Painted mudflaps - yes or no?

[Bren G]

The vauxhall mudflaps are'nt the best looking things ever, they don't really enhance the appearance of the car much, hopefully they do protect the paint work.

I was thinking about colour coding them to match the car's paintwork, has anybody done this? What kind of plastic primer did you use? I take it people have used the normal vauxhall aerosol and clearcoat?

[Leemarksmith]

Normal paint, think they look 10x better

[Leemarksmith]

By way, do they actually do an XP rear moulded mudflap anyone?... Saw a VXR with moulded mudflaps on, need a set of rear ones for the CDTI, if have to be customised think the fronts might fit better?!?

[dannyjpuk]

When I had my xp pack fitted to my vec I rang the local dealers an they said the vaux ones woulnt fit strange I thought but they would ov if I kept be car standard

[TAB]

Personally think its the better option, i dont like the grey! /

[antowens]

id get the rubber rally looking ones dont have the hassle of painting them then and the do the same job but each to there own

[neverlandandy]

i had the black rubber ones but if i was going for the moulded ones then they would have to be colour coded

[dilan]

Deffo painted... Looks classier...

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[bobssignum]

Deffinettly colour code them what i do as well before spraying them is to soak them in a apc to get all the oil of the plastic then soak them in just hot water for a bit .
Then spray with an adhesion promoter before the primer , it gives the plastic a base coat that flexes with the plastic and helps stop flaking

[patch22]

You wouldn't fit side skirts or a splitter without painting them,they're more of an extension to the body kit than a mud flap its a no brainer really CC every time,I've got them coded and the flat rally style ones screwed to them as well as others have on here looks well tbh,well imo anyway