Are you serious? Mud Flaps?

Howdy. Another fine day in Richmond. I was sortof dreading my morning commute this morning, mostly because of my rearend bottoming out on the harsh Richmond roads. The morning commute turned out to not be so bad. The back end bottomed out a few times, but it wasn't unbearable or anything. The evening commute was slightly harsher. I guess VDOT doesn't take as good of care of the northbound lanes.

I also started trying to figure out how to remedy the bumpy ride in the rear today. I found a set of Energy Suspension bump stops for lowered vehicles that may work. I also conversed online today with a guy from Missouri that has a Tacoma that has experienced the same problem, and he suggested that I install the smallest possible rubber stops on as possible, and he even suggested that I just bolt a couple strips of high-grade rubber to the frame and ride it like that. He explained that this would keep the height down, allowing my axle to travel the maximum amount, while still protecting my frame and rearend from banging each other to death. It sounded pretty ghetto at first, but then I began to think that maybe he had a good idea.

So, tonight, I went and purchased a set of think rubber mud flaps from Wal-Mart. Nope, I'm not going to attach them to my fenders, but I'll cut them the same size as my factory stops and bolt them on (in pairs of two, since they're only about a 1/4" think each). We'll see how that rides. Hopefully it'll prvent some of the bumpiness.