Mud Flaps with Le Mans arches

Otto-Mate · Post by **Otto-Mate** » Tue Aug 03, 2010 5:18 pm

Asked this on the old board but still unsure... Are there 2 different types of mudflaps, ones for standard arches and ones for extended Le Mans / v8 style ones? The ones I've seen on narrow arches don't look like they'd fit my Le Mans.

Thanks

M.

jeegnesh · Post by **jeegnesh** » Tue Aug 03, 2010 7:37 pm

If I'm not wrong the mud flaps don't got the wide arches. I know prefers had to take his off when doing the wide arches. Sure he'll be along in a mo to confirm.

Sanj · Post by **Sanj** » Tue Aug 03, 2010 9:19 pm

Le Mans or wide arch kits will not allow standard mud flaps to fit. There are none that fit the wide arch kit.

Otto-Mate · Post by **Otto-Mate** » Tue Aug 03, 2010 9:54 pm

Really? Buggery bollox

M.

Sanj · Post by **Sanj** » Tue Aug 03, 2010 10:04 pm

It is a kind of skinny mud flap...

Not ideal but nothing out there aftermarket either. Not that I found - besides, Pewters would have found it first!

Otto-Mate · Post by **Otto-Mate** » Tue Aug 03, 2010 10:25 pm

OK, thanks for the info guys.

M.

Pewters · Post by **Pewters** » Tue Aug 03, 2010 10:46 pm

Yep i removed my mudflaps when the extended arches went on

Turks · Post by **Turks** » Wed Aug 04, 2010 4:33 am

I also looked for mud flaps for my 4.8is and there wasn't any! I really think that the mudflaps suit the car, I also had them on my 530d and I thought they looked great. As for the thought that the wider arches do the job - they don't do much at all.

I have got used to seeing mine now without them and it looks ok... they would have to be bloody wide mud flaps for the back wheels!!

Turks.

Otto-Mate · Post by **Otto-Mate** » Wed Aug 04, 2010 8:02 am

Yeah, I live in country and can't keep the car clean in winter for more than 5 mins on our roads :-/

M.

Pewters · Post by **Pewters** » Wed Aug 04, 2010 6:01 pm

I know i'm going to miss my flaps in the winter

Turks · Post by **Turks** » Thu Aug 05, 2010 4:36 am

We could have found a niche here! I can't see that it would be too difficult to modify a set of the mudflaps to fit with the arch kit and then once they look right... Have a company take a pattern and start blasting them out of their Injection Moulding machine! I'm sure that there is plenty of demand for this around the world!

Peter Jones watch out!

Turks.

Pewters · Post by **Pewters** » Thu Aug 05, 2010 10:18 am

I'm not sure they would look right anyway as they would hide the extended arch......just my opinion

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Turks · Post by **Turks** » Thu Aug 05, 2010 11:12 am

Yeah you're right Pewters... to be honest i'm far too lazy to start looking into catching up with Peter Jones! The car will just have to get dirty!

Turks.

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