So, it's a nice dry sunny morning here up north and the two sets of new mudflaps packages are staring at me from the kitchen table demanding to be fitted!

 

I've just unpacked the sets and noted that unlike the front, there are no instructions for the rear set.

 

No worries, I've fitted many sets before, so how hard can it be!

 

First up, I married up the new rear flaps to their positions to see what's what.  There are 2 torx screws already in the wheel arch lining which match nicely the two outer most holes on  the mudflaps.  So far so good.

 

Checking where the lower two holes in the new mudflaps line up with (one a horizontal hole) and the other (the most inner hole which will have a vertical fitting, from the bottom upwards), both have two empty holes already positioned in the wheel arch lining also in the the correct place, so again, that's nice.

 

But (there's always a 'but' isn't there?)  of the six fixture items (2 torx, two 'mushroom-like' screws and two 'spikey' thingies) that come with the pack, the question is which of the latter goes where? See photo of the fixtures in question. I'm hesitant just to push them in and see, as experience has warned me that once in these things can be a devil to get out again.

 

The front set of flaps come with instructions, so they look reasonably straightforward (huh!) to fit, albeit I'll need to drill two holes in the wheel arch lining to accommodate the, this time, two spikey, expanding things/fixtures (no mushroom shaped fixture  this time!).

 

Also, is it best to use the torx already in place on the vehicle's wheel arch linings, or to use the new ones supplied in the packages?

 

All constructive advice gratefully received.

 

 

 

Does this help? it may be for the pre-facelift, but perhaps the fixings are still the same.

 

28 minutes ago, mumpsim said:

 

Does this help? it may be for the pre-facelift, but perhaps the fixings are still the same.

 

It does!! Huge thanks.  I can see in diagram 3 that the 'mushroom' fixture does into the vertical hole.  Great stuff.

 

But! Having started on the fronts, and readily got to the place where I need to tighten the clamps onto what Skoda call 'the beam' , the clamp assembly isn't clear from the diagram.  It states "...in the lower section of the front mudflap, fit a retaining clamp (see arrow) in the correct position such that, when the screw is tightened , the clamp cannot slip outside the tabs on the mudflap (see detail).  Fully tighten...)

 

Unfortunately, to my perhaps needing-spec-savers-eyes, the 'correct position isn't clear at all.

 

Below is a photo of one of the clamps, the screw and a 'plate', the latter of which I'm guessing fits somewhere between one side of the metal U-shaped clamp, and the plastic 'jaws' of the mudflap which surround the 'beam', although which way up isn't clear. It has a slot in the top section, which is slightly angled away from the rest of the item.  I imagine this piece of metal works a bit like a spacer, but does it fit with the 'gap' upwards or down, with the angled section towards or away from the bolt passing through the u-shaped metal?

 

Thanks for your patience! 

Edited 13 November, 20241 yr by Ooopnorth

Right, I'm thinking it goes like this:

 But which side of the plastic mudflap jaws?  

Got it! (I think).  It must fit like this....with the plastic jaws (see metal pen  !) clamped as such. The 'little grey matter' isn't so sharp today!

They are a right pain, when I tightened them they worked themselves off, so followed somebody's advice on this forum and left them off, now on my second Karoq and left them off this one as well

Phew...sorted.  You're right. Those expanding rivets on the front mudflaps are annoying.  They readily went through the plastic of the mudflaps and seemed to go into the drilled hole on the plastic lining, behind, but then completely refused to 'spread' and so languidly fell out with the merest movement of the mudflap.  As you say, the flaps looked quite soldly in place without them, but I hate to be defeated so persisted (sort of!)

 

With much effort, and patience, I managed to get the driver's side rivet to remain in place (for now as I'm not confident!).  However, on the nearside I resorted to using an old Subaru spreading-rivet left over from when I put mudflaps on that.  These are much more user friendly.  They're the same size as the Skoda rivets (depth and diameter)  but come in two parts, with a central pin, which you push down into the main body of the rivet, once it is in place, and the pin causes the rivet to splay and remain in place.  They're useful because by removing the pin you can retrieve the rivet out again if necessary. 

 

The rear flaps were a doddle once I saw Mumpsim's helpful diagrams.

 

Next it's the spare wheel kit and space saver wheel fitting.  Again, no instructions and Skodapartsonline informed me that they're aren't any, and didn't point to where I might find one!  Thank goodness for Briskoda!