Question about mud flaps

[Parasurfer1979]

So a fellow member and new friend that live in Wilmington, NC where I am offered to give me an extra set of mud flaps he has in his parents garage. It's very nice of him. I'm trying to personalize my car (12' Genesis 4.6) with as much stock accessories like for example G80 Sport wheels, sunroof wind deflector, rear lip spoiler and ECU/TPU upgrade. So all that stated, here's my question. Should I paint the mud flaps the color of the car? Most luxury cars like my previous car (08' Acura TL Type-S) had the molded mud flaps color matched. I guess my thing is I like uniformity so things flow and don't look tacked on after the fact. BTW, these are the OEM molded mud flaps.

Thanks for opining/commenting,
Des

 

[GarnetTy1473]

Depends on the color of your car. I have seen customer cars come through with painted factory mud guards, and they are usually pretty beat up. Very noticeable on a white car. Whether they were painted professionally, or just rattle canned, I don't know. But, usually the paint is pretty bad shape and peeling. In those cases, would look better not being painted.

 

[Alfer]

I vote to not ghetto it up with a bunch of extra stick on bolt on crap. Makes the car look tacky.

 

[Parasurfer1979]

Depends on the color of your car. I have seen customer cars come through with painted factory mud guards, and they are usually pretty beat up. Very noticeable on a white car. Whether they were painted professionally, or just rattle canned, I don't know. But, usually the paint is pretty bad shape and peeling. In those cases, would look better not being painted.

I vote to not ghetto it up with a bunch of extra stick on bolt on crap. Makes the car look tacky.

I plan on taking it to a paint and body shop. My Acura came with the mud flaps painted from the factory. I'm not cheap. If I do something I pay someone to do it whether it's painting, detailing, changing oil, etc. I'm a pilot, I wouldn't pay someone to fly me somewhere when my profession is flying. So I'm not tacky like taking spray paint to them thinking it'll match. I'll post pic of my Acura TL. My Honda dealer always has the mud flaps painted. Toyota does too on their Camry and Avalon too.

 

[Alfer]

When I say tacky, I mean by bolting on, glueing on, etc extra crap to the car, like flaps, spoilers, window/sunroof air deflectors and all that other junk. Makes car look trashy, not flashy.

 

[Parasurfer1979]

Desmond Lamar MacRae

That's my TL. My Genesis is grey. Mud flaps painted without primer is the main reason the colors don't match the body. Spoilers can luck f**ked up too and pearl white, the bumper or other molded pieces never match the body exactly.

 

[Parasurfer1979]

When I say tacky, I mean by bolting on, glueing on, etc extra crap to the car, like flaps, spoilers, window/sunroof air deflectors and all that other junk. Makes car look trashy, not flashy.

See that's a difference in opinion for sure. I think slamming a luxury car too the ground, putting 20s on and an exhaust to make a luxury car sound like a 89' Mustang is tacky. Non-oem parts like a wing and not the lip on a luxury car is junk too but like I stated, a big difference in opinion.

 

[Ambush]

It depends on how you want the look? A strict OEM or again as the other reply "tasteful add ons" and not BOLT/STICK on accessories. If they are the same color as the rest of the car I think it is a win.

 

[Ambush]

See that's a difference in opinion for sure. I think slamming a luxury car too the ground, putting 20s on and an exhaust to make a luxury car sound like a 89' Mustang is tacky. Non-oem parts like a wing and not the lip on a luxury car is junk too but like I stated, a big difference in opinion.

LOL man I guess 60% of the "lux" cars around you would think are tacky LOL! The look of lowered, leaning and tucked is just amazing to me. Tasteful 20s and not 22+ is still classy. Audi's (S7/S5/A8) come with 19-20s. Very nice. Same deal if you ask me.

My 2cents

 

[Alfer]

LOL man I guess 60% of the "lux" cars around you would think are tacky LOL! The look of lowered, leaning and tucked is just amazing to me. Tasteful 20s and not 22+ is still classy. Audi's (S7/S5/A8) come with 19-20s. Very nice. Same deal if you ask me.

My 2cents

I call that the ghetto look.

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[Gen127]

I have four flaps on my 2G and am very happy with the appearance AND function. They are subtle and blend nicely. Of course, BLACK flaps on a black car requires no alteration of color.

 

[Parasurfer1979]

I call that the ghetto look.

EXACTLY. Cars in this class stock are not lowered. They put bigger wheels to better fill the wheel wells. BMW M cars are lowered barely an inch from their regular cars. AMG MB are dropped 1/2in. Rarely do you see the crowd buying luxury cars making them noisier, sticking body kits, and slamming them and seeing the rims or the front lip is a scrapped up because the owner pulled in closer that they thought. It's as if an 18yo bought an 09 genny cheap and went straight hood and went way over the top like his car was going to be in the next music video. My point is I look at things less is more. Big heavy rims do nothing but add weight and slow the car down dramatically because you're adding more unsprung weight. My TL looked great with the color matched mud flaps I'd much have the monochromatic look of everything looking matched to the car minus me doing the glossy black roof to hide the sunroof.

 

[Parasurfer1979]

I have four flaps on my 2G and am very happy with the appearance AND function. They are subtle and blend nicely. Of course, BLACK flaps on a black car requires no alteration of color.View attachment 14647

Looks nice but I'd still paint them black. If you guys live neat the beach, mud flaps reduce the amount of scratches sand can do at 45mph. Especially on Black Noir. Again looks good. The flap will fade after a year and you'll definitely need paint or Armorall back to black cream. At least paint is warranted for a year or more from fade and/or peeling.

 

[larrymg1]

I had/have OEM black mudguards on both my Genesis' 2015 3.8 Ultimate, black and my new 2108 G80 Sport, white. IMHO they look just great as they are. I have had factory painted guards and they're nothing but trouble. The unpainted factory OEM's do not show any wear and tear. PLus, the OEM guards are matched to the car and do not require any modifications.

 

[RemyBluePearl]

I call that the ghetto look.

Check out my car and tell me it looks ghetto on air ride 20” staggered Rohana,front lip splitters, side valance and trunk spoiler

 

[Alfer]

Voting ghetto. Too low. I don't want to drive a car that every second of the drive I'm fearful of scraping the the whole bottom of the car. No thanks.

Now if you just stuck with the trunk spoiler only and stock sized tires, and no front scoop I'd say you got yourself an sweet looking ride.

 

[Gen127]

Check out my car and tell me it looks ghetto... View attachment 14789

Well, if "ghetto" is defined as: "... jury-rigged, improvised, or home-made (usually with extremely cheap or sub-standard components), yet still deserving of an odd sense of respect from ghetto dwellers and non-ghetto dwellers alike..."—then perhaps this modified vehicle doesn't meet all the necessary criteria as I have no real idea the cost of all the 'add-on' parts. Cost of material used on the vehicle aside, the overall appearance (the end result) may still give the 'ghetto' impression due to the extensive modification. I'd vote 'ghetto' based upon my initial observations.

 

[RemyBluePearl]

Voting ghetto. Too low. I don't want to drive a car that every second of the drive I'm fearful of scraping the the whole bottom of the car. No thanks.

Now if you just stuck with the trunk spoiler only and stock sized tires, and no front scoop I'd say you got yourself an sweet looking ride.

So you are aware that “air ride suspension” means I can lift and lower the car to whatever ride height I want. The car only sits that low when parked I don’t drive it like that. As far as the wheel set up it is almost identical to stock size I just have more rim and alil less tire. Also living in SoCal I’m not going off roading or dealing with a bunch of potholes caused by salt from the winter so I’m not worried about “bottoming out”. So when I drive I’m alil lower than stock height and I’ll NeVeR bottom out but like anything else to each it’s own