Peter_n_Margaret wrote:

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Cover the window with a sheet of Corflute (plastic cardboard) using suction caps or tape to hold it into place.
Cheers,
Peter

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Stick with Velcro Patches/Dots - Good time to stock up on a few corflute panels if in NSW - that's what all the Election posters are. For the rest of the Country you will have to wait another couple of months for the Federal Election. 

By the end of the weekend, I will have finsihed my DIY version.
I made it a while ago but the rubber I used was too thin and it shredded itself under normal use.
I picked up some new rubber just yesterday and will be swapping it in this weekend.
Once I've got that done, I'll stick up the video showing how I did it.
Really very simple though. a bar, u bolt, rubber and some screws. Done in under an hour

this ones not mine but you get the idea.

 

-- Edited by denmonkey on Friday 22nd of March 2019 01:48:50 PM

I bought two antispray Mudflaps from a truck accessories place Cut them basically in half and fixed them between two lengths of 20mm mild steel I had galvanised. Gave me four widths that were then mounted just behind the original mudflaps. Covered the whole width of the vehicle.

Does the job well and an added bonus cuts the spray as well. I think it cost me less than $100 in total excluding the stainless bolts I had on hand.

The Mudflaps are fairly easy to cut. Not Rubber anymore some sort of Plastic, A good Stanley Knife works well.

Full width flaps that come close to the ground are counter productive and should be banned in my view.
The volume of stones and dirt that they shower over other road users is unbelievable, and I would expect that they add to fuel consumption too.
I caught a pic of this one in Europe. It was a bitumen road. Imagine what happens on a gravel road.

Cheers,

Peter

That was precisely why I used anti spray mudflaps instead on conveyor belt rubber which some one else said is very durable. Never had any problems throwing stones and or gravel at other road users and if you get debris from the person in front on a dirt road You are too close behind anyway.

Here is the bought version:

Re (mudflaps. Covered the whole width of the vehicle.)
Towing in hot weather with full width Flaps could cause the diff to overheat, limited air going past, suggest mud flaps position as per DM above.

Peter

We use a yoga mat cut to size and shape. Does a brilliant job of protecting the rear window and at about $6 from Kmart a decidedly affordable option.

I made my own Rock Tamers - similar to what denmonkey showed above.
The flaps are 2xHD mud flaps (per side) from Supercheap ($14 a set, I recall).

As noted above, do not make them full width! They also prevent stone chips on the car too.

Hi there tommo. Are you towing a van? A stonestomper would work.

Joe

Tommo, its not just the rear window to worry about its the stone chips on the paintwork too. I had this bad experience with large mud flaps fitted to the tug and a stone guard on the camper. Stones still rebounded back to the rear of the tug. Had to get the rear end resprayed. Window was OK because I had it covered. To note I also had a rear spare wheel carrier which didnt protect much.

Then I heard about StoneStomper expensive but it solved the issue of flying stones not just on my tug and caravan but seems to prevent stones fly up at other passing vehices as well unlike big mud flaps. It also keeps the dust down. So IMO one area where speding you hard earned is money well spent. we dont go anywhere without it fitted especially with the caravan now.

-- Edited by Moonraker on Tuesday 26th of March 2019 12:02:25 PM

+1 to the Stone Stomper.

If you are going to tow on any of the major outback rock highways then a Stone Stomper is the only thing that will 100% protect both your van and your Tug.

Yes, they are expensive, because they 100% work!
Yes, they wear out, because they 100% work!

We took our van on the Birdsville Track, Gibb River Rd, Kulumburu Rd, Original Old Savannah Way, and Cape York and never got one stone chip on either the front of the van or the back of the tug.
The Stone Stomper was returned for free repairs after the Birdsville Track because the Gibber rocks eat everything, even conveyer belting gets totally eaten on the Birdsville Track, but it was again shredded beyond repair by the time we got home.

I could have taken the view that it wasn't strong enough but on seeing how short a lifespan any type of rubber flap has, instead I decided that sacrificing your protection because it did its job so well, is better than sacrificing your van or tug, and even when it was shredded it still held together and did its job.

To their credit, when we got home I sent Christian at Stone Stomper some pictures of its destroyed state and they made us another one free of charge.

So, thumbs up to Stone Stomper!