ajcaller said:
I have to day fitted a pair of front mud flaps, the part number I fitted was 8201212479 these fitted with no cutting required but the instructions give you measurements of where to drill the fixing holes, I found these to be incorrect, so I offered up the flap to the car and drilled the fixing holes where I thought they should be this worked fine, I also fitted a pair of front door sill guards, very pleased with result.
That's the part number for Renault's "universal" flaps, and I fitted a set today to the front of my Captur. I drilled the holes in one flap as per the recommendadtions, then held the flaps back-to-back to drill holes in the other one in identical positions.
As you say, they're not quite right - and you do need to trim some of the flap away and adjust a couple of the hole positions.
Did the driver's side first - OK no issues but after fitting the passenger's side I noticed that the flaps are not fitted identically and the passenger side one is at a bit of an angle and may not stop all the mud etc from hitting the door bottom.
I didn't have time to remove the wheels to fit the inermost screws so I've used "No Nails" double-sided outdoor tape for the time being, and it will be interesting to see how well it lasts.
I'm not sure about fitting rear flaps yet.
thepittstop said:
Can anyone with mud flaps tell me how many fixings
are holding them on? Are they: self tapping screws; bolts with nuts;
rivets; ormodel specific fittings?
The part number ajcaller gave is for universal fits-all-Renault flaps and the poor instructions give an outline of the process to trim them, and where to drill holes for various models.
Each flap is retained by 4 self-tapping screws with Torx T20 heads, no washers or other clips.
On the Captur, you only drill into plastic to fix them to the car - 3 screws go into the wheelarch protection lip, and 1 into the lower part of the wheelarch liner (you need to remove the front wheels to do this, or use tape as I have done for now; the other 3 holes can be drilled by placing the steering onto full lock).
For the rear of the Captur, you need to cut the flaps differently and the same fixing process applies but you will almost certainly need to remove the wheels to drill any of the holes.
The flaps are surprisingly light and thin, and cut easily with household scissors. My cordless drill had no trouble in making the fixing holes (2mm drill bit recommended)
Edited by: IvorETower