I've only driven the car once and already there is alot of dirt splash up from the tires. I think the tires will whip pebbles at high speed into the side of the car scratching it on the parkway.

Do any of you have some sort of mud guards? If so what do you recommend? Anything that looks nice? Pics? Webpage?

Thanks for the input.

 

I went with the factory mud guards the Yosemite Sam Back off ones didn't fit.



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I like dressing my tires and don't like it when it slings the stuff on the finish, I put OEM flaps (which I think look good) and problem solved!

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I wish Acura had matching paint mud guards. It makes the guards look like its part of the body styling...unless you have a black car.

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It seems like alot of you have them. What color are they? Only black? Whats the best place to get them, I want to put them on before a rock scraches my door.

 

Does anyone happen to have a picture of them? If its just a black piece of plastic I was wondering if I could pick one up from Pep Boys.

 

Yep, only black. I got em with the purchase of the car. Maybe you could go back to your salesman an ask if he can hook you up with a set. Worth a try...

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Factory mud guard pic. http://albums.photopoint.com/j/ViewP...039&p=41893868

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Ok try this.
http://albums.photopoint.com/j/ViewP...039&p=41893868

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Here's some pics pretty close up (one is REALLY dirty).




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Satin Silver / Ebony Interior
* Factory Spoiler & CD Changer
* Burlwood Shift Knob
* 35% Tint
* Removed Acura & 3.2TL Badging From Trunk
* Removed Front Plate Holder
* Comptech Parts In My Basement!!
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I have the same problem, don't have any protection yet... I think I will go with the body kit anyway so hopefully that will somewhat protect the body from splashes. Anyone w/fact kit know if it protects you like mud guards would??

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Thanks for the pics

 

Jason,

Damn, you ain't kidding about your tires.

Compared to those Yokohama's, I'm amazed you can stay on the road with this snow.

Bet you can't wait til Spring.

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• Under Body Kit
• Rear Wing Spoiler
• 26 Piece Wood Grain Console
• BurlWood Shift Knob
• 30% Smoke Tint

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When I was shopping for my car, I noticed that my dealer had two different types of mud guards on their inventory. Both are black, but one was hollowed out while the other had a flat surface facing the tire. The latter definitely looked better. My sales rep couldn't explain why there were two different kinds. I wanted the flat surface, but mine came with the hollowed out kind. My vehicle was supposedly a transfer from another dealer. My sales rep was to try to get them swapped, but this never happened.

 

have any of you tried cutting them to the with the body kit? im going to give it a try

 

What did you all pay for your mud guards? Everyone buy them from the dealer?

 

Got them at the dealer in Princeton $150 installed.

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Think it would be hard to install it myself?

 

Free when I purchased the car.


You should see them now. I turned traction control off for a while and seeing how much rubber I could leave at work in the parking garage (it's a lot by the way).

I'm such an idiot. I NEED new tires because I have no traction when wet (not that much when dry either), but I want to wait until spring because if I get new tires, I want them to be clean and not have all the salt over them. Crazy huh? I just have to keep it VERY slow until the weather gets warm. I think I'll be going with the same Yoko's that my friend has on his TL. He says they're great.




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2000 Acura 3.2 TL w/ Navigation
Satin Silver / Ebony Interior
* Factory Spoiler & CD Changer
* Burlwood Shift Knob
* 35% Tint
* Removed Acura & 3.2TL Badging From Trunk
* Removed Front Plate Holder
* Comptech Parts In My Basement!!
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Hey Avatar, I don't think that you can get it from Pep Boys, they are contoured to our cars. i don't remember exactly how much they were, i think it was something like C$80. I installed them myself. Easy job!