Who else thinks mud flaps should be standard on all Yeti`s?

 

 

I am very pleased with the extra cleanness of the exterior since I fitted a genuine Skoda

set, so, yes they should be standard (on all cars)

Yes they probably should be standard on a car like the Yeti , I'm certainly pleased to have them on mine  :sun:

Dont suppose anyone knows the part number for front mudflaps for a 2016 Yeti (none outdoor version)?

 

Thanks all

If my foggy memory is correct, there was a legal requirement to have rear mud flaps until sometime in the 1970's. If I am correct, why was that idea dropped?   :thumbdown:

Dont suppose anyone knows the part number for front mudflaps for a 2016 Yeti (none outdoor version)?

 

Thanks all

 

I think I have a set in the garage here if you would be interested

how much, domhnall?

I suppose the car would have to be tested for MPG and emissions with them if was a standard fitting.
They would only have a small effect but everything adds up.

Dont suppose anyone knows the part number for front mudflaps for a 2016 Yeti (none outdoor version)?

 

Thanks all

 

I believe it's KEA630001 > http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Genuine-Skoda-Yeti-front-mudflaps-/250992366259?hash=item3a704f92b3:g:ookAAOxyyvRSOI4c

£27 including postage from Horton's of Lincoln.

Web page with them on Here

Edited 8 December, 20169 yr by Urrell

If my foggy memory is correct, there was a legal requirement to have rear mud flaps until sometime in the 1970's. If I am correct, why was that idea dropped?   :thumbdown:

 

Not that I know of, and I have friends with pre-70's cars.

I suppose the car would have to be tested for MPG and emissions with them if was a standard fitting.

They would only have a small effect but everything adds up.

 

Quite

£27 including postage from Horton's of Lincoln.

Web page with them on Here

 

Those look like the short ones for the City version.

how much, domhnall?

 

 

Hmm dunno, tenner plus postage?

Those look like the short ones for the City version.

He was asking for the Non Outdoor version.

 

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Edited 8 December, 20169 yr by Urrell

If my foggy memory is correct, there was a legal requirement to have rear mud flaps until sometime in the 1970's. If I am correct, why was that idea dropped?   :thumbdown:

 

There was no legal requirement when my parents bought their first car in 1956, as I can still remember a discussion about the 'accessories' (options, we'd now say) they might include in the factory order.  Mud flaps were an accessory, not a requirement. As were wing mirrors. 

 

It was a different matter for vehicles over 7.5 tons and I cannot say when that requirement was introduced.

 

Just as well we are not in the USA where every state has different requirements on mudflaps.

There was no legal requirement when my parents bought their first car in 1956, as I can still remember a discussion about the 'accessories' (options, we'd now say) they might include in the factory order.  Mud flaps were an accessory, not a requirement. As were wing mirrors. 

 

 

Thanks mumpsim, [oh to go back to 1956 ] Yes I agree, I do not think it was a requirement in the '50's.

 

I found the following in Hansard. Perhaps it is only the various discussions around mudflaps at that time that I remember.

Motor Vehicles (Mud-Flaps)

HC Deb 06 March 1963 vol 673 cc365-6365

 §12. Mr. E. Johnson

asked the Minister of Transport whether he has yet reached a decision on whether the present requirement that road motor vehicles should be fitted with mud-flaps can be improved.

 §Mr. Hay

Work is still proceeding on this matter.

 §Mr. Johnson

How much longer will this work proceed? The matter has been under consideration for over six weeks. Is not my hon. Friend aware that wet roads make motoring not only unpleasant but extremely dangerous, especially on high-speed roads? What are the difficulties about defining the type of motor car or motor vehicle which should use a mud-flap when on a public road?

 §Mr. Hay

The difficulty is that practical experimental work has to be done 366and, as the House will he aware, in recent weeks we have suffered not from rainy conditions, but from snow and ice. The experimental work has, therefore, been held up, but we are getting on with the matter as quickly as we can.

 

§Mr. Johnson

Is not my hon. Friend aware that mud-flaps have been used on many motor cars for many years? What further experiment is required to reach a decision?

 

§Mr. Hay

We need experimental work to decide whether mud-flaps are the best answer to the problem or whether something better could be provided.

 

 

 

 The Statutory Instruments - The Road Vehicles Construction and Use Regulations of that period I cannot locate on the web, so will go and lie down now  :sweat:

I can remember being on the M6 in heavy rain the spray from private cars was

frightening, greying out practically all visibility I got off at the first oppertunity.

See also http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/written_answers/1963/jan/22/mudflaps

 

I'd guess the legal requirement never went beyond 'wings' and later 'spray suppression devices', i.e. mud flaps never became compulsory, but as you say the Construction and Use regs would provide the definitive answer.

Not quite sure where all this "love" for the genuine mudflaps comes from. I have them and found the make the square-root of bugger all difference to how dirty my car gets.

And I know I'm not alone in thinking this - that's why another owner went to the lengths of making his own super-size mudflaps as he found the OEM ones completely ineffective.

Not quite sure where all this "love" for the genuine mudflaps comes from. I have them and found the make the square-root of bugger all difference to how dirty my car gets.

And I know I'm not alone in thinking this - that's why another owner went to the lengths of making his own super-size mudflaps as he found the OEM ones completely ineffective.

The prime purpose of mud flaps was never to do with keeping your car clean. It was a safety issue regarding visibility or not, out of following vehicles.  

Agreed but if they don't make the car any cleaner then they don't work. And I have followed the Yeti from one of our other cars and I can tell you if their primary purpose is for the visibility for the driver behind then they don't work.

As I say. A bigger, more effective design is needed.

I bought a set of these (not necessarily from this supplier): http://www.ukcarmats.co.uk/collections/mud-flaps/products/genuine-hitech-skoda-yeti-mudflaps-2009-13

They're quite a bit longer than the genuine ones.

I bought a set of these (not necessarily from this supplier): http://www.ukcarmats.co.uk/collections/mud-flaps/products/genuine-hitech-skoda-yeti-mudflaps-2009-13

They're quite a bit longer than the genuine ones.

 

Do they use the same mountings?

Do they use the same mountings?

Think so - I don't remember having to drill anything (it was a couple of years since I fitted them).