Ok kinda of two questions here probably going to paint my car in the next month or so, just curious about the mud flaps if I should paint them and leave them on, leave them on black the way they are, or just take them off. Also any suggestions where to get it painted I live in S. Florida. Thanks.

 

what color are you going to go with? I'de go Black or a real dark blue color with a bunch of flake.

I think the mudflaps look really good painted. There is a white CL on here with it done. My only concern would be the paints durability....I know my mud flaps take a beating since my neighborhood is under construction and so are a lot of roads around me

 

I would take them god aweful mudflaps off!! In my opinion they make the car look off from its apperance As for the color I would go with a light color, since u live in FL , and it rarely cools off.

 

Im probally keeping it Agean blue, I am worried about the paint on the mudflap chipping that's a good point

 

I'd say get rid of 'em. They're flexible so painting them isn't an easy task. If you get a chance to, ask the paint shop if Bulldog would work. It helps paint adhere to plastics.

 

I would just leave it the way it is.... The reason why its there is so that you dont get all that water and dirt splashing up onto your car. It doesnt make the car look ugly gives it a different aggressive look thats if you're lowered.

 

definately paint

 

to add: -- i havent had any severe problems with cracking of the paint to date -
To be more specific, i actually took one of the mud flaps off to see how resilient they were to cracking... Dumb, maybe, but i needed to know how much stress i couldnt put on them. They werent extremely flexible, however they are flexible enough not to crack under careful (i use the word careful loosely as with or without the flaps i would drive a lowered car cautiously) driving...

The only problem you may have is (depending on what color you do go with, dark blue shouldnt be bad at all, but as u can guess white is horrible) they will get extremely dirty and chip on the inside. I anticipated this and asked my painter to leave the insides black, but unfortunately he must not have been listening too close when i said that. Now i just need to make sure to wash them well when i wash the car. Plan to one day take them off and spray some sort of black all weather coating inside.

 

Paint. Mine have held up VERY WELL in South FL. Going on 3 years now.

Also if you find a good painter please let me know. The body shop I used for year & years has gone out of business.

 

thanks for all the input folks i think im gonna take them off though they've bottomed out many times and my front flaps are already cracked, if i find a good place for paint ill let you know