What to do with my mudflaps on a black x5 m sport

celica · Post by **celica** » Mon Sep 08, 2014 1:25 pm

I have a black x5 e70 with mudflaps, but the rears aren't fitted flush where there's a small gap and underneath I can see dirt and rubbing away of the paintwork so deciding what to do (once I have the time and funds)

So the options

1) leave as is - spend no money
2) get the rears looked at and fitted flush as is - little spend
3) get them all colour coded and refit the rears properly/ flush
4) keep the fronts and take rears off and get a body shop to fix the rubbed off paint work at the rear
5) same as 4) but colour code front - think the fronts probably do a job of reducing dirt and stone chip to rear
6) take them all off and get the rear rubbing of bumper fixed

celica · Post by **celica** » Mon Sep 08, 2014 2:50 pm

not the best pics, but will get more up when able

pvr · Post by **pvr** » Mon Sep 08, 2014 8:00 pm

Wow, that is ugly ...

535dboy · Post by **535dboy** » Mon Sep 08, 2014 8:02 pm

that really does look shit !

celica · Post by **celica** » Mon Sep 08, 2014 8:33 pm

It does ruin it more so not being flush

But they are big

If I take the fronts off will it increase stone chips down the side kicked up from the front ?

pvr · Post by **pvr** » Mon Sep 08, 2014 8:36 pm

Those mud flaps do to your car what 535dboy does to women, i.e. a complete turnoff

My car does not have them and as the newer models have the plastic fitted, I have no problems with the stone chips.

celica · Post by **celica** » Mon Sep 08, 2014 10:55 pm

Plastic fitted?

kjb1 · Post by **kjb1** » Mon Sep 08, 2014 11:11 pm

i would get them off front and rear, then take a sledge to them to stop them ever being fitted to another car lol

pvr · Post by **pvr** » Tue Sep 09, 2014 9:21 am

[quote="celica"]
Plastic fitted?
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Plastic film around in front of the rear wheels which prevents the chips from the stones coming from the front wheels.

celica · Post by **celica** » Tue Sep 09, 2014 11:46 am

[quote="pvr"]
[quote="celica"]
Plastic fitted?
[/quote]

Plastic film around in front of the rear wheels which prevents the chips from the stones coming from the front wheels.
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ah right, thinks

think it might have these already as i noticed the edges and a stone chip gone through one bit so split open a little.

is yours from BMW or supplied elsewhere?

pvr · Post by **pvr** » Tue Sep 09, 2014 12:21 pm

Mine is just OEM, did not add anything to it.

I did get my car coated in Protech in NL though - which is a very tin film type product which helps a little with that as well to protect against stone chips.

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