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Ok so here are the materials you will need...you can substitute some of these materials for others but these are what I used.
4 packs of Dralla cutting boards at IKEA - $8.00....I got 4 b/c each pack came with 2 cutting boards but were a different shade of color...so get 4 packs to have a full set of the same color.
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A thin marker of some sort- free
Measuring tape or ruler- free
Heavy duty scissors or razor blade- free
Stock hardware and mud flaps- free
Piece of a cardboard- free (I had some extra boxes laying around)
Krylon special purpose fluorescent 11oz spray paint (paint code on back is 3105 glowing cerise) this stuff works on everything
...I found this at wal-mart for like 5 or 6 bucks.
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2000 grit sand paper (I didn’t do this but wish I did and you’ll see why so get it) - $3.00
Clear coat spray( I didn’t do this as well but wish I did so get some kind of clear coat spray) $5.00-$7.00
Here are the exact dimensions for the Classic JDM STI Mud flaps:
Front:
Height on left: 13 1/2"
Height on right: 7 1/2"
Width on top: 1 1/2"
Width on bottom: 10 1/2"
Rear:
Height on left: 16"-----------------I changed to 14 1/2" b/c that’s how long the cutting boards are
Height on right: 10 1/2"------------I changed to 9" to keep it in proportion
Width on top: 1 1/2"
Width on bottom: 11"
STI logo is 7” long X 2.5” high
Ok so now onto the fun part
So let’s take out those cutting boards and put the ones of the same color in a pile that way we know we aren't going to have mismatched flaps....
Ok so first things first… pick one of the cutting boards and place it long ways….Then choose a corner on top to start measuring out the dimensions…like this
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now that we have the lines drawn where they need to be we can connect them….but first lets place the stock mud flap on top of the cutting board like this and use it to mark the holes and get the curvature down. Pretty simple.
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Do this before cutting them out:
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Ok so now you pretty much have some plain mud flaps…smooth out the edges with some sandpaper of some sort and then take something to make the holes in the cutting boards…
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Alright so you officially have some mud flaps…might need some adjusting when you mount them...making sure they arn’t crooked or something like that…really easy to fix that...just make the holes bigger so you can move them around then bolt it down to make sure its straight and where you want it…
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Now to make them all perty and one of a kind….you can do any other logo you want but I wanted the JDM STI flaps so I went with the STI logo…
Now first what I did was I rounded those sharp looking edges… I pretty much eyeballed it but you could use a coke can or something round if you want.
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Pics below:
now the harder part of the project here….the stencil……first off I found an STI logo online and opened it in paint so I could close the bottom of the “T” and “I” just like on the JDM flaps. Then I saved and opened the edited logo in word and stretched it to the exact size as it is on the JDM flaps…7” long by 2.5” high….once it was where it needed to be I printed it out and cut it down a bit…then found an old box laying around and used a piece of it to make the stencil…first I taped the paper onto the piece of cardboard and then got a razor blade and carefully started to cut along the edges of the shaded area… once the shaded area was able to come off I took the rest of the paper off which left me with a cardboard piece with an imprint of what I was cutting…so I went back and followed the imprint making sure I was going through the whole piece…then finally I cut the cardboard piece a little smaller so it was easier to manage like so:
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ok so now that we have the stencil we need to make sure that we center the logo on the mud flaps….I measured how far the end of the “S” and the “I” were from the edges and then made sure they were the equal amount of length from the edges and taped some cut up pieces of cardboard down so I could come back and just place the stencil in-between the two pieces and know it was center…
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we are almost ready to paint now…we need to cover the flaps so no over spray gets on them or anything like that….so I used some painters tape (really any tape would work) to cover everything except for the opening where the stencil will go…
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now this is what I should of done…I should of used some 2000 grit sand paper and scuffed up the opening left for the stencil a little bit so it had a better surface to stick to…I say 2000 grit b/c you most likely won’t even be able to see a difference so it won’t look like crap when you paint over it… but after you sand it up make sure you clean it from any dirt, grease, and grim just for a better stick as well….now let’s put the stencil in place and lets start to paint… I did about 5 coats b/c I wanted them to be a bit stronger….
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now just let them dry for a while…I didn’t clear coat mine but I think I should of b/c then it would of held the paint in place a little better and would of lessen the chance to the paint coming off so easily…so I would say add some clear coat to the whole mud flap since it will probably make that spot a little more shiny then the others so just cover the whole thing in some clear… then let them dry, put them on, and they should be done and then take a step back and marvel at the 80 bucks you just saved
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Ok so here are the materials you will need...you can substitute some of these materials for others but these are what I used.
4 packs of Dralla cutting boards at IKEA - $8.00....I got 4 b/c each pack came with 2 cutting boards but were a different shade of color...so get 4 packs to have a full set of the same color.
A thin marker of some sort- free
Measuring tape or ruler- free
Heavy duty scissors or razor blade- free
Stock hardware and mud flaps- free
Piece of a cardboard- free (I had some extra boxes laying around)
Krylon special purpose fluorescent 11oz spray paint (paint code on back is 3105 glowing cerise) this stuff works on everything
...I found this at wal-mart for like 5 or 6 bucks.
2000 grit sand paper (I didn’t do this but wish I did and you’ll see why so get it) - $3.00
Clear coat spray( I didn’t do this as well but wish I did so get some kind of clear coat spray) $5.00-$7.00
Here are the exact dimensions for the Classic JDM STI Mud flaps:
Front:
Height on left: 13 1/2"
Height on right: 7 1/2"
Width on top: 1 1/2"
Width on bottom: 10 1/2"
Rear:
Height on left: 16"-----------------I changed to 14 1/2" b/c that’s how long the cutting boards are
Height on right: 10 1/2"------------I changed to 9" to keep it in proportion
Width on top: 1 1/2"
Width on bottom: 11"
STI logo is 7” long X 2.5” high
Ok so now onto the fun part
So let’s take out those cutting boards and put the ones of the same color in a pile that way we know we aren't going to have mismatched flaps....
Ok so first things first… pick one of the cutting boards and place it long ways….Then choose a corner on top to start measuring out the dimensions…like this
now that we have the lines drawn where they need to be we can connect them….but first lets place the stock mud flap on top of the cutting board like this and use it to mark the holes and get the curvature down. Pretty simple.
Do this before cutting them out:
Ok so now you pretty much have some plain mud flaps…smooth out the edges with some sandpaper of some sort and then take something to make the holes in the cutting boards…
Alright so you officially have some mud flaps…might need some adjusting when you mount them...making sure they arn’t crooked or something like that…really easy to fix that...just make the holes bigger so you can move them around then bolt it down to make sure its straight and where you want it…
Now to make them all perty and one of a kind….you can do any other logo you want but I wanted the JDM STI flaps so I went with the STI logo…
Now first what I did was I rounded those sharp looking edges… I pretty much eyeballed it but you could use a coke can or something round if you want.
Pics below:
now the harder part of the project here….the stencil……first off I found an STI logo online and opened it in paint so I could close the bottom of the “T” and “I” just like on the JDM flaps. Then I saved and opened the edited logo in word and stretched it to the exact size as it is on the JDM flaps…7” long by 2.5” high….once it was where it needed to be I printed it out and cut it down a bit…then found an old box laying around and used a piece of it to make the stencil…first I taped the paper onto the piece of cardboard and then got a razor blade and carefully started to cut along the edges of the shaded area… once the shaded area was able to come off I took the rest of the paper off which left me with a cardboard piece with an imprint of what I was cutting…so I went back and followed the imprint making sure I was going through the whole piece…then finally I cut the cardboard piece a little smaller so it was easier to manage like so:
ok so now that we have the stencil we need to make sure that we center the logo on the mud flaps….I measured how far the end of the “S” and the “I” were from the edges and then made sure they were the equal amount of length from the edges and taped some cut up pieces of cardboard down so I could come back and just place the stencil in-between the two pieces and know it was center
… 
we are almost ready to paint now
…we need to cover the flaps so no over spray gets on them or anything like that….so I used some painters tape (really any tape would work) to cover everything except for the opening where the stencil will go…
now this is what I should of done…I should of used some 2000 grit sand paper and scuffed up the opening left for the stencil a little bit so it had a better surface to stick to…I say 2000 grit b/c you most likely won’t even be able to see a difference so it won’t look like crap when you paint over it… but after you sand it up make sure you clean it from any dirt, grease, and grim just for a better stick as well….now let’s put the stencil in place and lets start to paint
… I did about 5 coats b/c I wanted them to be a bit stronger….
now just let them dry for a while…I didn’t clear coat mine but I think I should of b/c then it would of held the paint in place a little better and would of lessen the chance to the paint coming off so easily…so I would say add some clear coat to the whole mud flap since it will probably make that spot a little more shiny then the others so just cover the whole thing in some clear… then let them dry, put them on, and they should be done and then take a step back and marvel at the 80 bucks you just saved
