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Title: Mudflaps yes or no
Post by: Vwgticrazy on April 09, 2015, 10:53:18 am

Carnt decide what's peoples opinions on mudflaps

Title: Re: Mudflaps yes or no
Post by: numec on April 09, 2015, 11:05:59 am

my opinion: No  :smiley:

Title: Re: Mudflaps yes or no
Post by: lukemk5gti on April 09, 2015, 11:08:40 am

No!

Title: Re: Mudflaps yes or no
Post by: Stu08 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.

Title: Re: Mudflaps yes or no
Post by: howie1987 on April 09, 2015, 12:47:49 pm

I wouldn't have them but each to their own.

Title: Re: Mudflaps yes or no
Post by: cooljimy84 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.

Title: Re: Mudflaps yes or no
Post by: robmcclel on April 09, 2015, 02:15:20 pm

Noo, not on a golf wouldn't look right

Title: Re: Mudflaps yes or no
Post by: Matthewsimone on April 09, 2015, 02:40:40 pm

No way

Title: Re: Mudflaps yes or no
Post by: Golf_GT_TDI on April 09, 2015, 08:40:26 pm

Yes; too many stone chips and mud up the sills otherwise  :happy2:

Title: Re: Mudflaps yes or no
Post by: Carpy25 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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Rob

Title: Re: Mudflaps yes or no
Post by: Kam88 on April 09, 2015, 09:07:03 pm

no way not on a golf

Title: Re: Mudflaps yes or no
Post by: LUCKO on April 09, 2015, 09:46:31 pm

Quote from: Carpy25 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




Rob

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

Title: Re: Mudflaps yes or no
Post by: Carpy25 on April 09, 2015, 09:51:34 pm

Quote from: LUCKO on April 09, 2015, 09:46:31 pm

Quote from: Carpy25 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


Rob




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

Title: Re: Mudflaps yes or no
Post by: Golf_GT_TDI 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

Title: Re: Mudflaps yes or no
Post by: Vwgticrazy 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.