

Flap-Art is a company that custom designs flaps for you.  They offer three basic styles which can all be personalized to your specifications.  The three categories are hot stamp, reflective and stainless steel accented weights.  Let’s go over these a bit now. 

Hot Stamp

Mainly you will see these types of flaps on commercial vehicles.  It is a quite easy way to advertise your company and if you order 15 or more sets then your price drastically drops per pair.  These come in either rubber or polyurethane and each one has 3 different thicknesses that you can choose from.  When you order these you can have anything that you desire stamped on them. 

Reflective

This type of mud flap is ideal for individuals or even for smaller company fleets.  They can be emblazoned with your company logo or anything else that you request.  The way they do this is to take rubber flaps and then put reflective film in the design of your choosing on them.  When that is done they emboss them with heat.  You get amazing color and extreme visibility that is even great at night. 

Stainless Steel Accented Weights

These are awesome for lifted vehicles.  The material for the flap itself is polyurethane of 3/8’’.  They take the stainless steel and laser cut it into the design of your choice.  Then they fit them onto the flaps in whatever position you prefer.  The stainless steel acts as a weight to hold the flap in a down position.


This is an example of what just one single customizing company can do to your mud flaps.  There are so many more out there that I truly didn’t have the time or space to write about them all.  You can imagine the possibilities though.  

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