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Offline Vwgticrazy

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Mudflaps yes or no
« on: April 09, 2015, 10:53:18 am »
Carnt decide what's peoples opinions on mudflaps

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Re: Mudflaps yes or no
« Reply #1 on: April 09, 2015, 11:05:59 am »
my opinion: No  :smiley:

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Re: Mudflaps yes or no
« Reply #2 on: April 09, 2015, 11:08:40 am »
No!

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Re: Mudflaps yes or no
« Reply #3 on: April 09, 2015, 12:23:17 pm »
Depends.

My vRS has them on the front due to running wider wheels with a lower offset bringing the wheel and tyre nicely flush with the front arches. Having just spent £600+ on having my side skirts repainted (due to stone chips); I would rather fit flaps (which don't look terrible) than damage my nice new sills.

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Re: Mudflaps yes or no
« Reply #4 on: April 09, 2015, 12:47:49 pm »
I wouldn't have them but each to their own.

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Re: Mudflaps yes or no
« Reply #5 on: April 09, 2015, 01:10:02 pm »
I would have them, but only to show how much the car was lowered.... i.e. scraping on the ground.
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But a turbo does help....

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Re: Mudflaps yes or no
« Reply #6 on: April 09, 2015, 02:15:20 pm »
Noo, not on a golf wouldn't look right

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Re: Mudflaps yes or no
« Reply #7 on: April 09, 2015, 02:40:40 pm »
No way
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Re: Mudflaps yes or no
« Reply #8 on: April 09, 2015, 08:40:26 pm »
Yes; too many stone chips and mud up the sills otherwise  :happy2:

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Re: Mudflaps yes or no
« Reply #9 on: April 09, 2015, 08:56:23 pm »
I have rears mainly because when I colour coded my lower rear bumper I didn't want to code the side skirts ,my mate tried this and ended up doing the skirts because it looks odd , I tried flaps so the side skirts didn't look out of place black ad I think it works , I even think it works from the rear as the centre of the rear valance is black






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Re: Mudflaps yes or no
« Reply #10 on: April 09, 2015, 09:07:03 pm »
no way not on a golf

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Re: Mudflaps yes or no
« Reply #11 on: April 09, 2015, 09:46:31 pm »
I have rears mainly because when I colour coded my lower rear bumper I didn't want to code the side skirts ,my mate tried this and ended up doing the skirts because it looks odd , I tried flaps so the side skirts didn't look out of place black ad I think it works , I even think it works from the rear as the centre of the rear valance is black




Rob

where did you get them from, i thought flaps didnt fit gti models?

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Re: Mudflaps yes or no
« Reply #12 on: April 09, 2015, 09:51:34 pm »
I have rears mainly because when I colour coded my lower rear bumper I didn't want to code the side skirts ,my mate tried this and ended up doing the skirts because it looks odd , I tried flaps so the side skirts didn't look out of place black ad I think it works , I even think it works from the rear as the centre of the rear valance is black


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Rob

where did you get them from, i thought flaps didnt fit gti models?

VW you can get GTI ones , standard ones but not ED 30 or R32 ones

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Re: Mudflaps yes or no
« Reply #13 on: April 09, 2015, 10:08:37 pm »
Correct, it's mentioned you can fit GTI rears to ED30/R32 bumpers with persuasion from heat gun but I haven't tried this myself

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Re: Mudflaps yes or no
« Reply #14 on: April 10, 2015, 02:01:09 am »
Thanks for replies ,I'm going to take them off and see how it looks ,my wheels are wide so just hope it don't get dirty.