anybody have them installed yet? If so, pic's please..

anybody have them installed yet? If so, pic's please..

I too am thinking about them which is sacrilege I know. I will tuck them up a bunch and only allow an inch or two sticking out the bottom.

Nooo dont do it
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easy for you to say, you have a black car.. in florida it rains every day during the summer and my white car will be filthy.

meehhh. rather filthy than ugly. naa its your choice mite not look too bad.

thats why I'm waiting for someone else to do it.. LOL

My girl's got 'em.

OK.. pic's?????

Pics of his girl or the mudflaps?

girl ;)

Both..

Interested as well. Thinking about putting them on at least for winter.

I know this thread died over a month ago, but I'm becoming interested in this as well. I've noticed that lately I'm getting a bunch of black crap on the sides of my car right behind the wheels. I'm guessing it's just from the brand new tires wearing down. If there's anything I can do to keep this stuff off the car and keep it looking a little cleaner I'd be interested. I'm wondering if these mudflaps are the way to go.

NVM...found a couple pictures here (http://www.g8board.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2461&page=2&highlight=mud+flaps)...still not sure if they help with this issue.

I bought a set,but didn't like the fronts. Was gonna take them back but after seeing all the crap on the tail I think i will only do the rears. Might try trimming the fronts down a bit and see if they look better.

I have them and i must say they look sweet. Molded to fender and look factory installed. I have been given a few compliments so far. I don't see why you all wouldn't want them...debris over time will chip your paint due to the tires slinging all that dirt and crap on your fenders...

Anyway, if it stops raining today, i'll post a few pics...

Thankyou! finally some pics!!!!

FYI post #37 :wink2:

http://www.g8board.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2461&highlight=mud+flaps

wahoo cheers mate

Closeups don't help. I want to see the overall car with them to see how good or bad they look. I'm pretty sure I'm getting a set to put on at least for the winter.

http://s109.photobucket.com/albums/n69/jagman_05/?action=view&current=DSC00200.jpg

http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n69/jagman_05/DSC00200.jpg

http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n69/jagman_05/DSC00202.jpg

http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n69/jagman_05/DSC00203.jpg

How flexible are the flaps? They look awfully low to the ground, which means, potential to get ripped off. I'm having a hard enough time keeping my nose off the ground. Winter was NOT kind to the NorthEast.

Well I just measured it, and from the bottom of the flap to the ground you have 4 inches on the front, and 6 in the rear.

Very flexible and durable. As for winter, I had mud flaps on my jag, which was way closer to the ground, about 2 inches of clearance, never had a problem with snow and ice. Ice and snow would build up, but never warped it or damaged them. Had them on for two winters. only problem i had was speed bumps...damn speed bumps. G8, stock suspension, no worries of them hitting the ground or any speed bumps.

I think it looks great, and like i said, people noticed it at work and said it looked great as well. Only one way to find out if it'll make it through winter....stay tune to next spring!
lol

not bad but i dont think they belong on a g8

only problem i had was speed bumps...damn speed bumps. G8, stock suspension, no worries of them hitting the ground or any speed bumps.
lol

Thats more my concern... potholes make it hard enough, I don't want to go ripping flaps off the car.

lol, trust me, i live in jersey, pleanty of potholes and i hit them all, well not really, but it feels like i did. Oh well, your car....your call.

I have a 2009 GT, will these flaps that are shown here I assume are the ones listed on the GM parts website. They say they are for the 2008 GT. Are they the same?

Why would they be any different? They didn't redesign the car or anything.

http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n69/jagman_05/DSC00203.jpg

To each his own but, I don't think I could handle that look!!!:embarrassed:

Mud flaps are an acquired taste and comes from living in an area where they sand, gravel and salt the roads in the winter.

That's why they're going on ours for the winter. They put a TON of sand/salt and crap on the roads here in Michigan. I'd like to keep it looking decent for a few years at least! My biggest worry is the nose and how many rock chips it might wind up with!

From a proud owner of mudflaps...they look great...I get lots of compliments about them; and, living in the northeast they'll keep the road crap, snow, salt, sand, and anything else off of the sides of the car.

People on this forum complain about paint problems. I don't want to be one of them.

easy for you to say, you have a black car.. in florida it rains every day during the summer and my white car will be filthy.
It's gonna get filthy with or with out 'em.

What screws did you guys use to put the splash guards on? length?

It doesn't need any screws. The fronts use the two screws that are already in the fenderwell. You just remove them and then put the mud flap on then use those screws to hold it in place. On the bottom you drill a hole and use a plastic pop rivet that's included to hold it in place. The rears already have the rivets in place which you remove then drill out the hole at the bottom and then mount them in place. Everything you need to mount them and instructions are included in the kit.

Did you do anythig to protect the new holes from corrosion? a coat of paint or sealant of any sort? Will the drilling into the body void the corrosion warranty?

Plastic doesn't rust. That's what you drill into. The ground effects in the front and the wheel well liner in the rear.

I got them installed. I like the fronts, but the backs do look like the mug flaps that they are. However, overall I like the look. I wish they had more stylish splash guards though.

http://memimage.cardomain.com/member_images/1/web/3049000-3049999/3049754_63.jpg
Love my quarter just as they are, I live in Missouri and it rains, snows, you name it.

Ok, so i bit the bullet and put some mudflaps on. I'm not sure if i love em but I'm hoping they keep the car a bit cleaner. These are not the moulded ones as i did not love the way the front ones looked.

http://i653.photobucket.com/albums/uu260/samtoby09/P1060307.jpg
http://i653.photobucket.com/albums/uu260/samtoby09/P1060314.jpg
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I think they look pretty decent on there. I also think it only looks that good because your car is black!

How do they look any different than the molded ones? They're still a flat edge that doesn't fit to the curve of the body and ground effects. Only difference is it doesn't have the lip and that wouldn't show up on a black car anyways. Mine came off when I put the summer wheels back on.

Sorry to dig up and old thread but has anyone considered painting them to match the car?

I ended up buying a set for my red car. I bought the GM ones and I really like tehm. They donlt take anything away from the appearance, and protecting the paint is a plus. Pics available on my webpage.

If the rear were molded then I'd go for em in a second! But a flat non molded mudflap? Just go to Pep Boys and buy a $20 set and save the diff.

Ordered a set from a dealer site for 68 or 72 bucks. They are on backorder. My local stealership says he can get them for me for 95 bucks.... I think I'm gonna wait.

Mud flaps?

Isn't that a RedNeck thing or something? haha!

Plastic doesn't rust. That's what you drill into. The ground effects in the front and the wheel well liner in the rear.

Thank you for posting this. I installed mine today and was wondering if I needed to get something to seal the metal if I was drilling through it. But they went on pretty easy. Well after I borrowed a 22mm socket from my neighbor.

22mm socket for what?

22mm socket for what?

lug nuts to remove the rear wheels.

I just have a multi fit lug wrench and just picked the socket that fit. Never paid attention to which size it was since I put aftermarket lugs on when I put my aftermarket wheels on.

Ordered mine almost a month ago from monster parts online...
Still waiting.

Mine will be going back on when the snow tires go back on in a couple weeks, depending on weather. Man I HATE winter!!!

I have them on mine, don't mind the look. Helps with keeping the car a bit cleaner and stops any crap from flying up on the rear bumper. Freaked myself out once with them, I thought I rammed the bumper going over a bit of a divot in a driveway but it was just the flap scraped.

I have the GM type but on the front only. The back just didn't look good, and I don't seem to get much crap off the back wheels. The fronts do work well and since they are molded I think they look good. They do scrape though.

Ordered mine almost a month ago from monster parts online...
Still waiting.

Really, because I ordered mine from monster on 10/15. They shipped on 10/21 and I installed them yesterday. I think the rear do look funky, but I will keep them on. I would rather keep the crap off of my paint vs diminishing the looks.


Also on a side note I had a cop following me this morning. Its like they finally realized what a G8 was. Hopefully I am being paranoid. But when you have that big v8 bellowing exhaust on a cold November morning, they might realize that my g8 will give their chargers a run for their money.

Really, because I ordered mine from monster on 10/15. They shipped on 10/21 and I installed them yesterday. I think the rear do look funky, but I will keep them on. I would rather keep the crap off of my paint vs diminishing the looks.


Also on a side note I had a cop following me this morning. Its like they finally realized what a G8 was. Hopefully I am being paranoid. But when you have that big v8 bellowing exhaust on a cold November morning, they might realize that my g8 will give their chargers a run for their money.

They are waiting on another part to send everything to me at once I guess...

It doesn't need any screws. The fronts use the two screws that are already in the fenderwell. You just remove them and then put the mud flap on then use those screws to hold it in place. On the bottom you drill a hole and use a plastic pop rivet that's included to hold it in place. The rears already have the rivets in place which you remove then drill out the hole at the bottom and then mount them in place. Everything you need to mount them and instructions are included in the kit.

So you just have to drill 1 hole per flap?
In that case you could remove them in the summer, just plug hole with plastic push pin. Is this correct?

I have a set waiting for installation when I pull the GXP out of storage.

Wow...why ruin a rare GXP with ugly mud flaps!

Yes, you drill one hole per mud flap and can easily be removed. I put them on when I put the snow tires on and pull them off when I put the summer wheels back on.

Wow...why ruin a rare GXP with ugly mud flaps!

Yes, you drill one hole per mud flap and can easily be removed. I put them on when I put the snow tires on and pull them off when I put the summer wheels back on.

Where do you drill the hole through? Painted plastic or black plastic in the wheel well?

It goes through painted plastic under the ground effects piece in front and the wheel well in the rear.

The hole is drilled in the painted plastic.

Still have a set and debating on putting them on....
Rock protection !

Rock protection !

That's why mine are on.

Can you still get a set of these? How much did they cost?

Do you live on a dirt road you need rock protection? I only have mine on for the winter to keep the snow/salt/dirt off it. It's fine in the summer.

Can you still get a set of these? How much did they cost?

approx 80 bucks...
And ya...
You can get em.

Are the mudflaps a hard plastic or flexible? Reason I ask is because the only way I'd put these on is if they can be painted to match.

They're pretty hard, but not totally stiff. I think they are the proper type of plastic to be paint matched. I think they'd look even worse paint matched. That's why mine are only on for the MI winters then they get removed.