twistedwedge

What do you guys think about the factory "mud flaps"?

Wish I Had A TL

Go for it, Only like 89$, and fit perfectly, and looks great!

twistedwedge

Sorry-forgot to clarify. I already have them, and am on the fence. So youre saying keep them?

Rockstar21

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its mud flaps... nuff said

goes on trucks

fsttyms1

If you have them it may be too late to remove them. They are known to damage the paint. If you have them and cant remove them paint them body color.

gold2003tl (90)

paint them glossy black, its more bearable and looks pretty good on mine. i took them off and it makes the car look 4 inches taller so they are staying on until i drop. plus i would have to do some touch up paint cus they ruined my body underneath.

lol fstyyms1 your avatar is so addicting to watch over and over and over ...........

MurdaZ

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first thing when i got my TL, removed that shit

fsttyms1

Why not body color to help them blend in instead of sticking out?

Thats why i chose them. To make you waste valuable time and money staring at them

Allen-

I took mine off the other day just to see what it would look like. They have been on the car since I bought it. Anyways, they ate into the paint behind them. So, I will be painting them body color. I don't know what I'm going to do if I drop it.

There was a 98-02 Accord parked beside me earlier and I noticed it had them. But they were much smaller than the ones that came on the TL. I don't know if they would fit, but they looked 70% better.

ChrisQ1980

You can't have the OEM kit with them so right there is a reason to lose em. If you want them and don't care about not having the kit get em painted body color.

TequiLa

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take em off and slam that shit xD

VoLLy

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if ur not buying a lip kit, i'd say keep em and paint em body color.

fsttyms1

You can drop it with them. They wont rub the ground unless you are bagged and slammed.

tegkid

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mudflaps are awesome.
i say keep them.

need to figure out a way to modify the oem kit so i can use mudflaps...

fsttyms1

Id modify the mudflap to fit around the kit

twistedwedge

Ok, good...I was going to say Im SOL because Im getting ready to drop it within the next week..

I guess Ill take them off and see whats underneath..they have been on since the car was delivered.

Rockstar21

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you guys could always put these on there too just to add to the greatness of the mudflaps



but really, i would keep them if the paint was screwed too.. thankfully the previous owner took them off day one 10 years ago.. cant tell they were ever there..

2000DEP

Paint's going to be messed up anyways if you already have them on...might as well keep it on to get a little protection from road debris (depending on where you live)
and imo it helps me to keep the car clean after a car wash and going through a little puddle of water...
some like it some don't...you can take then off and if you don't like it put'em back on...

TLSFNATIC

do cl-s mudflaps fit on our tls? i believe they are smaller and would look great with it slammed.

gold2003tl (90)

very true

glossy black only cost me $9 other wise i would do them body color.

jayunsplanet

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+1.

I love them. They kept the side of my car relatively clean compared to now. I took them off when I put on my springs... But put them back on what I put on my coilovers.

jayunsplanet

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Sry for another post... but too late to go back and edit other one :/
Funny you mention that... saw this the other day on Vortex:
lol




http://forums.vwvortex.com/zerothread?id=4249506

n1njai

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Thats pretty sweet....talking about how thin the mudflap was compared to ours.

ntv4o9

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does anybody have pictures of mudflap painted body color?

bonknhead

I voted to keep 'em and paint them body color. I did that. I followed the instructions for painting rubber bumpers on paintscratch.com and it looks OK (if I do say so myself). They don't scrape because I have a mild drop, but they would scrape if I were to back into a parking space with a high curb.

I don't have any pics of my TL-S, but SSMTL01 has some pics in this thread when he sold his TL.

https://acurazine.com/forums/member-cars-sale-49/sold-fs-2001-tl-navi-w-mods-atlanta-%248500-384798/

SLAKERZ

Paint it body color.

tegkid

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thats probably a good idea.

AlanW

I don't think the splash guards look all that great, but neither does a big dirty area behind each wheel which results from driving through even the smallest puddle or across a liitle drainage rivulet.

I'll buy a factory set from someone who doesn't want their's anymore, if the price is right.

twistedwedge

Thanks for the input ppl. Im going to take them off this weekend, if the paint is fawked underneath Ill paint them body color.

BensTLS

What kind of paint did you use and where to get it? I have OEM mud flaps. They're dull black. TIA

fsttyms1

Call around to your local Auto"paint" stores, not Parts stores and see if they mix in spray cans. If they do give them your paint code and also ask for flexible additive and adhesion promoter and spray away.

BensTLS

Thanks fsttyms1. Looks like a busy weekend for me already. When I bought my 06 GS430 last September, I didn't even think about mod it. I have it almost 6 months now. No thoughts of doing anything on it. I just got this 03 tls acura, already, I'm looking for modding it already. BTW, this is my wifie car. She wrecked the 99 Lexus GS400. Fully loaded with nav and everthing. But I definitely like this tls better.

bonknhead

If you go to paintscratch.com, they have a list of items you'll need to paint rubberized parts, including rubberized primer, basecoat, clearcoat and adhesion promoter. The paint match from them is very good too.

srtorelli

Get OEM skirt kit and get rid of those mud flaps. Unless you live out in the country and deal with a lot of mud.

BensTLS

Thanks bonkhead. I'll search the site later. I like the mud flaps. They look good only if they're color matched with the car. This is another mod I plan to do later.

twistedwedge

Thanks for the idea, but for me that isnt financially feasible at the moment. Probably wont be anytime in the future either. Maybe someday...

ntv4o9

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thanks bonknhead, it looks very nice

twistedwedge

so did you paint your mudflaps? pics?

nf3d0149ab

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I just took mine off a few weeks ago...don't miss them.

This is from my CL but you get the idea...



Lucky for me my paint wasn't damaged underneath otherwise I would have left them on there.

ntv4o9

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oh no i was talking about the pictures, but i will be in the future