splash guards
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From: Sugar Land Tx
I read one post from a guy that had splash guards on his car, but when he drove up a sloped driveway. When the spash guard hit, it actually cracked the body fiberglass. I dont have any personal experience...just what I have read. Others probably know alot more if they have them on their vette.
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I agree with both above posts. Black splash guards disappear into the tire color. And the stiff plastic kind could be a problem if you hit them on a high center. The flexible black ones, like Ed at www.nakidparts.com sells are the only ones I'd have.
Hard to see even on White:
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Last edited by BigJoe; Jun 26, 2008 at 04:12 PM.
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From: Flemington NJ
While I have no experience with the painted versions, I recently purchased and installed a set of the flat black splash guards from Nakedparts. My car is black so they blend in very well and look factory installed.
As an unplanned test, I headed to New England last weekend where I got stuck in several torrential rain storms over a 600-mile round trip. This included local flooding where the car caused wakes like a boat through water. While my focus was mostly about not swamping the car in the next deep puddle, I also figured that the splash guards would be victims of the hydraulic pressure and general abuse. BUT they didn't budge, crack, or fail in any way!
The car also performed well with no problems except for perhaps a wheel sensor that is starting to fail. The service traction control light came on a few times.
Next time I will do a better job of checking the weather forecast. The color is just coming back to some of my white knuckles!
As an unplanned test, I headed to New England last weekend where I got stuck in several torrential rain storms over a 600-mile round trip. This included local flooding where the car caused wakes like a boat through water. While my focus was mostly about not swamping the car in the next deep puddle, I also figured that the splash guards would be victims of the hydraulic pressure and general abuse. BUT they didn't budge, crack, or fail in any way!
The car also performed well with no problems except for perhaps a wheel sensor that is starting to fail. The service traction control light came on a few times.
Next time I will do a better job of checking the weather forecast. The color is just coming back to some of my white knuckles!
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I agree with both above posts. Black splash guards disappear into the tire color. And the stiff plastic kind could be a problem if you hit them on a high center. The flexible black ones, like Ed at www.nakedparts.com sells are the only ones I'd have.
Hard to see even on White:
Hard to see even on White:
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I agree that the colored ones stand out much more.
I have a set bought from ebay similar to the nakidparts splash guards. So far only installed the front set, it's already made a noticeable differance in road tar and other stuff getting onto the fender edge and sides of the doors.
I have a set bought from ebay similar to the nakidparts splash guards. So far only installed the front set, it's already made a noticeable differance in road tar and other stuff getting onto the fender edge and sides of the doors.
