They should be ready tomorrow. I had the body shop paint them Taffeta White, same color as the car. Not only do I think it will improve the look, but functionally it will keep the tires from getting sand and shit on the body.

 

smooth... I guess you did not like the initial Oreo cookie look that we were talking about a month ago...LOL

Smitty

 

No...I passed on the cookie idea. Thanks anyway.

 

ROFLOL... yeah that was making you hungry

 

a local milwaukee cl driver has his splashguards painted to match his agean blue CL-S and it looks really nice, im considering that for my black CL-S

 

Black, you ain;t got nothing to worry about then... they alredy match..LOL... nah.. if you paint them up they will look sweet... i have not got around to it yet...

Smitty

 

Yeah, but they're not Nighthawk Black Pearl with clean on them. You got to do it right, man.

 

So out of curiousity, are people putting splash guards on their car to..
1)stop the water and sand from blasting the car (duh!)
2)because the car will look better
3)because we can...gimme everything for my car!

I mean...how effective are they really? Our wheels aren't so huge that they are splashing cr@p everywhere that I have noticed. I guess I am just wondering how many people do it for the look. I am planning to put them on my car because of all of the above reasons but mostly because on a black car I think they look sharp. Painting them to match the glossy paint would look nice though and painting them to match any other color would be a great look too.

 

When you got 18's or 19's on your feets, your gonna throw everything on the side of the ride... I seen a CL without them and you should see all the stone chips on the rocker panels and rear bumper cover behind the rear wheels... (he is stock too-- doesn't even have upgraded meats)...

Smitty

 

I have splash guards on my car and I'm running OEM treads. The front splash guards are effective, but the rears don't do shit. The past couple of days the trees around here have been shedding leafs all over the ground. The side of my rear bumper is covered in dirt/mud/leafs

 

I don't have splash guards yet but they are on my short list.

I don't know if its just in So Cal, but I get tons of road tar kicked up and it is just horrible looking and even more horrible to remove.

Splash guards would be functional IMHO

 

ask silverknight, they are gonna eventually peel.

 

Yup. The paint peeled on mine after a year. The place that painted mine told me up front they'd use flexible additive to the paint. However, the splash guards were too soft so they couldn't provide any warranty. Now, almost 2 yrs, even with the peeled paint (bottom), they still look a lot nicer than the stock. No one will notice the peeling unless he/she is under the car.

 

Mine are just about 1 year old. Painted silver, & I have no peeling. No chips. They look freshly painted when they are clean. I did it for looks. Weather they are functional, I really haven't noticed.

 

pappy,
how much did the body shop charge for painting the
splash guards?

they are on my list for spring 'must buy' items.

our cl is taffeta white too.
i do love white cars....

 

They are very functional... whatcha talkin about.... I can't wait to get mine done, so I NEVER have to worry about getting wax on them when I wax the whip..

Smitty

 

In So Cal, the road tar gets all over in the front if you dont have them. They are on my "need" list. BTW, anybody got any they wanna part with???PM me if so.