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Old 09-07-2014, 06:42 PM
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mud flaps?

Had anyone found a good set of front and rear mud flaps? I have been searching and can't find a good looking set.
 
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Old 09-07-2014, 06:50 PM
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Rallyarmor or gorilla motoring.
 
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Old 09-08-2014, 01:15 AM
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Originally Posted by squeaks
Had anyone found a good set of front and rear mud flaps? I have been searching and can't find a good looking set.
Why not stock? I only have rear because i'm a sport.
 
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Old 09-08-2014, 04:51 AM
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I have a sport, but I don't have any on the rear
 
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Old 09-08-2014, 08:04 AM
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Same here.

I have a 2010 Sport with oem rears. None available for the front because of the side skirt attachment
 
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Old 09-09-2014, 12:16 PM
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I did a Rally Armor install a week ago. The look is a little more, uh, purposeful than the factory ones. Buy the cheap $20-per-set ones, a unibit drill bit and a bag of the button style trim clips honda uses,
like these. like these.
Some people use plastic rivets to attach them, but the little button things are plenty strong and I can remove them when necessary.

Remove wheels, line them up how you like, drill holes the right size with the unibit in the plastic fender liner where it's immediately under the mud flap (as opposed to half an inch away because it's in a contoured spot), and then install with the clips. Only takes an hour or so. Just make sure to measure with a ruler to make sure they're even on both sides. The rears could be made narrower (unless you've found a way to run 305/35/16 tires back there!) but I left them untrimmed with the exception of a bit cut out to clear the exhaust pipe.

I love 'em. The lower part of the wheel (with 15x7's) sticks out a bit past the fender on my car, so the car slings mud all over. The flaps keeps the sides of the car a whole lot cleaner and it's satisfying to hear rocks hitting the flaps rather than sandblasting the underside of the car. They scrape backing out of parking lots, but it's not really an issue. You can see how stuff they capture here:

 

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Old 09-09-2014, 12:49 PM
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i dont run mud flaps on either of my fits. looks cleaner.


but i suppose if one is physically driving on gravel/dirt roads, would be nice to get the rubber flaps paanta got for functionality.
 
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Old 09-09-2014, 01:20 PM
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I like them for the snow- since snow stays on the splash guard and does not go into the wheel well. I would like something in the front since my old Subaru had them on all four wheels. Personally I do not care at all about the stupid sideskirts on the GE sport-- I only got the sport on the 2010 for the cruise control and fog lights. All I have done is scrape them on curbs and gravel roads.
 
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