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mudflaps on or off?

PostPosted: Thu Dec 13, 2012 12:18 pm
by shav
Been tossing up if this is a good move or not. The car looks better without them, but are the mudflaps doing their job in protecting the paint from stone chips etc?

Also if I polished under the area where the mudflaps sat, will the paint come up ok?

Re: mudflaps on or off?

PostPosted: Thu Dec 13, 2012 12:47 pm
by mynameisdaniel
Mine are staying on. They don't stand out and certainly don't take away from the car at all. Plus they seem to work pretty well at stopping dirty water getting all over the sides of the door :)

Re: mudflaps on or off?

PostPosted: Thu Dec 13, 2012 12:48 pm
by paggaz
Colour code them!
I wish I had mudflaps on mine from the start....the skirt behind my front wheel looks somewhat sandblasted by stone chips.

If you did take them off, polishing that area of panel would come up nicely.

Re: mudflaps on or off?

PostPosted: Thu Dec 13, 2012 12:50 pm
by shav
Cheers guys. Stone chips are inevitable regardless but do you think the mudflaps are too small to do an significant protecting?

Re: mudflaps on or off?

PostPosted: Thu Dec 13, 2012 1:03 pm
by Robbks
keep the fronts and colour code.
remove the rears

my car didn't have any, so i just bought and coloured the fronts

Re: mudflaps on or off?

PostPosted: Thu Dec 13, 2012 1:11 pm
by shav
Robbks wrote:keep the fronts and colour code.
remove the rears

my car didn't have any, so i just bought and coloured the fronts


Interesting solution Rob. Any reason why you did this? Aesthetics? etc.

Re: mudflaps on or off?

PostPosted: Thu Dec 13, 2012 1:19 pm
by Robbks
yeah, i like the look from the back with no flaps, but i want to protect the doors and sill a bit better.
most stuff at the back just gets shot out anyway

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Re: mudflaps on or off?

PostPosted: Thu Dec 13, 2012 1:35 pm
by shav
Robbks wrote:yeah, i like the look from the back with no flaps, but i want to protect the doors and sill a bit better.
most stuff at the back just gets shot out anyway

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Interesting idea. But I would be more inclined to be all in, or take them all off completely. I understand why you did yours that way but Im not sure how it would look on my sedan.

Re: mudflaps on or off?

PostPosted: Thu Dec 13, 2012 4:43 pm
by cruisn
Leave on and colorcode. :good:

Re: mudflaps on or off?

PostPosted: Fri Dec 21, 2012 12:26 pm
by Boostaddict
Take em off...... They're shit and make your car look shit!!! And make your car go shit slow.... Did I mention they were shit???

Take em off and I will do you the pleasure of taking them off your hands..!!! :air_kiss:

Win win really!




So why aren't they off yet???

Re: mudflaps on or off?

PostPosted: Fri Dec 21, 2012 12:41 pm
by matt_3.0rb
shav wrote:I understand why you did yours that way but Im not sure how it would look on my sedan.


Sedan problems. :roll:

Buy a wagon :D then do as Rob did

Re: mudflaps on or off?

PostPosted: Sun Dec 23, 2012 8:35 am
by shav
Boostaddict wrote:Take em off...... They're shit and make your car look shit!!! And make your car go shit slow.... Did I mention they were shit???

Take em off and I will do you the pleasure of taking them off your hands..!!! :air_kiss:

Win win really!




So why aren't they off yet???

Not I wanna take em off now. :-P

Re: mudflaps on or off?

PostPosted: Wed Dec 26, 2012 2:29 pm
by mikee
Does anyone have spare mud flaps that they want to pass or sell?

I prefer non colour coded and need for a 2006 wagon. :)

Re: mudflaps on or off?

PostPosted: Mon Dec 31, 2012 9:06 pm
by GT-B Spec R Pilot
Well I would say it depends on how you use your car... if you are a weekend warrier that only drives to the shopping center on weekends and maybe the odd track day, i would say no need. If your ride is a daily driver or you do lots of long distance driving then I would say on for sure. Frankly i wish the subaru mudflaps were more effective.. other vehicles i have owned have been superior in this respect, the difference quite clear in the side skirts and lower door panels and the amount of work needed to keep them in what i consider an acdeptable condition... the downside being some may feel the appearance less appealing than without... horses for courses... :D

Re: mudflaps on or off?

PostPosted: Tue Jan 01, 2013 7:59 am
by Bond
Check the local laws in your state first as I'm 99% certain that in QLD it is a legal requuirement to have mudflaps fitted to your vehicle. No one wants a defect fine for something so trivial! I'd just colour code them. Thinking that's what I might do with mine.