Mud Guards

 

HuskyLiners Custom Molded Mud Guards

Premier Motoring Equipment

 

2001 Suburban 2500 w/ Factory Flares

Husky Model Numbers - Front: 56211, Rear: 57211

Premier Motoring Model Numbers - Front: MG306, Rear: MG307

 

Upon seeing that HuskyLiners had nice looking custom molded mud guards that fit the 2001 Suburban, and seeing that PremierMotoring was selling the sets for about $30 a pair, sets for the front and rear were ordered. Web ordering was painless and they arrived a few days later with no issues.

At first glance these mud guards would be an optimal addition to a stock Suburban, however, upon closer examination adjustments were needed. In the case of a lifted 3/4 ton with 33x12.50x16.5 BFG/MTs, the non-obvious was used. There are several problems this non-stock Suburban ran into. The first is that the rear mud guards are not wide enough to cover the BFGs. Almost half of the tire is exposed making the rear mud guards silly looking and useless. The second problem is with front tire clearance, or rather, the lack thereof. Again the BFGs cause trouble, this time by interfering with the front mud guard at various steering angles.

It was clear that there was no hope for the front mud guards at this point, but there was a light at the end of the tunnel, a real light, not the light of a train turning everything in its path into a train wreck. Taking a close look at the front end of this 2001 Suburban, the front wheels jet out of the fender well more so than the rears, thereby needing more external coverage by the mud guards, thereby needing the front mud guards to be wider (which they are) to accommodate the new body style. Now, as the rear mud guards were of no use in this application, how about the front guards on the rear?

It turns out the wider front mud guard just about covers the entire width of the rear BFGs. This is a nice start. It also turns out the wheel flare curvature of the front and rear mud guards are very close, with the exception of a pointed nib at the crux of the curve on the front mud guards (to fit the front end body). By cutting down the nib in the mud guard to match the curve of the rear, the front mud guards were a perfect fit as rear, wide tire capable, mud guards.

Mounting was easy, but the rear wheels did need to be removed for installation. The only other modification was to the lower inner mounting screw hole, since it is placed for a front installation. A new hole was drilled in a better location, an obvious task when mounting the mud guards.

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12/01/01