one of the first things i did was take off the plastic wheel wells so there is no rubbing anywhere, not even on the frame; and yea, i took off the back flare/mudflap thing, it just seemed so pointless
the only rub with the new mudder were on the skirt that runs on the bottom of the plastic, i took those off, cut off the mounting brackets, grinding down the imperfections and shot it with a black bdliner