Mudflaps...

[Vision Zetec]

just thought i would start another poll!...

[Damo]

where is the Poll Daniel son?

[Vision Zetec]

there you go!

your so impatiant!!!

hey off topic are those wheels your burning up in your avatar mine? :P

[crannersEL]

I recken leave em on, they protect your underbody from getting damaged with stone chips ect. Also they stop the spray of water shooting up to the driver behind you.

They may not look good, but they do serve a purpose.

Cheers Paul

[Kaddis]

yeh i know they are there for a good purpose but they look UGLY!

[crannersEL]

Also i guess it depends whether your cars lowered or not. Mines sitting like a 4X4 so mine are ok!

Paul

[AdzT3-146]

definatly off, less grandpa spec the better.

[efgoofy]

leave em on, they may not look good, but the make your car look lower even if it aint.

[Supa R00]

Mine are left on, even though they are shortened about 1.5 inches to avoid scraping with the supa lows, i leave mine on strictly because my girlfriend lives down a dirt road and even if they supposedly look "ghey", which i dont think they do. i dont care cause its sure as hell saving my paintwork...!!!

Tell me what looks the more ghey...
A car with 17's, superlows and muflaps or a car with ty stock wheels, 4wd ride height BUT no mudflaps??? Is there car suddenly less grandpa speck??? pfft

[Racecraft]

mine are on, saves peeling rubber off the rear bar

[gozza]

Originally Posted by Racecraft

mine are on, saves peeling rubber off the rear bar

probly the best reason to have them there lol
actually no...it stops me from doing them

[Damo]

Originally Posted by EBII Falcon

there you go!

your so impatiant!!!

hey off topic are those wheels your burning up in your avatar mine? :P

LOL! Yeah they were yours. :P 2 of them are pretty shot now though, my ex-boss let me use his customers carpark. ;)

Mudflaps suck! I took mine off strait away, I even took them off mums cars. :

[efbeggza]

Unless your constantly going on the dirt or scraping guards, take 'em off mate.

[CruizinEB]

Leave them on if your car isn't lowed so they protect the paint job.

[InitialD]

Mudflaps are crap. They cause rust on the front guards were they are screwed to.

[DOMN8N]

if there not the original ones take them off

[sik mk1 cortina]

first thing i took off my falcon i had, if ur worried about flicking up dirt then go slow down dirt roads etc, i live in the country, down dirt roads and things i took it easy, wasnt doin skids n stuff on the dirt.

[RUKIDN]

Originally Posted by InitialD

Mudflaps are crap. They cause rust on the front guards were they are screwed to.

true that! screw the dam things they left rust marks on mine!! : and like sik mk1 cortina said if your worried about your paint just take it easy or avoid loose surface / dirt roads like i do..

super6

[Clarke AV]

leave em on

[-jjM-]

:MrT_anim:
kill the fool...i mean mudflaps
got rid of mine ages ago

Originally Posted by Initial D

They cause rust on the front guards were they are screwed to

dam right, look at my car :P

[335JET]

mine are coming off as soon as i put a kit on

[Papa Smurf]

I dont know how anyone can say they cause rust? Never seen Plastic cause RUST?

I have them on and I even PUT them on after I bought the EB

[Jason[98.EL]]

no flaps on mine
but as my signature says paint not to good so i dont care at moment
that may change when i finally get it painted
if its lowered then take them off

[Fishman]

I say leave em on, doesn't mean to say that i will purchase a set..

strangely enough on my white Ef they didn't look too bad, it was lowered 1.5 and had 225 tyres on the back. being white the less crap flicked up on the rear the better. I didn't have any on the front.

my red ef doesn't have any mud flaps, but with no rain, can't flick mud onto the rear and the car looks hot.

[Dezza]

mudflaps are great! They make my 4wd spec EA look much lower than what it actually is, while protecting my duco at the same time. Looks much better than mud and stonechips all over the sides of the rear bumper.

[Damo]

how do mudflaps make a car look low ?

I've had mine off for ages and frequently go on dirt roads driving hard, my paint is all good.

[Biggoggs]

Originally Posted by SUPER6

true that! screw the dam things they left rust marks on mine!! : and like sik mk1 cortina said if your worried about your paint just take it easy or avoid loose surface / dirt roads like i do..

I actually tried going slower on dirt roads, and I don't think it made much difference.

Don't have them, purely because it didn't have them to start with. I'm planning to get some in the not-so-distant-future, might even stop the mud flinging up the rear panels.

[spope]

Originally Posted by Papa Smurf

Never seen Plastic cause RUST

Plastic doesn't cause rust. Dirt and water cause rust. Dirt and water accumulate where the mudflap is screwed to the body. The design of the splash sheilds on e-series isn't great, there is not a lot of space for water/dirt to escape - if the drain holes in the guards get clogged up (like mine and i'm sure a lot of others have) then water pools in there and causes rust.

Originally Posted by CruizinEB

Leave them on if your car isn't lowed

Well my car is "lowed" but even if it wasn't i still wouldn't have them. The only consequence i have had from taking them off, apart from the stains, is a little extra dirt on the rear bar cover, which hoses straight off.
Mudflaps interrupt the lines of most cars - they invariably look tacky.

[Dezza]

Originally Posted by Damo

how do mudflaps make a car look low ?

I've had mine off for ages and frequently go on dirt roads driving hard, my paint is all good.

Because from behind, you don't see as much of the tyres. When you get a view of about 30cm of tyre, it's not a great look.

I know because my Dad's Rodeo cab-chassis only has one rear mudguard (it lost the second one recently) and the side without appears to look higher

[sven]

i still got mine on purely because i'm still at stock height. if you are lowered then take em off i reckon