Model Y Mud flap or anything to prevent damage in Canadian snow

[S3TER]

Hi All, I recently got my model Y LR after almost a year of waiting, I believe Canadian version of Model Y comes with a front mud flops on the font wheel and perhaps protective film installed from Tesla, anyone who lives in Canada knows we sometime have really bad snowy days and the roads and streets snowy with mix of salt and mud, my question is do you guys recommend mud flaps for back wheels? Does it make any difference or do you recommend anything else for winter in Canada?

 

[Tokodave]

Oops...Didn't quite finish this... I have two rear plastic mud flaps, so if anyone lives somewhere and doesn't get a lot of snow, let me know and I'll figure out how to get them to you...

 

[Tokodave]

Hi All, I recently got my model Y LR after almost a year of waiting, I believe Canadian version of Model Y comes with a front mud flops on the font wheel and perhaps protective film installed from Tesla, anyone who lives in Canada knows we sometime have really bad snowy days and the roads and streets snowy with mix of salt and mud, my question is do you guys recommend mud flaps for back wheels? Does it make any difference or do you recommend anything else for winter in Canada?

Have a look at my comments regarding rear mud flaps and the cupped design that most of them feature. I've now been through three mud laps after they'd built up snow, hit a driveway or snowbank and snapped off. You're certainly welcome to the rear set I have. They'd be fine if you're not driving much on snow covered roads?

 

[Pianewman]

DFW, TX. No snow, OEM FLAT, minimalist, mudflaps. After MPP coilover installation, which lowered the car 1/2", I needed to trim the mudflaps. No...big...deal...tin snips.

 

[Tokodave]

And a quick update...I was hoping the Tesla mud flaps, which I'd replaced the cupped version with would be better...alas...no. I lost one today so I actually have no mud flaps of the left side.... Aurgh.

 

[Xiao mage]

Model y mud flaps in Canada
This is the one I got. I had the OEM Tesla mud guards on the front of my 2021 Model Y, purchased these and I liked them so much on the rears I removed the Tesla guards from the front and installed these instead!

 

[MYNYC]

I have the $30 ones off tesmanian, they fit and look OEM - time will tell how they hold up but content thus far.

They're on a 2023 MYP, fremont build

 

[RIPmyAMG]

And a quick update...I was hoping the Tesla mud flaps, which I'd replaced the cupped version with would be better...alas...no. I lost one today so I actually have no mud flaps of the left side.... Aurgh.

Please buy the Rally Amor ones already lol. With all the broken ones you could have snagged a set already!

 

[CdnColin]

I remove the factory mud flaps and installed Tesmanian flaps $65. Very easy to install, look great and work

 

[Sango2]

I can't wait to put the Rally Armor ones from my car. Where I ordered is on backorder so there is some delay.

 

[RIPmyAMG]

I can't wait to put the Rally Armor ones from my car. Where I ordered is on backorder so there is some delay.

Depending on the delay, consider cancelling if it’s substantial enough. I ordered direct from Rally Armor and they went out the next day with UPS ground and I had them in 4 ish days.

 

[Sango2]

Depending on the delay, consider cancelling if it’s substantial enough. I ordered direct from Rally Armor and they went out the next day with UPS ground and I had them in 4 ish days.

I ordered from CSPRacing. They say it is expected to be able to ship by the end of the month.

I was considering ordering directly from Rally Armor but site but CSPRacing has them on sale with free shipping which saves me about $33.

 

[primedive]

I had mud flaps installed from the factory on my Model Y, but after just a few weeks of winter it looks like one is missing and the other side is broken. I’ll ask the service Center to see what they say but I’m surprised they would install such cheap mud flaps on a Canadian car…

 

[primedive]

Tesla didn’t want to replace under warranty but I’m still happy with the service. $50 in parts and $10 of labour with a mobile service and I have an extra flap in case another one somehow gets knocked off.

 

[Tokodave]

Thanks for the reply....I'd shied away from the Rally Armour because of the price, but at the rate I'm going I'll have spent nearly that much replacing the cupped plastic ones! If

And, here it is at the end of the winter, and I've managed to keep them on, only by carrying along a trowel and clearing off snow after virtually every drive when it's been snowy...and it's been snowy a lot....they both have broken segments so I guess it's off to the Rally Armour website

 

[Tokodave]

And here it is the "end" of winter, though it is once again snowing. I waited for a day when it was reasonable to try and put the Rally Armour flaps on and here's the report. What a struggle. Getting the old cupped mudflaps off was considerably more of an ordeal than I expected. The clips simply broke off and I then had to extract them with needle nose pliers, which was no mean feat. The bolt on the RR underside simply wouldn't unscrew so I had to cut the old mudflap off with clippers. The Rally Armour clips were very difficult to get seated in their respecive slots and once seated didn't seem to be attached to anything as when I tried to tighten the Rally Armour screw it would just rotate the whole unit. I eventually got the rear ones on but they're not as tight as they really should be so I'll work on that tomorrow. Given the difficulty puttng the rears on I'll just leave the Tesla flaps on the front for now. Conclusion...if you're putting them on a new Y you probably won't have this set of problems...if you're replacing an older set be ready for some frustrations.