View Poll Results: Do splash guards work and worth the money?
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Splash guards
Melting Slicks
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Safety Car
Joined: Dec 2009
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From: Oro Valley Arizona
Maybe Just Maybe
I installed GM's. Too cheap not to. Not sure they will do much for me? But if they do I won't know that they do. Which is the point. Though impossible to prove. Or refute.
Safety Car
Joined: Dec 2009
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From: Oro Valley Arizona
Easy DIY
Depending on the GM parts source, you can buy GMs for $150 +/-. Front and back. They can be self installed in 30 minutes with no tools required. Just a little effort. The instructions will tell you to use a prying tool of some kind, but I removed the old ones and snapped on the new ones with mechanic's gloved hands. And I'm surely no Paul Bunyan.
Melting Slicks
Joined: May 2021
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I ordered the XL splash guards. They didn't install them during PDI and just left them in a baggie.
When I was driving, I heard all sorts of sand and crud hitting the side of the car. It was horrible.
I immediately installed them, and I stopped hearing all the sand and debris hitting. I think they are a "must" have.
When I was driving, I heard all sorts of sand and crud hitting the side of the car. It was horrible.
I immediately installed them, and I stopped hearing all the sand and debris hitting. I think they are a "must" have.
Safety Car
Joined: Nov 2007
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From: Bay Area CA
GM has to figure in labor with dealer installed options, so the $255 are for parts and labor to install.
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Burning Brakes
Joined: Jan 2021
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From: Kearney, NE
First thing I did was install the factory gm splash guards, You can find new OEM (part numbers shown above) for much less, I purchased mine for $140 for the front and rear OEM set. My opinion on the XL mud guard is they look horrible, way too big.
Burning Brakes
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I have the factory option ones and feel that they make a difference if you have aftermarket wheels or spacers. They are really easy to install, just need a 7mm socket and ratchet, and possibly a plastic pry tool. I bought mine on the website (before they were back ordered) and got to use most of my gm points from buying the car. Ended up being $87 total for both sets.
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I would recommend buying and installing the splash guards - they do help keep debris from hitting the side of the car. Sure work well on my C7. Plus they are easy to install, thus saving a lot on the cost.
Melting Slicks
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From: Kelso, Wa
In a way .. impossible to tell if they help... It's like this
A guy wears a tinfoil hat because he believes aliens want to make him dance and spin when waiting for WALK lights .. He never does dance and spin while waiting.. .. Was it the tinfoil hat? He's convinced it is.
I have the splash guards. I don't have any dirt, debris, or markings up the sides of the car, even when having driven in the rain. .. Would there be marks without them? I'll never know, cause I'm not going to take them off to find out.
A guy wears a tinfoil hat because he believes aliens want to make him dance and spin when waiting for WALK lights .. He never does dance and spin while waiting.. .. Was it the tinfoil hat? He's convinced it is.
I have the splash guards. I don't have any dirt, debris, or markings up the sides of the car, even when having driven in the rain. .. Would there be marks without them? I'll never know, cause I'm not going to take them off to find out.
Racer
Joined: Nov 2021
Posts: 482
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From: Costa Mesa, CA
Depending on the GM parts source, you can buy GMs for $150 +/-. Front and back. They can be self installed in 30 minutes with no tools required. Just a little effort. The instructions will tell you to use a prying tool of some kind, but I removed the old ones and snapped on the new ones with mechanic's gloved hands. And I'm surely no Paul Bunyan.
Thanks.
Ray