No-Drill Mudflaps for 3rd Gen Limiteds!!! (No Runningboards)

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So my paint started cracking on my lower door trim on my '98 Limited, pretty horrendously, which lead me to look into mudflaps. Well since I don't really want to drill into my pristine fender flares or inner wheel wells, I came up with no options for a drill-less install. And no one makes these types of flaps for Limiteds so I needed to put something together. So I did.

I found these flaps at O'Reilly's for about $25 and they were a pretty straight forward install.

Basically, just take the one screw from the trim midway up the inner wheel well, and the lower screw. I made a cardboard cut out of the flap so I could tape it in place and see how it looks.
I then took the cardboard cut out and put it on my flaps as a guide where to make holes in my flaps.
Then basically screw them in place!

PS- I also cut another hole on the mud flap on the top of the innermost part of the flap and closest to the inner wheel well, and zip-tied it to a unused hole on my wheel well. Keeps it from flying off and hurting someone if it happens.

They work great!
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So my paint started cracking on my lower door trim on my '98 Limited, pretty horrendously, which lead me to look into mudflaps. Well since I don't really want to drill into my pristine fender flares or inner wheel wells, I came up with no options for a drill-less install. And no one makes these types of flaps for Limiteds so I needed to put something together. So I did.

I found these flaps at O'Reilly's for about $25 and they were a pretty straight forward install.

Basically, just take the one screw from the trim midway up the inner wheel well, and the lower screw. I made a cardboard cut out of the flap so I could tape it in place and see how it looks.
I then took the cardboard cut out and put it on my flaps as a guide where to make holes in my flaps.
Then basically screw them in place!

PS- I also cut another hole on the mud flap on the top of the innermost part of the flap and closest to the inner wheel well, and zip-tied it to a unused hole on my wheel well. Keeps it from flying off and hurting someone if it happens.

I'm glad those work for you. I know the most commonly used aftermarket mud flap on our 3rd gen SR5 sports are the Highland Contura PN 11051. (These don't work on the slimmer style flares and might not work on the limited style flares)

They closely resembled the factory flaps the best and are easy to install. Here's a few pics. All they take are a little dremel work and a few screws.

It looks like you found an alternative for the limiteds. Always good to see other options out there.

EDIT: Looking at your fender flares I'm not sure if these would work. These might only fit the SR5 style flare.
 

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