5" mudflap clearance

This isn't important, but I'm curious. The Tacoma Prerunner SR5 only has 5"
clearance between the front mudflap and the ground. I took it out on a very
primitive dirt road and it did fine for a 2WD truck. It sounded like I was
tearing up the bottom because the semi-rigid mudflaps scraped over most of
the obstacles.

I'm considering using some pliers and bending them up or even cutting them
back a little bit. The rear ones are much higher(shorter). I understand
the utility of big flaps, but I'm having a hard time ignoring the noise.

Anyone else modified flaps on a 95% highway vehicle?

"Stumpy" <perilmung@spamnet.con> wrote in message
news:Lshfh.8833$tM1.8090@newsread1.news.pas.earthlink.net...[color=blue]
> This isn't important, but I'm curious. The Tacoma Prerunner SR5 only has
> 5" clearance between the front mudflap and the ground. I took it out on a
> very primitive dirt road and it did fine for a 2WD truck. It sounded like
> I was tearing up the bottom because the semi-rigid mudflaps scraped over
> most of the obstacles.
>
> I'm considering using some pliers and bending them up or even cutting them
> back a little bit. The rear ones are much higher(shorter). I understand
> the utility of big flaps, but I'm having a hard time ignoring the noise.
>
> Anyone else modified flaps on a 95% highway vehicle?
>[/color]

When I see how little spray my Tacoma kicks up on a wet road, I figure the
people behind me are happier, so I leave the flaps alone.