alright guys im curious,do any of you all have mudflaps on your thirdgens?i have them on mine,but im thinking about taking them off.....

 

I did have them on my Camaro too, but I removed them. By removing the guards it gave the car a more aggressive look.

:rockon:

 

they are good for the winter if you have to drive though, it keeps a lot of salt and crap off the GFX/body seam, where it tends to collect

 

i have what i think were stock mudflaps on my IROC they say Z28 on them, i think they look awesome! i need new ones though, theyre all beat up

 

I have guards on mine that say "Pontiac" with the logo above it. I think it gives the car a better look while also keeping it clean and protecting the paint.

 

these are the hard plactic molded ones that are in the year one catalog,, good fit.

 

Mudflaps were the first thing that I took off of my Camaro.

 

mudflaps? whats next rear window louvers or growing a ******? I think mudflaps would add to the white trash stereotype

 

I voted eheh.

Kind of a thing from the 80's, or not. That was the first thing I did to the my car, take the mudflaps off. I didnt like the way they looked, but its your car not mine.

 

i actualy wanna put flaps on mines too... seems on the new york roads the rocks/pebbles that get kiked up chew away athe the paint right after the wheels....especialy at the back since the wheel stick out more than the rear valance/gfx... the fronts are ok...oh and that was with 245's... its just an eye sore

 

Yuck! I hate them. I would burn them if they were on my car (yeah so I would prolly just throw em away - not worth hurting another thirdgens appearence by selling them.)

 

mudflaps are definitely not my style... i think they take away from the aggressive look of the rear of our cars... i love to see the wide tires... just my $.02

 

i dont really like them that much either..

 

I think they belong on trucks not performance cars. I have zero need for mudflaps on my car living in So Cal and if I was in an area that I would I would just drive the truck those days. I really can't stand mudlflaps.

 

I have mud flaps on my car. They really don't bother me that much but, just the other day I was thinking about taking them off.

 

i bought these below about a month ago and i havent put them on yet. i like them, only for the winter. i think that i will put them on in the fall, and take them off in the spring.

 

there is a pair on my camaro....i never really notice that they're there at all.

some of you seem to notice i guess


I find that they help collect extra rubber/VHT when at the track instead of the body of the car.....i still have little ***** of rubber on there from the previous owner's fun at Route 66 near chicago.

 

I vote NO. On these type of cars they have no place. If your car looks aggresive then you really don't want them. Now on a SUV or pick up or your daily around town driver, YES.

 

I don't care for how they look, but I spent WAY too much time on my paint job to let it get blasted by crap coming off my tires. I put a couple stock Z28 mud flaps behind the front wheels, tucked up enough that you don't even see them unless you're looking for them.

 

Fairly new paint too. No to the flaps.

JamesC

 

Ok, they may serve a purpose if you live on a dirt/gravel road.....


But in the summer on pavement, they look pretry weird looking....

If they serve a purpose for you keep them on, but get some sleek looking ones....

 

Someone here once mentioned that they use binder clips to attach their "rock guards". You know those black spring steel clips? I thought it was a good idea. It lets you mount them for driving around when you know paint damage is inevitable, but are easily removed for nice days, shows, etc. Plus they're pretty inconspicuous.

 

We have them on every single one of our cars, except the 2002. We have a gravel driveway, so they help alot. They keep stone chips away from your body, if thats a concern for you.

 

sounds like sumthing i need to do instead of using screws...how would you attatch with those clips?

 

worrying about some stupid stereotype from stupid ignorant-immature people or having mudflaps,saving my paint from stone chips and rust causing road/weather conditions...hmmmm..which would I choose...hmmm

 

lol.. Binder clips: use your imagination.

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I'm with him !! I only got them to protect the paint and they dont stand out to much so I can live with them..

 

I got them on mine. As usual the previous owner put them on. However I haven't taken them off and don't plan too. That being said if they weren't on the car already I wouldn't put them on.

 

yeeehaaw! ****** it is!

 

..and proves my point about stupid people. You know that other cars were made during the "******" era besides camaros and firebirds...hence the stupid stereotype troll.

 

Yeah, I'm with this guy....

I'll put mud flaps on my car the day I deciede to grow a ******.

 

im with this guy. why pay $1500 for a paint job only to chip up the paint behind the rear wheels?? NOT ME!

 

im only joking guys, i have an 86 trans am, so i'd just be calling myself whitetrash, i just dont like the way they look on our cars, thats all

 

it depends on who you are and what your car is like.... they were the first thing i took of mine also...
peace
john

 

Sorry to have been harsh on ya but I was just saying that mudflaps do serve a purpose(gravel roads,snow and salt which ruins paint and causes rust). I'm sure that anyone that does have them just has them on for that purpose and not for cosmetic reasons. Peace out brotha

 

i just remembered that ive heard ******s refered to as a "mississippi mudflap"

 

Yeah,that's where all the people that still believe its' the late 80's go to live.

 

keep them on or you will have tons of rock chips on the bottom of the car.

thanks
anthony

 

They look good on 80's Corvettes, I think

 

I couldnt agree more to this statment....I wouldnt be caught dead with a mudflap on my car....I already get called a ****** mobile......besides I live in Southern California in LA County, it would serve no purpose for me

 

mud flaps on a F-body make baby jesus cry!

 

and stone chips on your paint will make everyone cry!

Mud flaps dont necsssarily look good on thirdgens, but would you rather have them, or stone chips?

 

I didn't have time to read all of the replys, but I wanted to add that you don't need mudflaps to prevents chips or scratches... Theres a new product out, I forget what its called but its a static cling clear plastic that you stick on your 1/4 panel. You can't even tell its there and the rocks/debris won't penetrate it. Car looks stock and you get no chips... win/win

 

Usually worthless. Far from a new product. Over time the clear will get chipped and turn a yellow color and end up damaging the paint. It's your car, who cares if someone else thinks splash guards look 'white trash'. A lot of locations require them, like mine. Unless you like the look of no paint behind the the tires. The groundfx on my 82 stop the rocks, so I don't run them on it yet. But all my other cars have mudflaps (splash guards). All of the paved roads around here intersect with a gravel road at least every mile--which ends up getting gravel on the pavement. The only exception is the interstate. It's an arguement nobody is going to win, because some of us have no need for them, and some of us have to use them to prevent rock chips. Calling it white trash is insulting your fellow thirdgen owners

 

lol

gotta love the Simpsons

 

3M makes some film that's not supposed to do any of that.

 

please, please remove them. they really do make the car look like it should be parked in a trailor park. besides is a sports car not a truck. The mudflaps dont belong, take em off IMO

 

Ya know,I never heard somebody call an fbody a trailor park ******mobile until I started reading message boards and it's fbody owners that do it.

 

Oh and that 3m film stuff,don't! That is about the most unsightly thing that you can put on a car for protection against road conditions.You can see it,the edges and when it gets beat up enough and you have to take it off-buh bye paint. Some rich dude put that film protector stuff on one of those blue and yellow Corvette Pace Car editions and you can see it a plain as day.You could even see the damage that the rocks were doing to it.

 

Maybe if i lived elsewhere and drove in the mud/dirt. But here, no way jose!