Fender Guard Mud Flaps - Black ThermoFlex - 11-3/4" Wide x 17-3/4" Tall - Qty 2

Video Transcript for 2023 Toyota Tacoma Fender Guard Mud Flaps: Complete Installation

Hi, everyone. Aiden here with etrailer. Today we're gonna be taking a look at and showing you how to install these Buyer's Products Fender Guard mud flaps. And we're gonna be showing them on our 2023 Toyota Tacoma. Now these mud flaps will come two to a pair, so one for the passenger, one for the driver's side, and you can put them on the front or the back. Just know that if you want all four, you'll need two pairs.

And these are a universal mount, so no dedicated holes to use on your Tacoma here, but the fit is still, I think, actually pretty nice. From the outside here everything looks pretty clean. Left a little bit of overhang here and if I wanted to I could have moved it in a little further. But I like the look that this gave and we're getting protection from our tires, kicking up dirt and debris onto our vehicle. And the same goes for the rear of our vehicle here.

From this angle you can see that we're just screwed right in. These are all factory screws and we just had to drill our own holes and run it through using those existing factory holes so you can match this up to whatever is on your truck and make it fit. Now that being said, there are custom fit options for the Tacoma and you can find those here at etrailer if you want 'em. But something like this is going to be a lot more budget friendly and in some cases you might like the look of it better. It's a hard plastic construction, which is pretty much on par with all the other mud flaps we carry, whether you're going with this or one of the more custom fit options so you're not losing out on construction.

And really all that translates to is compared to rubber, it's not going to catch wind as much. It's gonna be pretty rigid but not so rigid that you know, if maybe a bigger rock got kicked up, it wouldn't be able to move out of the way. And I think, you know, where that construction maybe comes in handy is actually on this back passenger side where our exhaust is. So with this being a heat source, we don't want this to be catching a whole lot of wind and potentially touching or coming too close to that heat source whenever we're going down the highway. So I think this construction's gonna be a good fit.

And as far as the installation goes, it's pretty straightforward on your Tacoma. Now because these mud flaps are pretty universal, there's no specific way to install 'em. So you're gonna have to find out what you like better. You can line this up on your Tacoma, having it hang out a little bit more like this. You can push it in so it's a bit more flush. So we're gonna try to line it up where the very top bit of the mud flap here lines up with this top screw on our fender liner. And in total there's gonna be four that we're gonna remove, all 10 millimeter and use those as our attachment points for the mud flap. So what I'm gonna do is just get those removed and my hope is I can just reach up under here with a paint pen and just mark some holes, drill 'em out, and then put the screws back in. (drill buzzing) And here's a closer look at our hardware, that top one, the one right below it, skip one to the next, skip one to the last. (drill buzzing) Now when you take those screws out, there's gonna be a couple of these sort of threaded bases. A lot of times manufacturers will do these clip in ones. These ones are a little unique, so they're made of plastics, you're gonna wanna be very careful with them. But on the diagonals in the corners there's gonna be tabs that can be pressed in and it's a little hard to get your fingers on there, but if you can get it like a flathead screwdriver or a trim panel tool just to press on those and push from the backside that did the trick for us. And now we've got a clear path where I can see through and I can poke a paint pen through and basically mark out some holes to drill through. And what I should be able to do is just drill this out, lay my other one over top of it and use this as a template so I don't have to do that whole process on the other side. So I now have all four of my markings for my drilling spots. I've got two on the top because it's shifted around on us. So just double checking and make sure everything's aligned properly. We just had someone hold it from one side, Sam, my cameraman did. Thank you Sam. And I just held it from the other side or made my marks from the other side. So now we can set it down on the table and just drill through those spots we marked. (drill whirring) Now with those holds drilled out, the first thing I did is take it over and just do a quick test fit. All the holes lined up, so we're good. What that means is we can do is lay this over top of our other one and just drill through the holes we already drilled knowing that they fit now. (drill whirring) So one thing I'll do is take my hardware up to the holes I drilled out and just kind of run it through (drill buzzing) because I drilled my hole slightly smaller than my hardware. And since this is really just hard plastic, it'll kind of thread through just fine. And it'll do us a favor and kind of hold the hardware in place. I'm just doing the very top and bottom ones so that we can kind of mark this out and get it in position and run the other two in once that's up there. (drill buzzing) I'm leaving these all somewhat loose so I can pull it back and line things up a bit easier if I need to. (drill buzzing) And also just make sure everything gets started 'cause last thing we wanna do is run down something completely tight and not be in perfect alignment. (drill buzzing) Once you've got this fully installed, just repeat that process on the other side and if applicable to the fronts as well. It's pretty straightforward install, you know, for something that's a sort of universal fit. I think it actually looks pretty good on our Tacoma here. But that was just our quick look at and installation of the Buyer's Products Fender Guard Mud Flaps on our 2023 Toyota Tacoma. Thanks for watching.