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Lowered = scraping mud guards. Anyone have any known mods to the mud guards?

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Old 11-23-2001, 05:10 PM
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Default Lowered = scraping mud guards. Anyone have any known mods to the mud guards?

Lowered with the Eibach Pro Kit and scraped the front mud flaps over the first speed bumps I encountered. I had already removed the rears prior to lowering. Anyone done any kind of mods to prevent this. Who is selling the clear stuff covering the paint under the flaps. I am imaging that everyone who has lowered their cars either now have worn down flaps or had to remove them. Obviousely I can either take them off or let the ground work as a natural file.
Whaddya all suggest.

Also - as far as the lowering went - it took 5 hours for a professional to do it - had problems up front with the bolt not wanting to come out that holds the two upper arms - on both sides! - had to remove the arms from the engine bay. I definitely got my moneys worth on this one.

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the perfect mod for mudguards..... take them off!!!!!!!!
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Default Some of us live in areas where guards are the lesser of evils. Rock chips on the nose are bad enough

no need to add the Sta-Puffed Marshmellow Man Exploded Here mod. Mudguards are ugly but around here (chip sealed secondary roads) on a dark car, with the intelligent use of that white primer ...
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I agree.....here in New England they're quite useful.....and I actually happen to like how they look
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How about trimming an inch or so off of them? That's what I plan on doing when I get my car lowered.
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