mud flaps

ed ant · 16-03-2009, 02:36 PM

who thinks to keep mud flaps on your car yes or no

Dezza · 16-03-2009, 03:00 PM

no...

Paxton · 16-03-2009, 03:31 PM

Yes.

Always had them, always will.

MotherNatureVer2 · 16-03-2009, 03:34 PM

Another yes here.

Red Robin · 16-03-2009, 03:55 PM

yes here

Jason[98.EL] · 16-03-2009, 05:31 PM

yes from here as well

Grimus

LOW_XR · 16-03-2009, 07:28 PM

no. mud flaps look gay and rub on the paint, so if ever taken off they look worse.

awsome thread by the way.

SLO-04L · 16-03-2009, 08:29 PM

i tried to keep them on but first speed hump after i lowered it ripped one off and left the other hanging, other than that i would have love to keep them on, minimises rubber spray and reduces the stone chips when driving along dirt roads

gthofan · 16-03-2009, 09:22 PM

no .

needaXYGT · 16-03-2009, 11:20 PM

look better withought them but they protect the car if u ask me. LOWXR is right though, they do rub the paint of on the later models.

Dezza · 17-03-2009, 12:57 PM

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Originally Posted by needaXYGT

look better withought them but they protect the car if u ask me. LOWXR is right though, they do rub the paint of on the later models.

Not just on later models. There is a few slight marks on my car where the mudflaps used to be. Also, since removing them, my rear bumper hasn't picked up any stone chips, despite my habit of taking the EA offroad.

Powdered Toast Man · 17-03-2009, 05:33 PM

I voted no but really it depends on the car.

I took them off of my EF partly because they were broken anyway and also becasue it looks better when it was lowered. Left massive paint damage though, especially the front ones. But the paint wasn't great anyway.

If it was just a standard ride height daily driver then I would probably leave them on.

**Sorted** · 17-03-2009, 09:24 PM

No - all depends on the car though, what you use it for, what roads you drive on and if its lowered.........

**aussiblue** · 17-03-2009, 11:09 PM

Yes; I think it's it's selfish to remove them especially if are ever going to drive on unsealed road or roads where you need yo have one wheel of the bitumen to allow other to pas; without mudflaps you will throw up rocks breaking others windscreens and chipping their bonnets, roofs etc.

Clarke AV · 17-03-2009, 11:19 PM

Another yes here

95falcon · 18-03-2009, 12:35 AM

Does anyone who voted yes have a non stock car??

+1 best thread on AFF!

MotherNatureVer2 · 18-03-2009, 09:22 AM

I wouldn't class mine as a stock car!!!

95falcon · 18-03-2009, 02:21 PM

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Originally Posted by MotherNature

I wouldn't class mine as a stock car!!!

JOKES RIGHT!!!
Painted interior, a lip kit and some rims!! OMG ULEH!!

My car had mudflaps when I bought it, within a week of being on superlows they were ground down to about half, so I removed them.

No one who voted yes has a modified car!

BROCKYB8 · 18-03-2009, 11:09 AM

I dont mean to be rude mother nature compared to alot of eseries that out there i would class yours as a stock car.

Your cars not lowered from your pics and also not modified except for the following

− Custom painted dash surrounds
− Carbon fibre Gear knob
− Lambswool Seat covers

Sorry but i have to sort of agree with 95 on this one.

for me its a no because as soon as you lower car then they scrape and break anyway

vegabass · 18-03-2009, 11:43 AM

I voted yes for my good xr because I dont have 1 stone chip on it. The other one is full on chips and no flaps.

BROCKYB8 · 18-03-2009, 11:46 AM

I have no stone chips on my ea at all.
and never had flaps for about 4 years

steve.zissou · 18-03-2009, 12:08 PM

I had them on my fg ute as I was going to do alot of country driving (already over 30k) with a few dirt road here and there.
Worst thing i could have done!!!!!!
The front ones would bottom out over anything - speed bumps or even a dip in the road at 80kmh would have them scraping. took them off and have some nice sand paper effect where they used to be:(
the rears - f$ck me - the must have been loose on the last drive i did and have rubed the paint and into the plastic bumper where the flap wqas flapping - 1 million time worse than any stone chips - now i cant even take the rears off becuse of the big rub marks on each side -
should have got some cheap rubber flaps from super cheap!!!!

Smoke Pursuit · 18-03-2009, 12:20 PM

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Originally Posted by jrckelley

I had them on my fg ute as I was going to do alot of country driving (already over 30k) with a few dirt road here and there.
Worst thing i could have done!!!!!!
The front ones would bottom out over anything - speed bumps or even a dip in the road at 80kmh would have them scraping. took them off and have some nice sand paper effect where they used to be:(
the rears - f$ck me - the must have been loose on the last drive i did and have rubed the paint and into the plastic bumper where the flap wqas flapping - 1 million time worse than any stone chips - now i cant even take the rears off becuse of the big rub marks on each side -
should have got some cheap rubber flaps from super cheap!!!!

Yep the fronts only stayed on my FG ute for 100 kms, then i ripped them off!

The rears are rubbing to, i should take them off aswell :(

MotherNatureVer2 · 18-03-2009, 02:27 PM

95falcon & BROCKYB8, careful what you assume. Love the way you only refer to what you think you see in a picture. I never stated mine was the most modified nor the most lowered, only the fact that it is not stock.

My car is lowered from the original Sprint ride height and does have issues with scraping the mud flaps. I do prefer to keep them as a protection to the paint work.

Dezza · 18-03-2009, 02:48 PM

They damage the paint more than they protect it. As others have said, they damage the paint where they sit. Since removing mine, I haven't got any stonechips down the sides.

Allen · 19-03-2009, 05:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Dezza!

Since removing mine, I haven't got any stonechips down the sides.

But you have the fat sprint skirts Dez, you would be suprised how much they, and the EF/EL tickford kit will stop stones from being thrown on the side of the car... The leading edge of the bodykit does cop it though.

I've taken the flaps off all of my cars... When I had the NF on ultralows, the rear flaps would have hit the ground constantly.
I never had any damage to the sides of my cars without them there.

Dezza · 19-03-2009, 06:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Allen

But you have the fat sprint skirts Dez, you would be suprised how much they, and the EF/EL tickford kit will stop stones from being thrown on the side of the car... The leading edge of the bodykit does cop it though.

I've taken the flaps off all of my cars... When I had the NF on ultralows, the rear flaps would have hit the ground constantly.
I never had any damage to the sides of my cars without them there.

Well, that wasn't always the case!

And btw. I've driven on heaps of gravel roads too.

V8 Ghia Mike · 10-04-2009, 03:27 PM

Like I always say, stone chips look better than mudflaps!

I'm surprised at the percentages; I thought no mudflaps would be the vast majority...

Mike

MotherNatureVer2 · 18-03-2009, 03:52 PM

Wish I was so lucky Dezza. Having 2k's of dirt in and out of my home means that I get stone chips no matter what, I have found this to be lessened with the flaps on. I have no doubt that if I was ever to take them off I would have to get the area where they were removed painted again as you have stated.

This will always be a matter of personal preference as with most things to do with cars. It is not really my preference for looks but more a practicality for me.

RG · 20-03-2009, 01:46 PM

And just for the record, for me mud flaps = NO.

As if mine will see off road at more than walking pace

View Poll Results: mud flaps yes or no
yes	18	42.86%
no	24	57.14%
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