Mud flaps? Pics? Yay? Ney?
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boandlkramer
US Specs in Europe
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- '17 CX-5 GT AWD; '18 BMW X3
They protect the paint more than anything...I had them on my previous car.
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Some pics of the OEM ones in this thread:
https://www.mazdas247.com/forum/sho...ssories-Pictures-Splash-guards-Roof-Racks-etc
https://www.mazdas247.com/forum/sho...ssories-Pictures-Splash-guards-Roof-Racks-etc
boandlkramer
US Specs in Europe
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- '17 CX-5 GT AWD; '18 BMW X3
Rokblokz on mine. $90 on their website.
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Damn those are hideous! [emoji23]
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Yay if you need it, ney if you don't. I still maintain that the CX-5 is a city car and mud flaps would look "off" on it. However if you drive off-road often, then yeah it makes sense.
I admit I'm nitpicking here, but all I think about when I see wide mud flaps like the one shown in this thread, is how the MPGs will be affected because of increased drag at highway speeds.
I admit I'm nitpicking here, but all I think about when I see wide mud flaps like the one shown in this thread, is how the MPGs will be affected because of increased drag at highway speeds.
7eregrine
The man, the myth, the legend
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- Land of Cleve
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- 2016.5 CX5
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- 2014 QX70 AWD
Yeah, every used WRX driven by a particular male subset around here has them.
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- 23 CX-5 Premium
And they always get them in a color that "almost" matches their car!
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- 2014 QX70 AWD
And then, they plasti-dip their rims fluorescent green or pink. (gah)
The OEM ones are pretty narrow, which makes me wonder if those are even beneficial.
Yeah Rally Armor is making good money from the WRX crowd.
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- 2014.5 CX-5 GS FWD 2.5L
I think they are useless on the CX5. First they look terrible from the back side.
They do nothing to protect the paint from tire debris. Both front and back, the splash from the tires hit the black plastic trim around the wheel well, and below the door, and does not touch the paint. If you look at those trim pieces, you'll see they stick out further than the sheet metal. Here are a couple pics, the back one spray pattern is real obvious. The pic of the front wheel, it's hard to see the spray, but can see it definitely does not touch the paint, no direct spray. Just dirty water swirling around while driving.
I have the GS / Touring model and the aftermarket wheels stick out about 3/8" over the stock version. The GT may have a different stance.??
On a side note, why do these pics show up as a link, where others post their pic right into their text??
They do nothing to protect the paint from tire debris. Both front and back, the splash from the tires hit the black plastic trim around the wheel well, and below the door, and does not touch the paint. If you look at those trim pieces, you'll see they stick out further than the sheet metal. Here are a couple pics, the back one spray pattern is real obvious. The pic of the front wheel, it's hard to see the spray, but can see it definitely does not touch the paint, no direct spray. Just dirty water swirling around while driving.
I have the GS / Touring model and the aftermarket wheels stick out about 3/8" over the stock version. The GT may have a different stance.??
On a side note, why do these pics show up as a link, where others post their pic right into their text??
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- San Antonio, Texas
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- '15 CX-5 Miata AWD
I went with the OEM because they go very well (particularly the rear) with wider/higher offset wheels. Traditional mud flaps looks out of place imo.
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- 2014 QX70 AWD
I agree. They look better with a wider offset and/or wider tires. Kinda look like dumbo ears from behind with stock wheels/set-up.
Personally they are too small as seen here and not worth the AUD $197.46 for fronts and AUD $198.46 for rears
They should provide some deflections for normal road puddles & gunk but more than likely won't do enough if you decide to go offroad a bit.
We get ripped off on everything.
Doing the conversion, they are about USD $150 per set.
