So there was a shipping mishap and that has made you "beyond pissed"?
I sort of did -- the outer corner of the flap had to be bent forward to the inside of the wheel well to get the flap "up" far enough for the flap holes to align with the mount holes. That's fair enough.
I haven’t seen up close what the Mojave has as I have the Rubicon which has the cut outs that allow them to be installed with the existing Rubi rails. Mine actually installed with the Ace engineering rock bolt on rock sliders as well. Would these fit more flush if they also had a cut out for the Mojave gladiator?I sort of did -- the outer corner of the flap had to be bent forward to the inside of the wheel well to get the flap "up" far enough for the flap holes to align with the mount holes. That's fair enough.
However, still seeing an issue where the thumb screws are not flush with the vehicle wheel well. This was sort of awkward to photograph, I definitely felt the misalignment when screwing them in. Not really concerned about aesthetics, more concerned that over time the screws won't be secure. Will try again to re-align shortly, just have not had the desire to mess with these again after finally getting them on last week.
Can’t speak to the Mojave, ours is an Overland.
There is no cut out for mojave. And it is not needed. See my pics in this thread.
How do you like these rock rails? I'm thinking about getting a set and would have trim my RokBloks, too.My set arrived via fedex this evening.
I'll probably install them tmrw morning, I need to cut out some extra on the front flaps to match the profile for the new "performance" mopar rock rails which I installed this evening to replace the rubicon ones.
rock rail difference
So I think I got that extra piece on my rear mounting bracket as well. I just assumed I was sent the wrong one but everything else matched up so I just installed it by watching their YouTube vid. I didn’t realize this was a redesign.So I got them installed today, took me way too long.
Now first up, I fully expected to trimming the front flaps to make it fit due to my rails so that's on me I took my time doing this, but man that is thick rubber, I had to remove a lot of material to get the profile of the "performance" rock rails.
Even after all that I for whatever reason had a real hard time trying to screw in the thumb screws, it took me multiple attempts at adjusting it to get them in. Can't saw I'm a fan of this system IMO.
So I worked on the fronts first expecting these to be the most difficult thing to work on. Then I moved to the rears.
Ok so it looks pretty simple, fit the bracket and go. Well it appears that the bracket has had a redesign since these guys made their install instructions and their youtube video, there is now an extra brace on the bracket - so this brace prevents you from sliding it under the metal "electrical" cover as they have described it on their install instructions. Ok no biggie, so I then realize that I also can't get the OEM bolt into the bracket hole, I take it off again and take a closer look, so starters due to the new brace and how it's aligned it leaves a very small opening due to it overlapping the main bracket - so I took the brace off and then tried a test fit - bolt would still not go in. So then I got out a file and took some material off, only then then I get the OEM bolt through the hole, I also filed the brace hole, at this point I had figured out that my first action would be to put on the bracket to the frame first with the brace, and then after that finally tighten down the other location where the brace is secured. After all that I had the bracket on securely. Prior to this I had sent an email to the rokblokz guys asking them for assistance and gave my phone number for them to call me. I had no immediate response and when I was looking back at this thread I saw MrZappo photo which showed the same bracket design, so at least I knew I had the right style - no thanks to rokblokz on that.
Only for the youtube video I would have had a hard time figuring out how to assemble the rear mudflap, there are 5 shorter screws and then longer ones (only marginally longer). I'm a guy that likes to put together and have worked on many vehicles, but I did feel that Rokblokz should preassembly these rear mudflaps, it doesn't really take up much more shipping space. For a $200 set for mudflaps I can't say that I'm fully convinced that these are worth it, anyway they are on now and they will be staying, I'm not sure about the thumb screws being a good idea on the front considering how they might get slammed with debris. And they badly need to update their instructions, just feels like a lazy effort to me.
Oh and here we go, at 11:40am I had sent the email to the company asking them to give me a call, I just see in my email now that they responded at 5:27pm - never called me.
Anyway their quote "So we have updated our brackets to this kit. The OEM plate mounts between the main bracket and the support bracket. You'll want to loosen the bolt prior to placing it on, and tighten that bolt last. Attached you'll find a photo demonstration of how its supposed to mount." image they attached to the email is corrupt.
Good job I figured it out myself.
This is when I first realized the issue
Hole alignment due to brace as it was shipped
OEM bolt would not pass through
Had to file the paint/powercoat away to make the bolt fit
Finally it could slide in, note I had the other brace bolt loose to install
Brace installed
Other side went much quicker as I had it figured out at this stage
Anyway, excuse my rant. It's honestly never taken me this long before to mount mudflaps on a vehicle.
Hopefully my advice will help the next guy that tries to install the rear bracket.
I'm going to drink good tonight after all this.
