Do most jap cars come w/o mud flaps or splash guards?

[Paulcs]

are these really part of car specifications?

or have to fix them outside if without?

 

think my suzuki liana doesnt come with these

Edited February 9, 2005 by Paulcs

[Toyo]

Your Liana has side skirting that's why no mud guard. i think most cars dun come with it as standard item

[Accordvtec]

my civic too....and the damn car cost $81K....no mudflaps...no engine heat insulator..and worse of all....drum brakes

[Kelpie]

What do you guys think? Are mud flaps a neccessity since most cars do not come with them?

 

Regards,

[Paulcs]

well, if ur car is black, red, yellow or high contrast,

then shld install them

 

save the effort cleaning up

 

 

those silver or grey are still ok, the dirt dun look too obvious on the doors

Edited February 10, 2005 by Paulcs

[Accordvtec]

save cost lah...

but damn..how much does the mudflap cost relative to the profit of a car?

[Ohlins]

mudflaps are necessary to cover till half the height of the tires (i.e. cover upper half)

 

so if the car comes with side skirtings and rear lips that are already at or lower the half tire height, then not necessary lor.

 

some install for a cosmetic reason.

[Estrangable]

civic as well.....knn, so expensve compared to other jap cars but dont even incldue mudflap. damn KM.

[Robin]

think my suzuki liana doesnt come with these [/reply]

 

mazda protege comes with MFs n bonnet insulator

[Paulcs]

protege has no side skirting?

 

so side skirting is meeant to replace these mud flaps lah?

[W2K_83]

I should think with side-skirting, u dun need mud flaps bcos the bottom part of the car is low enuf until it covers at least half the diameter of the tyre (if u do still install mud-flaps, they will probably be touching the ground or be very near to the ground hence u dun need them)... but the main purpose of side skirting is not to replace mud flaps as what u said... that's juz what i think, do correct me if i'm wrong

[Robin]

err .. side skirting is more of the bodykit, located at the bottom of the door leh. mud flaps are near the tyre well... so basically they are different things

 

stock Protege does not come with side skirting

[BoneStock]

are these really part of car specifications?

or have to fix them outside if without?

 

think my suzuki liana doesnt come with these

 

"mud flaps"

It's good to see people using correct terms in forums.

 

Not sure if these are std fixtures but my current Sunny came with tiny little ones. My previous Honda was the only one that came with full-sized mud flaps. Previous 2 Nissans only had them fixed behind the front wheels...wierd...