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Offline Blades72

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Mud Flaps
« on: 22 June 2013, 13:25 »
Unsure if to add mud flaps to my order. How much benefit do you get from them and would they spoil the overall look of the car?
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Offline GolfTi

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Re: Mud Flaps
« Reply #1 on: 22 June 2013, 13:27 »
The are just plain wrong on a GTI. :sick:
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Re: Mud Flaps
« Reply #2 on: 22 June 2013, 13:30 »
Quote from: Blades72 on 22 June 2013, 13:25
Unsure if to add mud flaps to my order. How much benefit do you get from them and would they spoil the overall look of the car?
Quote from: GolfTi on 22 June 2013, 13:27
The are just plain wrong on a GTI. :sick:
That was my original feeling that they would'nt look right!
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Re: Mud Flaps
« Reply #3 on: 22 June 2013, 13:47 »
I've got them on my current GTD.  I'm not sure they make a huge amount of difference and they're a bit of a pain to keep looking good (they tend to go white; mine have some GTechniq C4 on to try and make them presentable).

If I had a red or a white car, I wouldn't have had them fitted, as they'd stick out like a sore thumb (like the black plastic door handles on the lesser Mark 5 models).  As my car is Carbon Grey, they're aren't quite as obvious.
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Re: Mud Flaps
« Reply #4 on: 22 June 2013, 14:37 »
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Offline dippy_x

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Re: Mud Flaps
« Reply #5 on: 22 June 2013, 14:46 »
I originally planned in adding mudflaps - until they adjusted the prices and you now have to buy them twice for front and back.  I used the same money to add a real option to the car instead.
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Offline matchboy

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Re: Mud Flaps
« Reply #6 on: 22 June 2013, 15:03 »
You can't have mudflaps on the GTI chaps - I originally specced them but its something to do with how low the car is that they can't fit them.
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Re: Mud Flaps
« Reply #7 on: 22 June 2013, 16:05 »
I think the opposite mud flaps finish the look of a car IMHO, plus they help make the car look lower. In N.Ireland if you purchase a new car with no flaps people think your a tight ass :smiley:

Its annoying that they are not available for the GTI at launch but I will definitely order a set once VW start to provide them as an accessory.
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Offline sam67GTD

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Re: Mud Flaps
« Reply #8 on: 24 June 2013, 14:48 »
Quote from: mk7gti on 22 June 2013, 16:05
I think the opposite mud flaps finish the look of a car IMHO, plus they help make the car look lower. In N.Ireland if you purchase a new car with no flaps people think your a tight ass :smiley:

Its annoying that they are not available for the GTI at launch but I will definitely order a set once VW start to provide them as an accessory.

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Re: Mud Flaps
« Reply #9 on: 24 June 2013, 15:17 »
It's a N. Ireland thing.  :rolleyes:

Personally I think they're a moisture/grit trap and no good can come of them. Because of the low GTI/GTD ride height, hey will have a tiny profile and will do net-to-nowt to protect the car behind.

They're also silly money - a set of 4 were £55 on the MK5 Golf, now its about that for a pair.
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