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Old 10-11-2012, 07:23 PM
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So I'll be looking to pick up some mud flaps for my car..My drive way is gravel and I am constantly getting dirt all over the side..Anyone have any good recommendations? I was looking at RPI's website and they seemed ot have a couple different versions, some color matching some not, and also the fit on them..Does anyone have any pictures so I can get an idea of what I would like best.
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Let's call them splash guards. Dealer has them in a set of four and they run about $125. You will need to remove the rear wheels. Good luck.
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Originally Posted by cj032188
So I'll be looking to pick up some mud flaps for my car..My drive way is gravel and I am constantly getting dirt all over the side..Anyone have any good recommendations? I was looking at RPI's website and they seemed ot have a couple different versions, some color matching some not, and also the fit on them..Does anyone have any pictures so I can get an idea of what I would like best.
Nothing in your profile about what kind of Corvette you have, but for the standard body then GM makes a very nice set.
The black seems to blend in with any body color.

If you have a GS/Z06, then I believe you have to go aftermarket at much higher price.

Enjoy!
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http://www.southerncarparts.com/corv...ds-p-3963.html

I have these & think they're great: http://www.nakidparts.com/id30.html

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Mine for my C6 just arrived today from Parts Taxi.
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What kind did you go with?
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We had the nakidparts flaps on our 2006, they worked well but I thought they looked pretty homemade.

W don't have any on the 2009, at 51k miles there is some mild sandblasting of the curved area going into the wheel wells but road dust covers it by the time I get home from the car wash. It also looks like if I installed the GM guards some time later, they would cover the sandblasted area. Plastic cars have real advantages!
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GCA (Genuine Corvette Accessories) from Gene at GM Parts House (forum sponsor) for $99.00 (at that time):



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I had a set of the GM splash guards installed on our machine silver '05. Very nice fit and not painfully obvious. Just enough to keep most of the tire dirt off the side of the car. Very pleased with result and appearance.
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Here's the body colored one's I have



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You really want MUD FLAPS?

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GCA (Genuine Corvette Accessories) from Gene at GM Parts House (forum sponsor) for $99.00 (at that time):



Nice look!
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i have the same ones in the pics above by rcallen and they look and function great. They are the gm ones and they are nice and "small" compared to others but they do the job and compliment the car....
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Just got my delivered today. Ordered frome Part Taxi. They are GM brand

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I aint drivin in no mud!!!!!!!!!! LOL

gm splash guards are on mine.
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Originally Posted by vig1116
i have the same ones in the pics above by rcallen and they look and function great. They are the gm ones and they are nice and "small" compared to others but they do the job and compliment the car....
I hesitated to put them on mine at first.
So I lightly stuck them in place to see how they looked, and then removed them.
After I took them off, the wheel well opening and body itself looked unfinished

Even though they're small, they work, blend in nicely and enhance the overall look of the car.
They should have been on there from the Factory IMO.

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Thanks for all the business guys! The GCA splash guards shown in a previous post are what we offer as well. Always plenty in stock with the best pricing around.
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Got my GM ones from Kevin at PartsTaxi a couple years ago and have been very pleased; no road rash since installation.
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When I bought my 08 C6 it had the color matched splash guards like Smokin Z51 has on his car, JSB color. I have grown to like them very much but you should know that to install them you have to drill through the inner finder lip and if you want to take them off someday the holes show. They are made by Altec and sold through many of the forum vendors.

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