Fix for stcok Raptor Running Boards?

lawdog said:

I posted this in the power running boards thread, but it kind of died...

Anyone got a fix for the stock running boards...they look great, but the cutouts at the front allow way too much spray/debris from the front tires onto the doors, etc. I was driving on sandy/muddy roads this weekend at a farm, not even remotely dogging it, and was shocked how much stuff got through the boards and onto the paint just going through puddles on a dirt road. Rooster tails of mud/sand all the way up the sides, the door handles, etc. Hell, the stock tires project outside the flares/mud flaps, too, throwing stuff down the body. With sandy dirt/mud, this is a recipe for disaster on a black truck.

I don't mind a dirty truck when I really tried to get it dirty, but this seems like an oversight/design flaw by Ford in a pretty standard usage. Even keeping with its "desert racer" image, this allows a lot of sand to be shot up onto the paint.

Has anyone come up with a fix, like a plate to fit the front of the boards or better mud flaps?

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Jeff-Ohio said:

Try the Husky mud flaps. They integrate so well that you honestly don't even notice that they are there. The only downside is that they are made from a hard plastic and they would not hold up well if you hit them while rock crawling. I have 1.5" wheel spacers and the rooster tails on the side of my truck are gone, but I have not tested them in moderate to heavy mud.

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Wfo said:

I did pdp mud flaps on the front, haven’t got around to the rears. I like roosting people! The front flaps prevent mud, snow, and ice from caking up my door handles.

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lawdog said:

Thanks...that should not be a problem for 99.9% of my use here in SC, and I saw where Husky had lifetime warranty on cracking, etc.

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Thanks...those look good, especially with the new raptor logo. But did you have to drill to install them? What kind of fasteners? Thanks again.

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Wfo said:

They came with fasteners, I switched them out for stainless hardware. If I remember correctly I didn’t drill them, it was 4yrs ago and my memory does fail me.

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