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Model specific boards => Golf mk7 => Topic started by: SCOTTE on 15 August 2016, 20:07

Title: MUDGUARDS
Post by: SCOTTE on 15 August 2016, 20:07

Hi all, just deciding if i should add mudguards for Carbon grey colour GTI there are pros and cons, just after your thought and pictures if possible.

Thanks  :smiley:

Title: Re: MUDGUARDS
Post by: Booth11 on 15 August 2016, 20:34

Don't do it.

Title: Re: MUDGUARDS
Post by: monkeyhanger on 15 August 2016, 20:55

Mudguards go very well with wooden bead seat covers.  :whistle:

Title: Re: MUDGUARDS
Post by: Brenbo on 15 August 2016, 22:11

Don't forget the pine tree air fresher to hang from the rear view mirror.  :laugh:

Title: Re: MUDGUARDS
Post by: vidman2 on 16 August 2016, 09:37

There are always naysayers They are welcome to there opinion but only you can decide whether the extra protection they afford and or the desire to be a little different is for you. 

I fitted OEM mud flaps to my M7pp and thought they definitely improved the look, so much so that I have just spent considerable time and effort fitting a set of non OEM flaps to my R.

I think they look good on Black and Silver cars but not so much on Red, White or Blue.

Title: Re: MUDGUARDS
Post by: SRGTD on 16 August 2016, 10:39

I had them on my Carbon Grey mk6 GTD; not for the aesthetics, but mainly to protect the lower half of the car from stones being thrown up by the tyres, and to reduce the amount of tar deposits. With the car being Carbon Grey, the mudflaps weren't that obvious either. They do very little to stop the back end of the car getting dirty though; that's down to the shape of the Golf (and other hatchback cars), as dirt gets sucked onto the rear end in wet weather.

I don't have mudflaps on my current car (Polo GTI) as VW don't make them for this model. I have to say, I've not noticed a massive difference in how dirty the car gets or how clean it stays compared to my GTD with mudflaps. I do think that aesthetically, no mudflaps is a better look.

Title: Re: MUDGUARDS
Post by: Talk-torque on 16 August 2016, 10:47

Not necessary for any reason IMO. They don't give much extra protection and you are left with that "pipe and slippers" look, as previously said. Leave it as nature intended!  :wink:

Title: Re: MUDGUARDS
Post by: The ANT on 17 August 2016, 05:57

Not many rally cars haven't worn mud flaps  (various escorts, sierras, lancias, vws, evos and imprezas), all sorts mudflaps have always made me think rally cars.

Title: Re: MUDGUARDS
Post by: gtiaps on 17 August 2016, 16:22

Quote from: SCOTTE on 15 August 2016, 20:07

Hi all, just deciding if i should add mudguards for Carbon grey colour GTI there are pros and cons, just after your thought and pictures if possible.

Thanks  :smiley:

Hi Scottie I specced them in my build as I knew I was keeping the car we bought it outright and I knew I was gonna put spacers on and they would help protect the paintwork around the trailing part of the arches and cill. . I like them but as said each to their own and tbh on a dark coloured golf like the carbon grey you lose them anyways..  :whistle:

This is mine with spacers and Flaps fitted

http://www.golfgtiforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=259354.4630

Title: Re: MUDGUARDS
Post by: Jackie Treehorn on 17 August 2016, 21:20

Quote from: SCOTTE on 15 August 2016, 20:07

Hi all, just deciding if i should add mudguards for Carbon grey colour GTI there are pros and cons, just after your thought and pictures if possible.

Thanks  :smiley:

Hi Scotte

I think the best way to look at it, is not from an aesthetics point of view, but whether you are keeping the car for 5-10 years?  If not don't worry too much about it, just drive the car and leave them off and forget about them. I fitted them because we are keeping the car for 10 years, (very rare these days) I didn't fit them for the dirt along the doors so much but to try protect the small metal area of the wing that faces the tyre at the bottom of the sill, it will take a LOT of abuse. So if you are keeping the car for a very long time, the fronts would likely be a worth while investment. 



Rears are pointless, no metal parts to corrode behind to protect, and no reduction in rear window dirt.


Our car, Its not a GTD but you get the idea, they don't stand out very much imo.  But i'm sure some are cringing at the site of them  :tongue:
(http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g271/emmber2429/P1020670_zps8gfagy40.jpg) (http://s58.photobucket.com/user/emmber2429/media/P1020670_zps8gfagy40.jpg.html)

(http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g271/emmber2429/P1020686_zpsjk3s2asg.jpg) (http://s58.photobucket.com/user/emmber2429/media/P1020686_zpsjk3s2asg.jpg.html)

Title: Re: MUDGUARDS
Post by: linc-dub on 19 August 2016, 19:18

I've got Mudflaps all round on my Carbon Grey GTD and they really don't stand out at all.

Title: Re: MUDGUARDS
Post by: Restlessnative on 19 August 2016, 22:26

Just say NO!. :grin:

Title: Re: MUDGUARDS
Post by: vidman2 on 20 August 2016, 10:06

Spot the Mud Flaps - possibly the only R with them.


(http://i944.photobucket.com/albums/ad283/Octavia5/MudFlaps%20Front/Mudflaps%20Rear/DSCN0639%20copy_zpsl7db4xpy.jpg) (http://s944.photobucket.com/user/Octavia5/media/MudFlaps%20Front/Mudflaps%20Rear/DSCN0639%20copy_zpsl7db4xpy.jpg.html)

Title: Re: MUDGUARDS
Post by: vidman2 on 20 August 2016, 10:08

Easier to spot

(http://i944.photobucket.com/albums/ad283/Octavia5/MudFlaps%20Front/DSCN0643%20copy_zpsj1qlvwxv.jpg) (http://s944.photobucket.com/user/Octavia5/media/MudFlaps%20Front/DSCN0643%20copy_zpsj1qlvwxv.jpg.html)

Title: Re: MUDGUARDS
Post by: mezzer123 on 24 August 2016, 19:39

i know everyone is a lover or hater of mudflaps/guards but personally on the carbon grey they are not really noticeable, they dont stick out like a sore thumb, but thats my own opinion, heres an image of my motor with them on

(http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h59/Merril_Bailey/IMG_1297_zpstec2gd7y.jpg)] (http://[URL=http://s61.photobucket.com/user/Merril_Bailey/media/IMG_1297_zpstec2gd7y.jpg.html)