Standard “Mini Mud Flaps” on XKs?
#1
02-02-2019, 02:23 PM
Standard “Mini Mud Flaps” on XKs?
Dear all
For Xmas I got Nigel Thorley‘s XK/XKR book (new edition including additional chapters on x150) and on page 202 he explains that some of the x150 models had small black plastic flaps at the end of the FRONT wheel arches under the car. In the provided pictures it is explained, the look like mini mud flaps and that they would be an important part of the car’s aerodynamic concept. They should not be removed.
To be honest I never saw or noticed these flaps on any XKs I drove so far. My 2011 XK doesn’t have them.
Btw:
It is not the plastic wings under the car in front of the front wheels.
It is also not the winglets on the 3 o’clock position that you find on 2012-2014 XKs model years.
Does anybody know about this? Should my XK have them fitted?
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ter
For Xmas I got Nigel Thorley‘s XK/XKR book (new edition including additional chapters on x150) and on page 202 he explains that some of the x150 models had small black plastic flaps at the end of the FRONT wheel arches under the car. In the provided pictures it is explained, the look like mini mud flaps and that they would be an important part of the car’s aerodynamic concept. They should not be removed.
To be honest I never saw or noticed these flaps on any XKs I drove so far. My 2011 XK doesn’t have them.
Btw:
It is not the plastic wings under the car in front of the front wheels.
It is also not the winglets on the 3 o’clock position that you find on 2012-2014 XKs model years.
Does anybody know about this? Should my XK have them fitted?
br
ter
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02-02-2019, 02:40 PM
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My 2007 XK has flaps in front of the front tires, but nothing behind.
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02-02-2019, 06:01 PM
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02-02-2019, 06:22 PM
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My Nigel Thorley book doesn't even mention mudflaps on page 202. What he talks about there are wheels and accessories. Perhaps you mean page 200 where there is a mention in the sixth paragraph and a photo of small rubberiised panels that are a "vitally important part" of the aerodynamics package. Furthermore, he states that they are on 5.0L vehicles. My guess is that they are in fact part of that package if it was included on the particular car.
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02-02-2019, 10:04 PM
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02-02-2019, 10:45 PM
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I'll look at my XK in the morning and see if it is 'flat-on' to the airflow, or if it is angled to deflect more in one direction or another. If it deflects to the inside, then it could be for added airflow across the rotors?
Curiouser and curiouser
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#14
02-03-2019, 07:33 AM
The ones I am asking for in this thread are behind the front wheels, where the sill begins.
Thanks all!
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ter
Last edited by Ter11; 02-03-2019 at 07:45 AM.
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02-03-2019, 01:08 PM
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#19
02-05-2019, 04:56 AM
IIRC, flaps in front of tyres were placed after it was found that some of the salt mixtures that were being used to dissolve road ice and snow were glasing pads, making them less effective. The flaps apparently deflect that "water" away from the brakes. Most cars have them these days.
My very late 2011 car doesn't have anything directly behind the front wheels.
Do those that have them also have a flap in front of the rear wheels?
My very late 2011 car doesn't have anything directly behind the front wheels.
Do those that have them also have a flap in front of the rear wheels?
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02-05-2019, 09:06 AM
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